Noam Chomsky defined it best: "The China threat is basically its existence [as a country that] can't be intimidated, unlike others.

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Arnaud Bertrand

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Noam Chomsky defined it best: "The China threat is basically its existence [as a country that] can't be intimidated, unlike others. Let’s go back to the mafia. The Godfather does not accept centers of power that don’t follow the rules, so China’s a threat. It’s not a military threat. The military threat is against China. China is ringed with US bases with nuclear armed missiles, right offshore, aimed at China. It’s China that’s under threat, not the United States." (Src: https://jacobin.com/2021/11/noam-chomsky-climate-change-afghanistan-anarchism-china and https://dawnmena.org/those-are-alleged-threats-noam-chomsky-on-china-iran-and-a-nuclear-middle-east/)

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Martha Bueno

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Can someone explain what the actual threat from China is?

12:48 AM · Jul 11, 2025

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