I wish SOHH still existed so you could see I said China is not a threat over 10 years ago and it still isn't a threat.
This isn't about China being a threat to the US
It's about China making sure it doesn't get blockaded from a strategic sense.
The US has a limited foothold in Central Asia and the game is passing us by as the elites keep ruining the country and the neocons keep us bogged down in the Middle East.
Always hard to trust sources on both sides of the situation
I think the major point is that China is making substantial investments and embarking on a huge infrastructure plan to connect East and West.
Staunch US allies like Germany, Japan, Indonesia, India, etc see the value in connecting Eurasia together.
Our policy makers in DC really have no vision regarding economic integration aside from trade deals that give powers to the corporate sector. The Chinese are trying to bring all sectors together on a yuge idea and trying to lead on it.
Meanwhile we just keep talking about military and more conflict and terrorism as our prisms for viewing the world.