OT: China's new carrier

[Targan]

Originally Posted by ShadoWarrior

But, if the ChiComs can get it without having to fire a shot, so much the better. Democracies are short-sighted and corporations (which manipulate politics in those democracies) are highly self-serving. Neither governments nor businesses, nor the masses of sheep, think in terms of decades. The ChiComs do.

Yup. When you've had essentially the same bureaucracy in place for the last 3000 years-plus, you have the mindset to play the long game.