Please tell us more about what you think Chalmers Johnson "would be saying about the new Cold War in Asia and the Pentagon’s preparations in Japan and along the Pacific Rim to fight a war of aggression to destroy China and “protect” Taiwan." When Johnson passed in 2010, Xi was not the paramount leader in China and "one nation two systems" was the operational paradigm for how China ruled Hong Kong (and would presumably rule the Taiwan after unification). China had recently become a member of the WTO and many commentators believed that greater trade and ties to world community would lead to gradual political liberation in China. That illusion ended with Xi's repression in Hong Kong and on the mainland in the decade since. I am very curious what you think Johnson would have made about these developments in the PRC and its sphere of influence and what he would think would be the appropriate response of the US and its East Asian allies? Am I mischaracterizing the increasing repression in China and Hong Kong under Xi's rule?
Please tell us more about what you think Chalmers Johnson "would be saying about the new Cold War in Asia and the Pentagon’s preparations in Japan and along the Pacific Rim to fight a war of aggression to destroy China and “protect” Taiwan." When Johnson passed in 2010, Xi was not the paramount leader in China and "one nation two systems" was the operational paradigm for how China ruled Hong Kong (and would presumably rule the Taiwan after unification). China had recently become a member of the WTO and many commentators believed that greater trade and ties to world community would lead to gradual political liberation in China. That illusion ended with Xi's repression in Hong Kong and on the mainland in the decade since. I am very curious what you think Johnson would have made about these developments in the PRC and its sphere of influence and what he would think would be the appropriate response of the US and its East Asian allies? Am I mischaracterizing the increasing repression in China and Hong Kong under Xi's rule?