China is huge. Too huge for the center to hold for long?
This is interesting:
Most American foreign-policy experts fundamentally misunderstand China. They think of it as a singular, homogeneous country, when in reality it is a patchwork of linguistic, cultural, religious, and political identities, often defined by centuries of uneasy tension. These fissures extend beyond ethnic minorities such as Tibetans and Uyghurs. Significant divisions exist within the Han majority, which includes groups whose local dialects are mutually unintelligible. The central government is affected by rivalries among these competing factions.
America should target the fissures, the author says.
I recently wrote that the future of China isn't a question with a single answer:
China is a single political entity with a history of losing that unity. Even in the modern world, the mountains are high and the emperor is far.
As for predicting China's future? Well, perhaps the problem is that China is a continent masquerading as a country. As a continent, all futures might be possible[.]
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NOTE: I made the image with Bing. It's sad that Bing shows Taiwan as a part of China.
