Ask HN: How can we weaken China?

3 points | by roschdal 5 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • throwawayqqq11 5 hours ago

    Why should we?

    Exploring the motivation might reveal the brought up disadvantages already exist else where. So what threat is unique to china?

    You could also ask the invers. How can china strengthen us. And one thing i could envision is, china passing laws for sustainable product design, so eg. electronics are robust, repairabe and most importantly, recyclable. Would be nice to see china ramping up and following their sustainability goals and do what western countries will fail on too.

  • FrankWilhoit 5 hours ago

    We cannot weaken China. We might be able to make it irrelevant whether they are weak or strong, by encouraging them to revert to their deep-historical isolationism. How quickly were you wanting something to happen?

  • 10keane 5 hours ago

    if not for some strategic mistakes made by the US, you wouldnt even need to ask this question in the first place