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China has been collapsing since 2011. Yet China managed to grow it's economy to about 70% of the US economy today. If this is collapse, does that mean that the US is collapsing faster than China?
BRICS expansion is a no brainer. There are lots of things to criticize India for but this isn't one of them, I can honestly see why they may have reservations about bringing in countries like SA that could possibly dilute their influence. I wouldn't want BRICS to expand too quickly but I think the process shouldn't be too slow either. I've said this before but it needs to expand in a way that brings in key players from different regions, for me the next wave should be Indonesia (Asia), Nigeria (Africa), Argentina (Latam), and Saudi Arabia (Mid East/West Asia). That way you keep everybody happy. I wouldn't want to bring in too many countries from the same region nor would I want too many Muslim countries at the same time, no offence to my Muslim friends but it can't have disproportionate influence in a developing country forum.
Bro BRICS is a front propaganda for Russia and China, it was term by Jim O'Neill, so you can sense what purpose it was. What matter is Chinese BRI and Russian Eurasia economic union. This is the Core and BRICS is just a misnomer. Of the BRICS, China held sway over Brazil (economics) while Russia is viewed positively by South Africa for her support in their struggle against apartheid. What about India? like I said until they show the money and didn't dithered, nobody from the Glodal South will give them a damn.
Shocked..
Its almost like India is West's Trojan horse
Actually it is. India like to have to say on things where their opinion don't natter much because they don't contribute much.
Like what influence India has in BRICS? It's just a coin term,not an organization. Even if it was, I don't see how India even remotely outweigh the strategic influence of countries on whom much of global energy trade depends, as does USD.
That is an ideal scenario for an ideal world. I agree. But it is not an ideal world we live in. Without countries with leverage, BRICS would look like a multi cultural boy band. Besides India's reasoning of "aspirational democracy" entry doesn't flow my boat much.
You don't have a choice. You are talking about economic market the size of 1/3 of global population, with youngest group amongst all ages, having geographical reach from east-south east-south asia all the way up to horn of africa.
What you said is very true, we can't have a single country/region having disproportionate influence in a forum of developing countries. They need to come up with some sort off counter mechanism for it.
But if i were to join a group, i would ponder the benefits of becoming part of it. Having world's most influential oil producing nation in that group makes it much more lucrative to me than without it. This aint emotional decision to offense anyone. This is pure & simple Geo-political calculation.
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I honestly wonder if the Russia integration project will be able to one day return Chinese land which has been stagnating under Russian occupation for many decades.
Given the close alliance between the countries, Vladivostok and it's surrounding area is in fact ideal for the 1 country 2 systems solution. Russians would be able to freely visit and work, as if it was still a part of Russia. Meanwhile, China would be able to build the SAR into a massive fortress, providing a new layer of security in Asia, particularly against Japan.
China already has a special agreement that allows them to use Vladivostok as a domestic port, but that agreement obviously doesn't let China do upgrades to the port and surrounding infrastructure.
Imo the return of all formerly Chinese territories, at least populated ones, is a worthy goal, and Vladivostok is the only one left. China should render Russia a large service, of the Kremlin's own choice, in order to make Haishenwai SAR into a reality.
The psychological impact of losing Vladivostok would be easily dismissed when Russia gains more territory in the west, which will all be well populated, fertile and filled with cities. There is much more support, both diplomatic and military, that China has left to provide for Russia as a bargaining chip.
As NATO is increasingly stepping up aggressive rhetoric and disregarding national borders, China can easily justify it's own disregarding of national borders, especially since there is no legal treaty that establishes the borders of USSR successor states.