I can't read any single western publications that write such drivel and baseless allegations riddled on this article. If I want to read such garbage analysis I need not to go further than read the many nauseating comments from the vast swathe of "China experts" on Reddit, Twitter, and more specifically here on sinodefenceforum.com. We have a bunch of intellectual powerhouse like @sleepystudent and his many aliases not to mention the recently awakened Mr.T.
It is not really analysis.
They are lost in the woods. They are searching for a plan.
It is what Iron Mike Tyson said, "Everyone has a plan, then you get punched in the jaw."
They got punched in the mouth, and realize they need a new plan.
However, in the ring, that plan is made up on the fly. Seems like most of the China analysis from America is just that, trying to find an idea.
The problem is two-fold for them. One, the cannot accept a lesser status in their minds. Two, they probably do not have enough to compete head to head with China today, then what about tomorrow.
The Americans cannot come to terms to with that.
So they keep trying to turn things around. That is what all these bad articles are for, it is a national debate for them.
They are still rudderless. China is a unique problem, because outsiders usually do not understand the place. They say Japan is the foreigner who understands China the best. However, like hell anyone in America will listen to Japan on what to do.
Every day that that they have no plan after being punched in the jaw, it just drifts away a little more every day.
