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You give China too much credit.C
China will Never topple USA . Cos china is Communist and no one trust them.
If Singapore has followed the communist, Singapore will be a backwater of Johor Malaysia. Worse then Johor.
Follow the West and we will all continue to be rich. Follow communist you will be forever poor.
China is not interested in the toppling the US. It has enough problems domestically. In the medium term it has only 3 aims:
1. Generate jobs to eradicate poverty (countryside) and make the people happy. Tackle economic bubbles. Maintain access to resources like oil to grow the economy. A one-party system has a greater responsibility than a democracy like the US: mass unemployment will lead to riots and maybe a coup or revolution. IN America you just vote the bastard out every 4 years.
2. Accumulate enough wealth and forex reserves to support social spending and infrastructure and military development to defend its territory (having been bullied in the past 150 years and having its land torn apart by Western powers). The way to do this is through trade and investments with the South. They want to do biz with the North, but the US is thwarting its every move, from Tik Tok to Huawei to C919 to chip sanctions to (now) 55% tariffs on Chinese goods. At least the poorer nations show gratitude.
3. Reclaim Taiwan.