Could China Survive the Sanctions Against Russia?

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[neomnk]

A better title would be "Could China Survive Russian Style Sanctions" - "Could China Survive the Sanctions Against Russia?" is extremely confusing. (Edit: I suppose the sentence could more easily be corrected by simply adding "Used" prior to Against.)

[bcnicholas]

“9 women can’t make a baby in a month”

I like that comparison. It demonstrates how complex the semiconductor industry truly is.

[nathanseper]

Considering China’s vast size, an economic collapse caused by sanctions could do massive damage to the global system.

[xilunjiang]

Sanctioning China is like sanctioning yourself.

[Straddllw]

I don’t think this episode goes far enough. You mentioned that China wouldn’t be able to manufacture any high tech devices due to their reliance on importing semi conductors but that goes both ways. What would the result be for the western world if they can’t get access to the rare earths used to manufacture these devices as well? Would it result in both China and US and Europe both lose their ability to get these devices? After all - all the manufacturing and assembly is done in China. If China is 30 years behind in semiconductor engineers then so is the West behind in terms of gaining economies of scale when it comes to many raw materials needed, manufacturing and assembly.

[emmanuelromeroruiz]

Russia was disconnected from the West, but it has relations with nations like China and India. Do we have to remember the population of China and India? They are not isolated from the world. It is just that the definition of WORLD is too small

[bbmul]

With what sanctioning Russia (which has a much smaller economy than China) is doing to prices in the US, I can’t imagine the economic damage that we would do to ourselves by sanctioning China in a similar way.

[diojan]

Do you think the WEST can survive economically if China is sanctioned?

[PhilHug]

0:45 The golden rule of all geopolitical videos: Insert obligatory Francis Fukuyama's The End of History reference

[WillJackDo]

Dude can relate China to anything at this point...

[malachaiuys]

China is so deeply woven into our current international trade society that imposing sanctions against them would have an effect on almost every country in the world. The biggest question is not who will benefit but who will not impose sanctions and gain... I feel that Africa will continue to remain neutral and work both the west and China seeing that they so heavily rely on both. If Africa becomes one of the only partners of China, things could take an interesting turn

[biochemwang]

A full-scale sanction on China? Very Interesting. Just think about how much inflation enjoyed now by the US customers after some tariffs are put on Chinese goods.

[revertrevertz]

The question should be “Can the West survive sanctions on China?”

We are barely getting by through Russian sanctions, can’t imagine what an interruption of Chinese productivity would do to the world.

[rcbrascan]

The video's comments on China and Australia trade is generalized. Australia did find new markets for its products after China's ban but only in a limited way as a majority of Australia's export products are sold at discounted prices or unsold. There is no other market like China that buys in such huge quantities. Moreover, before China impose the trade bans, it did secure other suppliers in South America and even from Australia's allies like the US and Canada.

[string]

I always suspected Polymatter watches Peter Zeihan. This video is clearly a summary of his ideas for the past few months. No matter how good he is at presenting his ideas it's good to get opinions from other geopolitical figures and not only rely on him.

[andriisenchenko]

“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” Author in a video on 3:33 points out that Russia imports a lot of stuff from Belarus, but most of that stuff was not produced in that country. Almost all the imported goods from Belarus originated in other countries. It is just a way to circumvent sanctions that were imposed on Russia after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. The same thing could be at least partially with import from other countries on the list.

[kingace]

It really is something how China maintains strong geoeconomic bonds with many of its rivals/unfriendly/enemy states. I guess the same can be said about the US's trade relationship w/ China.

[alexandersokolov]

Why refer to US and EU as “The world”. The world is bigger than that.

[AnimexBoy]

Could US survive it's own imposed sanctions?

[gireeshgprasad]

4:58: Calling China Australia's "neighbor" is akin to calling water a "drink".