China May Not Be As Strong As You Think

George Friedman, the founder of Geopolitical Futures, explains where China's real wealth resides, how its natural military buffer helps and hinders it, and why the country should not be concerned with islands in the South China Sea.

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[taboo]

"to the west... grasslands, really desserts, that keep them from going west"

Genghis Khan: "LOL"

[philipps]

2:12 Today I learnt that Iraq is not a country but a sea

[Astuga]

"Japan is an isolated country, it wont make ware against..."
And there goes a theory!

[tipsinaminute]

I see.. That's why they have an interest in West Philippine Sea

[ADCD-djgz]

2:00 loving the cloned Mongolia, the Mega Sicily and the Latvian, Estonian, and Iraqi seas

[louiswu]

2015:China may not be as strong as you think.
2019:China is much stronger than you think.

[Ypog_UA]

2:02 OH MY GOD CENSOR THIS MAP GORE THIS IS BUSINESS INSIDER YOU SHOULD HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS

HOW HARD IS IT TO GET AN ACTUAL MAP?!?!

[bunnyhill]

Sounds like a joke when watching it in 2019.

[TheSJCieply]

Drive from DC to parts of West Virginia, or the Mississipi Delta, or reservations in South Dakota, and you probably get a similar experience. America is mostly wealthy around the coasts. What you have in China is mostly a difference of degree.

[runcandy]

The comments section in for this video is ridiculous. Nevertheless, most of what he said was fine. The only real error is that the cost of living is quite a bit lower in China, so even though they only make 2-4 USD, people can easily live off of that and have pretty happy lives. (BTW, I live in a rural part of China, East of the rain line.

[targh]

2:12 When you see this map you can also see how qualified this "expert" and every other person that worked on this video are

[longxiao]

Hey look at the two oceans sandwiching the US. So according to this expert, really the only two countries that America can actually invade are Canada and Mexico. Good job!

[goldenspoon]

There is no more Manchuria. It is just as Han now as the red part.

[rr.in.the.cosmos]

video title: China may not be as strong as you think
in reality: USA is not as good as you think

witnesses: Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan...

[Tsnore]

George co-wrote a book around 1990 called "The Coming War With Japan, " (US v. Japan) just to keep things in perspective.

[LINGYIenFRANCE]

Any country is not as strong as you think when you compare with USA.

[megaazel]

The map at 2:16 makes me mad i wanna beat up whoever did that...m

[Muhammad_Lenin_Thomas]

please make a video about Goat right violation in pakistan.

[shanghainoon]

*The same guy who wrote "The coming war with Japan" in 1991? It never happened. XD*

[陈文辉-uz]

As a Chinese, it is interesting to see nonsense from a foreigner who does not understand China completely.