The US defence secretary during President Donald Trump’s first term, James Mattis, repeatedly warned that China would revert to a Ming dynasty-style model, projecting its strong military, technological and economic influence globally.
At the time, his views were widely questioned by mainstream academics as too aggressive. A decade ago, China still lagged far behind the United States.
But Mattis underestimated China’s ambitions.
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