Geopolitics aside, China's location and densely populated coastline made it an ideal commercial shipping hub whereas the USSR/Russia's cross country logistics and sea routes are very cumbersome and awkward. China also had a massive spare labor force.
Honestly some really solid stuff happening as off late. End of petrodollar, Thailand and Malaysia want to join BRICS, DPRK and Russia entering a de-facto military alliance, Vietnam mending ties with China and strengthening them Russia.
Didn't know too much about Zizek before his debate with Jordan Peterson, and when the debate happened I immediately already saw him as somebody to disregard because I knew that big mainstream media would never permit somebody that based into their spotlight.
My mom's cousin worked in Italy for a while and he was in this one guy's house where the guy came up to him and talked about himself being a brownshirt. The guy even had napkins with Mussolini's face on them lol.
Geopolitics aside, China's location and densely populated coastline made it an ideal commercial shipping hub whereas the USSR/Russia's cross country logistics and sea routes are very cumbersome and awkward. China also had a massive spare labor force.