Also published @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=342 @ https://thedailyguardian.com/the-middle-aged-kingdoms-last-gambit/ and @ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/china-is-not-the-middle-kingdom-it-is-the-middle-aged-kingdom China is not the middle kingdom It is the middle-aged kingdom Request: Do not download this article and forward it on whats-app or other social media. Your friends/ group will lose the embedded cross reference links and maps. It will be an incomplete experience for them. Just send them the link. Dichotomy Why is China doing what it is doing? Two recent articles highlight the dichotomy of the situation. The article ‘ China Talks of US Decoupling and a Divided World ’ highlights the views of Zhou Li, a high ranker in CCP. He cautions China to prepare for - s hrinking external demand , disruption of supply chains , coexist ence with coronavirus over the long term , an outbreak of a global food crisis ( in China ?) and a resurgence of internationa
