I'm no fan of the PRC regime but tbf Comrade Xi's not far off the US President on any of those things. I think the Western liberal democracies are under internal threat worse than anything coming out of Beijing, or Moscow for that matter. Many people think Russian spooks have caused the rise of global fascism - nah, they're just taking advantage
it immediately made me think of a sarcastic remark made by one of the old Soviet leaders (I think it was attributed to Nikita Khrushchev but I might be wrong):
"Fight you? We do not have to fight you. We will bury you" (= "We shall be present at your funeral").
I love the off season.