We will avoid nuclear war and China will overtake the USA as the world's biggest economy.

We will avoid nuclear war and China will overtake the USA as the world's biggest economy. San José de Costa Rica, October 16th, 2022. Nuclear war unlikely despite Russia's threats, says military strategy guru Edward Luttwak https://youtu.be/qO9_Vo2dwPA

Prominent strategic advisor to governments Edward Luttwak says China cannot afford a major war but there is one domain the Chinese can win - cyberspace. Luttwak shares interesting perspectives on global security with The Straits Times' Nirmal Ghosh in Conversations on the Future.

President Xi Jinping on Sunday emphasized the security challenges that China could face and told party members to be ready to weather “high winds, choppy waters, and even dangerous storms”, as the country continues its rise as a world power.

Warning of continued uncertainties in the global landscape, he urged party cadres to get behind the Communist Party of China (CPC) and foster a fighting spirit so that they “cannot be swayed by fallacies, deterred by intimidation, or cowed by pressure”.

In a wide-ranging speech at the opening of the party’s twice-a-decade congress, Mr. Xi outlined his vision for the country for the next five years and more, while also taking stock of achievements made under his 10-year rule.

In one of the most recent revisions, the Centre for Economics and Business Research, a U.K. think tank, thinks China will overtake the USA as the world's biggest economy two years later than it previously expected when it last made a forecast in 2020. It now thinks it will happen in 2030. 

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