Dr Chris Harding
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We can tell them to go away.
But look at what's happening in China.
That's what they did.
And they're not having the best time of it.
Instead, what we should do is do this deal, end the policy of national seclusion, which is a big step.
But nevertheless, do this deal, get the weapons that they've got.
Buy some time.
Buy some time.
Buy some technology so that actually we can become powerful enough to maintain our own security.
There's a sense of this being a really rough neighborhood in Asia at this point.
Yeah, I think having the example of China actually serves them quite well.
Because the Chinese and Japanese eyes, for centuries, they are kind of political and cultural big brother.
So to see them on their knees is the most stark lesson you can possibly, I think, receive at this point.
So that sort of works.
The problem then is they give the Americans what they want.
And then, as you can imagine, the British want that deal.
The French want that deal.
The Russians want it.