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Being independent and relatively free of harassment by the cia requires nukes. How many coup attempts have there been in venezuela? Why do the US and Israel spend so much effort assassinating Iranian scientists? China can do the things it does because it has the power to. You dont start with blocking social media, blocking social media is a thing you can do when youve laid the groundwork.
anyway i was making a joke and now im actually arguing for it when others in this thread have better answers lol
Well, no. I mean if you look at history, USA has tried all those things in China as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_espionage_in_China
China is just better at handling it. There's reasons for this, but that's a whole separate topic of conversation. Suffice to say, look at what happened in 2010. That's why China can do it, not the nukes.