Why would they want US instability? They OWN the democrats and have since they financed Bill Clinton's campaign.
They want to keep exchanging the labor of their people for US dollars that are used buy expensive, high quality shit (made in other countries) for their ruling party members and grandiose displays flexing chinese "superiority" on the world stae.
They want to keep the subversion to current levels where their agents can neutralize anyone who publicly advocates for US self interest and keep democrats getting elected despite the party members being obviously anti american. Instability would make the US a worse trading partner.
Our military prevents them from dealing with domestic issues to the extent they want to (Taiwan, Hong Kong). If it were pre-occupied with fighting a civil war China wouldn't have to worry about it as much. Even puppets have to maintain the illusion of independence, and say "re-unifying" with Taiwan would be a step too far for even a puppet President.
Beyond that, as long as we're strong they still play second fiddle. Of course over time if they keep selling us stuff to build up their economy and stealing our technology to build up their military they will catch up, but if we fall off our pedestal they don't have to climb quite as much as they would otherwise.
Why would they want US instability? They OWN the democrats and have since they financed Bill Clinton's campaign.
They want to keep exchanging the labor of their people for US dollars that are used buy expensive, high quality shit (made in other countries) for their ruling party members and grandiose displays flexing chinese "superiority" on the world stae.
They want to keep the subversion to current levels where their agents can neutralize anyone who publicly advocates for US self interest and keep democrats getting elected despite the party members being obviously anti american. Instability would make the US a worse trading partner.
Our military prevents them from dealing with domestic issues to the extent they want to (Taiwan, Hong Kong). If it were pre-occupied with fighting a civil war China wouldn't have to worry about it as much. Even puppets have to maintain the illusion of independence, and say "re-unifying" with Taiwan would be a step too far for even a puppet President.
Beyond that, as long as we're strong they still play second fiddle. Of course over time if they keep selling us stuff to build up their economy and stealing our technology to build up their military they will catch up, but if we fall off our pedestal they don't have to climb quite as much as they would otherwise.