The USSR didn't so much collapse as it dissolved (with some unexpected economic repercussions). It dissolved because there wasn't an overriding reason for the parts to stay together. China is much better integrated, and has been for a long time. I suppose it's theoretically possible to try to starve them (Russian grain exports can't make up the deficit), but that would lead to immediate war, not an implosion, and the West would be seen as the evil party.
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Angst has been a common theme on the Continent since Spengler and Heidegger.
The USSR didn't so much collapse as it dissolved (with some unexpected economic repercussions). It dissolved because there wasn't an overriding reason for the parts to stay together. China is much better integrated, and has been for a long time. I suppose it's theoretically possible to try to starve them (Russian grain exports can't make up the deficit), but that would lead to immediate war, not an implosion, and the West would be seen as the evil party.