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"The Chinese model" is fundamentally underwritten by exporting vast quantities of goods to the West which Putin just blew up any hope of doing.

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The CCP is moving away from that, though, and towards an economy driven more by domestic consumption.

Yes, but the success of China was built on an export economy. They're consuming more internally as they become wealthier, but it remains to be seen how smooth that transition will be. There have been many burps already (Evergrande, the banning of crypto mining to prevent wealth flight, etc...).

Turning China into an inward-looking closed market is an idea still, not a recipe.

Correct! Now not to say some basic competency was not there - b/c it was - but trade with west is a major part of their success sort of like Japan kind of presaged for them in the 1980s.

Other than fossil fuels and vodka, what does Russia have to offer the world?

bad examples

Suicidal novelists of course.

Russia is the world’s largest exporter of wheat and second-largest exporter of weapons. Ignorant comments like these do nothing to reduce tensions between Russians and the West.

Oops, forgot about wheat -- that's a real concern. I was going to add weapons to my list but it was more along the lines of "consumer oriented" goods.

On the other hand, my comment does diddly squat to our relations. Please go on and explain how I'm contributing to international tensions with my not-fully-informed question.

Can't imagine this war is doing any favors to the Russian arms exporters.

Can't image this war is doing any favors for anybody, including Putin.

Russian literature, ballet, gymnastics, classical music among other things. Come on, you can't possibly equate a 144M country with gas, vodka or Putin.

Malware, pirate software havens, hacking organizations?

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