Buddy my comment is appropriate in the current context w.r.t China, one side you are talking about quad, conducting some training in A&C with US, in subtle tone asking help from like minded countries & yet hesitating to acknowledge in public. Who will count on you as reliable partner if need arises. That's why i said it could have been avoided at this juncture.
Agree.
The philosophical stuff is for some other time.
Great empires like USA take a long time to fade. USA may stay around long enough to punch Commie China to death.
In fact that is my prediction. I see a world war with Commie China's defeat.
Obviously China itself will not disappear but will be replaced with some form of democratic China.
India is getting a lot of support from USA which is quite unusual. But EAM is not confident about USA relationship, that much I can see.
A bipolar world is unlikely at this point. It will be a multipolar world with USA as the largest pole till 2050 at least.