China’s Army posts “Preparing for war!”

I originally said intervention, assuming (incorrectly it seems) that posters would be aware that it meant direct intervention, the same way that the US would intervene in the case of Taiwan. You chose to talk about military financial support to Ukraine before the conflict..

You're oversimplifying the manner in which China improved economically, considering the markets that Asia provided to them, as did Europe. Yes, American foreign policy shifted on economic terms, but their military/diplomatic position of containment regarding Chins has never shifted, and that bears direct consequences on the overall region. (As evidenced by American military bases or funding within most Asian nations surrounding China).

Come on. "They" is used as a simplification for easy use of discussions. As for the rest, I notice that you're not terribly concerned with the differences between different Chinese administrations, as Xi was very different to Hu Jintao or Jiang Zemin.. instead it's "China" and they're all counted as responsible even to the point of references to Mao's policies complimenting modern China as if nothing has changed.

And I never said that certain administrations were all of the discussion. You introduced the angle of different administrations representing different angles/policies of American influence.. but as I said before, American foreign policy has a template which has been mostly been followed regardless of what administration is involved. Some aspects were shifted, such as the economic support of China in the hopes of encouraging closer relations, but at the same time, US fleets continued to make tours of the region, and American military personnel (and hardware) continued to be rotated in/out of Asia.

For an easy time of it, we can use they for China or the US, because few of us want to go into the detail of assigning this and that to particular administrations.. especially when in both cases, foreign policy has remained largely the same for decades.

I wouldn't.

Saudi Arabia affect far more people and nations than N.Korea stuck in their hole. Also far more foreigners end up living in SA than in N.Korea..

N.Korea are of very limited concern. Saudi Arabia have their fingers in many pies.

Why?

The Saudi royal family have complete power along with the wealth to reinforce their position.

So perhaps you should write more than a single sentence, if you want to be clear on your pov.. for the the rest of us, that is. In any case, your own sentence/phrasing categorised both nations as being despotic so you opened that door first.