The question "Can the world live without China?" transcends simple economic speculation. It is a strategic inquiry into the architecture of 21st-century globalization. The blunt, short-term answer is a resounding no. The world as currently configured would experience systemic collapse without China’s integrated role. However, the more nuanced, forward-looking reality is that the world is already attempting the Herculean task of learning to live differently with China, reducing critical vulnerabilities while acknowledging its permanent, albeit reconfigured, centrality. This process is not about replacement, but about painful, expensive, and incomplete rebalancing.
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