Allison’s theory, which he first promoted in 2015, has caught the attention of the Chinese themselves. During a visit to Seattle, Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the gloomy prospect of a collision course, saying there is “no such thing as the so-called Thucydides Trap in the world,” while adding that if major nations “time and again make the mistakes of strategic miscalculation, they might create such traps for themselves.”
I don't see a Thucydides Trap in the situation between the US and China. They guy who wrote the book must not have spent much time in China.
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