The US has unveiled an unusual new approach to saber-rattling with China: emotion predictions. According to Reuters, military commanders in the Pacific have developed a tool to forecast how the Chinese government will react to American actions in the region. A US defense official said the software calculates “strategic friction,” but provided little detail about how it works. We tried to dig up further information — but unearthed more questions than answers. How would the tool work? The tool reportedly analyses data since early 2020 and assesses the impact of historical actions. It then predicts which future activities will upset…
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