PLA Strategist: The U.S. Uses Its Dollar to Dominate the World

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"HK Chief Executive Carrie Lam commented in a TV interview that she currently has no bank account"

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Looking specifically at this part of the story of the general's statement: “The Americans like basketball and boxing. Boxing shows the American’s typical nature of respecting power: a direct hit with full strength and the hope of knocking the opponent out. Everything is straightforward.

The Chinese are quite the opposite. Chinese prefer ambiguity and "using softness to conquer strength." One doesn’t seek to knock his opponent out, but he will defuse all of his opponent’s attacks. Chinese like Tai-chi, which is a higher level of art then boxing.
The “One Belt, One Road” strategy this philosophy.

“One Belt, One Road” is the best super power strategy that China can bring up at this moment, because it is a counter measure to the U.S.

Someone may ask: “A counter measure should be in the opposite direction of the force coming toward you. How can you turn your back on the U.S.?” (The U.S. is pressing China from the east over the Pacific Ocean, but China turns its back on the pressure and moves to the west.) That's right. The “One Belt, One Road” strategy is China's indirect counter to the U.S. shift to the East. China turns its back on the U.S. [to avoid direct confrontation]. You pressure me [from the east], I walk to the west, not because I want to avoid you, nor because I am afraid of you, but rather because this is a smart move to defuse the pressure you bring to me.”

I'm going to add on Go and how it applies to Chinese foreign policy, as by itself some people may not agree that such Chinese actions cannot be based on a board game and this is far from true.

How I interpreted it was as follows:

What the general is trying to explain is that the US strategy in the Pacific was aimed at neutralizing Chinese influence over countries in the region.

What was the American action to put this pressure on?

TPP(Trans-Pacific Partnership). Before the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) was announced, the TPP was already under negotiation a few years ago, the Chinese understood the American approach in the Pacific and turned their back towards the West, and so came the Chinese approach, the BRI.

Consequence?

The US signed the TPP with the Pacific countries and China took the approach of moving from Central Asia to Europe with the BRI initiative, as it had more freedom to act in this empty space, as the US attention was on the Pacific, that is, they occupied the space. It is Go in its essence.

Let's go on to one more Go play.

The US was in the signed JCPOA agreement, the nuclear agreement with Iran. In 2018, the US simply withdrew from the agreement unilaterally. That same year, at a summit of the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), Putin approached countries to accept the inclusion of Iran in the organization. Since then, from the unilateral US withdrawal, Russia and China have strengthened their ties with the Tehran government as the US reinstated sanctions against Tehran. China was already Iran's biggest trading partner, and Iran's accession to the organization served a strong political justification, and the American withdrawal from the agreement simply threw Iran into the organization's lap.

In 2021, Iran became a full member of the SCO, dropping Tehran into China's lap, with the Chinese occupying the space left by the Americans. It is Go in its essence.

Let's go on to one more Go play.

Returning to the TPP, with Trump's election in the American election, since his campaign, he claimed that he would leave the TPP. Well, with Trump's election, he effectively fulfilled his promise, withdrew from the US on January 23, 2017, in the first days of the first month of the first year of government.

How was this lack of American engagement interpreted for the Chinese?

Space.

What was the result of this?

The RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) agreement.

The BRI, according to the general's own statements, it can be understood that it was a response to the TPP, if the Americans moved towards the Pacific, China advanced towards the West, towards Europe, passing through the countries of Central Asia, East Middle and even Eastern Europe.

With the departure of the USA from the TPP, meaning the Pacific, China advanced because of the empty space left by the Americans with the RCEP agreement. It is Go in its essence.

And this Chinese strategy is beginning to reproduce itself here in South America, in Argentina. In particular with the planned supply of fighter jets. The permanent US/UK embargo (without discussing the merits) forces Argentina to look for new sources. And China is ready, with open arms, to occupy that space.

The UK is putting pressure on the SCS(South China Sea). And maintains an embargo against Argentina. China went there and is getting ahead with Argentina, occupying that space.

What was the Chinese approach, besides occupying this space?

Put pressure on the Malvinas/Falklands through Argentina. This is Go at its core.

With this, the UK exerts pressure on SCS and the Chinese here on the British island through Argentina.
 
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