Sitting by the river - China is not a competitor. 1 beast

Photo: As Donald Trump set foot in Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping, the air was filled with the atmosphere of a historic encounter. Konstantinos Bogdanos As Donald Trump set foot in Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping, the air was filled with the atmosphere of a historic encounter. On one side is the US president, who sees geopolitics as a matter of strategic economic deals and immediate displays of power. He is one of the true disciples of the great Athenian historian Siddeus. He is the powerful oneThey do what they can and believe that the weak will suffer what they will suffer. On the other hand, there is the Silent Emperor, who has been brooding for centuries, playing a quieter and more deadly game. Cameras shake hands, While they were recording their witty conversations and lavish feasts, You will have to look at the strategic ghost that haunts that room. Often mistakenly referred to as the dictum of Sanzhu, there is an ancient oriental proverb deeply rooted in the Chinese strategic imagination. That"If you sit by the river for a long time, you will eventually see the bodies of your enemies floating away." This is the essence of modern China. They don't want to go to war. They see the Western world as their own moral corruption, They are waiting to die mired in debt and ideological civil warsYes. China is not just a competitor. It is a dangerous wild animal that hunts for prey and has mastered the art of winning without attacking. While the Western world has been obsessed with "globalization" and "liberal reform" for decades, Beijing sits on the banks of a river and has the Western world's industrial infrastructureI sat and watched it wash up on the shores. They watch the energy security of the democratic world disappear because of the promotion of environmentalism and the war against Russia. They are also watching the ethnic identity of our Western world dissolve into a political system based on non-racialism. For Xi, the WestIts decline is not a goal. It's just a matter of simply sitting back and watching what happens. The juxtaposition of these two situations is shocking. Deeds warns of a "trap" where an emerging power creates fear that war against an established power is inevitable. But even if Xi chooses to deliberately set this trap, the Eastern vision offers a different path. That is the enemyCompletely destroyed from the inside. competitors' infrastructure; Why take the risk of waging a direct war on Taiwan when you can have rare earth metals and digital information in peace? Why keep firing missiles when Shanghai can shut down a European port from a keyboard?