China has declared its intention to battle the US for world hegemony. Will the US surrender without a fight?
As usual, our American media has missed the biggest news of the year, in both its simple and its underlying and much more important forms. Earlier this week, the Chinese Emperor Xi visited the place where his dynasty had been born, the starting point of the so-called Long March, Jiangxi province in Southeastern China. In his remarks at this historic place, Xi informed the Chinese people that it was now time for a new Long March and that China and its people had to “start from the beginning” and do it all over again.
To the clueless American media, obsessed as they are with spreading fake news and promoting fake scientific theories to please their corporate paymasters, this may not have meant much of anything. To the much better informed Chinese people, it meant everything. There are a few pertinent points that every American should know about the Long March. First, it was a retreat, in fact, it was a rout. In the mid 1930’s when this retreat took place, the victory of the nationalist forces under the leadership of General Chiang Kai-shek was not in doubt. Mao Zedong’s communists were on the run and on the verge of annihilation. They survived only by outlasting and, crucially, OUTSUFFERING the nationalist, or in their lingo capitalist enemy. By making enormous sacrifices in human lives, by accepting without complaint tremendous hardship, they managed to evade the nationalists and regroup in the far north of China where they were beyond the reach of their enemies. The soon to come Japanese occupation of Manchuria and the atrocities that it had brought with it destroyed Chiang Kai-shek’s aura of military prowess and stripped him of his nationalist crown, letting it fall into Mao’s eager hands.
The mythology of the current ruling Chinese dynasty is founded upon this victory against all odds, a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat by enormous sacrifice and dedication. Chinese post WWII independence from Japan, but also from the US and Russia was won during that bitterly cold winter of 1934-35. It was birthed by the frost bitten limbs of the communist soldiers and the iron will of their commanders. China would not be what it is today, a superpower quickly ascending to take on its rightful place as the first and most powerful nation in the world and the most powerful in human history, had it not been for that escape, against all odds 85 years ago.
Yet Xi’s message was not a celebratory one. He did not congratulate his people on a hard won victory. Quite on the contrary, he informed them that all this victory had bought them was only the admittance ticket to the main event, the great struggle for world supremacy against the current holder of the title, the United States of America. It is clear that in Xi’s mind the enormous sacrifices that the Chinese people had made to overcome the historic humiliation they had suffered at the hands of White Europeans, be they English, American, or French during the 19th and early 20th centuries are only worth it if China defeats the West and emerges as the unquestioned, unassailable winner of the new world order.
The wading pool depth analysis proferred by the American media on the subject of Xi’s remarks tied them to the ongoing tariff wars between China and the US. Nothing could be more wrong or more ludicrous. These tariffs, amounting as they do to about $50 billion annually on both sides, are barely scratching the 0.1% mark of the US or the Chinese annual GDP. When Xi talks about making sacrifices that are akin to the Long March, this is light years away from his true meaning. What is clear is that Xi has made the decision that it would fall upon his shoulders, that it would be his historic responsibility to unseat the US as the world hegemon and install China in its place.
His decision to blow up the trade talks is not tactical; it is the most strategic decision that a world leader has made since Churchill’s decision to defend Britain against Germany at all costs, or FDR’s decision to retaliate for Pear Harbor with an all out war against Japan, or Hitler’s decision to attack the USSR before consolidating his victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. Xi has considered, carefully, the benefits of bending the knee before Trump, swallowing his pride once again, in order to further consolidate China’s gains in crucial technologies and complete the build up of its naval and air forces to match those of the US. His comments in Jiangxi were a clear statement that he had decided against this tactic and had now officially kicked off the open preparations for a showdown with the US for global supremacy.
It is quite likely that Xi views the US, and quite rightly so, as nearly completely rotten from the inside and Trump’s presidency as an outlier, that last shiver, the last deep breath that a dying beast takes before its eyes glaze over one last time. For Xi, Obama with his stated goal of supervising America’s slide into obsolescence and oblivion, is much more inline with what America is about today than Trump’s throwback rhetoric of American greatness. Trump’s opponents in the 2020 election, who compete with each other on who will bring America to her knees more quickly and many of whom have long since been on Xi’s payroll, give him great hope, near certainty, in fact, that his battle has already been won and that the looting of the corpulent corpse will soon continue and even accelerate without as much as a shot fired.
The Chinese mandarins, all graduates of the best schools, many in America, have doubtlessly war-gamed every scenario. Every scenario that is, except the one that will actually take place. History rarely if ever unfolds as predicted and peaceful transfers of power on a global scale, especially when unprecedented riches are at stake as they are now have never taken place. There is simply too much at stake for it to be given up without a fight. To quote the famous Russian playwright Anton Chekhov: “a gun that makes an appearance in Act I, had better fire in Act II.” The warships, planes, and missiles that are so assiduously stockpiled by the US, China, and Russia will not end their days rusting peacefully in some desert compound. The mettle of these machines will be tested as will the mettle of the men and in some cases women who operate them and even more crucially, the mettle of those who stay behind on the home front. Xi may be wrong about many things, but he is right about this one: wars are not won on the front lines, they are won and lost at home, around the kitchen tables and in the factories, and in the places of worship.
Xi knows better than anyone how superior the American military is to his own, but he also knows how rotten America is back home. Unlike the fool sellouts in the mold of the Clintons, the Bushes, and the Obamas that have been running America with the sole purpose of lining their own pockets, Xi is a true Chinese patriot and more than anything, a realist. He knows that there is nothing that can make a nation weaker more quickly than diversity. He knows that ethnic, national, and religious unity and even homogeneity is the only glue that holds when the chips are down and real pressure is brought to bear. FDR knew this too, which is why he, quite rightly, quarantined American citizens of Japanese descent during WWII.
Today, America is less united than it has ever been and it is not even close. Near majority if not majority of Americans harbor hatred in their hearts toward America’s founders and its founding documents and ideals. They yearn for a socialist dictatorship just like China and they have long since sold out their God-given rights for the siren song of “social safety nets” and government jobs. Is this generation of Americans ready to make the sacrifices necessary to win a world war? Xi has placed his chips squarely on the negative. Had he had the slightest doubt, he would have bent the knee to Trump, since he well knows that America’s military might coupled with a determined populace is unbeatable. His bet seems solid. Time will tell.
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Mao did not fight the Japanese, Chiang Kai Shek and the non-communists did. Mao turned out to be the largest mass murderer in human history. That is not including the Great Leap Forward which caused the starvation deaths of tens of millions. The Chinese today do not innovate or come up with new technology – they steal it from Americans, Europeans and Israelis. The same swamp that is battling Trump was the one that empowered China to now threaten the world – that includes George H.W. Bush and the Clintons. We must oppose them and set them for division and failure.
The Russian and French secret services both submitted white papers to their governments stating the US would break up into five or six pieces “soon”. I didn’t believe it then but I do now. The US needs a Stalinesque purge of the government, media, education, military. Almost of every institution if it is to survive into the next century. I doubt this will happen.
This author is pretty smug in his slanted opinions of our impending doom. Also wrong in some cases, as is normal with opinions. For one, the “majority” of us don’t hate the founders of our country nor the Constitution they wrote, we respect them and it. Pres. Trump isn’t a last gasp of a dying nation, he’s the response of the majority to the rot within. China is not the “rightful” inheritor of global supremacy, what kind of mind produces that concept? Americans do not crave a “Socialist dictatorship” even if most of us do enjoy free stuff. Everyone wants free stuff including the Chinese.
That Great Sacrifice of the Chinese that he reiterates was FORCED on the hapless population, it was not some lofty goal of the general population, and neither is starving to death for the Motherland. China’s government is a brutal dictatorship that the people HATE, and the Tianamen Square massacre is not forgotten by the Chinese people. Let the current government falter and you’ll see the demands for Freedom rise again.
He may be right about war. But then, we’ve all been waiting for the second shoe to drop for a very long time now and many of us will actually be relieved when it finally starts, because of that. Sometimes it’s better to see the worst go ahead and happen rather than to be constantly expecting it and waiting for it, which is why, if war does come, I think that we will meet it almost eagerly.
With that in mind, I agree with him on at least this point, that our military capability is superior to China’s.
An excellent article, whether you want to agree with the author or not, he presents a very interesting and highly sustainable scenario. I tend to agree with what the author says. China has eyes on world domination, they have the work ethic, and they have the determination, not to mention military might to advance their agenda. Is there another single society in today’s world that shows this same kind of long-range thinking and planning?
I have to agree with a lot that the author has to say. China is setting out on an expansionist economic policy, gaining strategic positoin and relationships through financial relationships with many if not most of the third world countries of Africa an Latin America.
The Chinese Communist Party does know exactly what it’s doing and proved that at Tiananmen Square, killing thousands of demonstrators outright. The Chinese Communist Party rules, and rules ruthlessly but also attempting to enrich and benefit the lives of the Chinese people, and one of Xi’s chief acts has been to root out corruption.
China has converted to a capitalist economy with a communist government. The old style communist system failed economically and couldn’t sustain the desires of teh communist party. They needed the economy to produce more to make looting it worth while.
I do expect this fight, trade war or whatever you want to call it, to be a fight at least to get the Americans out of Asia.
I don’t think it will be a war of annihlation, but just a war to keep America out of Asia, but permit Americaans to buy cheap American goods to employ Chinese workers at American workers expense.
This would mean America being treated like a Chinese colony, that China would exploit America and America would become a vassal to China. The Chinese are certainly capable of doing it, and America would let them rather than fight a war.
The wars America fights now are for control of Washington, whether borders will be protected or not, whether American citizens vote or everyone, whether people have abortions, whether people take drugs, whether people in the inner cities get welfare or jobs.
People don”t want international wars, they want to have things, and the war in Washington is for control, control of the riches, and we’re seeing that now, even the law can’t hold back the greed that people have for the power and riches of Washington, the last election being corrupted in the halls of the FBI and CIA.
Once this has happened, we’ll never be able to trust each other again.
Addendum to last comment.
I meant, China would permit Americans to buy Cheap Chinese manufactured goods, to keep Chinese workers employed while American workers are unemployed and perhaps America slips into economic oblivion.
You missed the point of the article. What you say is true, that Chang Kai Shek was exhausted and nearly destroyed by Japan, so Mao simply took over, and killed 80 million Chinese to consolidate his power without a second thought. Having studied some of Mao’s ideology, he would happily have killed twice or even ten times that number if necessary to consolidate power and destroy opposition.
That’s primary school education for Chinese Communists, don’t tolerate division or opposition, destroy it so you’re stronger still.
The only reason China has all these weapons is to invade and either subdue or destroy Taiwan.
I would be absolutely amazed if America defends Taiwan.
This will be Crimea II, the way cleared by Biden, if not already done.
I expect Taiwan to be either destroyed or occupied by China within the first two years of Biden’s presidency, and likely there’ll be some climate accord between the US and China making them partners and then China will be free to occupy Taiwan, and the US might even assist China in doing so, saying it will help the world’s climate.
I agree Xi is a dedicated Communist, and is willing to, in fact has to take over world dominance by any means necessary, while Biden is a Democrat party insider, @nd information is coming out about him being corrupt, with Hunter involved in money laundering, @nd likely the Democrat party was involved in Ukrainian money laundering during the Obama administration.
Biden might do very well in the Chinese Party apparatus, however Xi has made extraordinary efforts to eradicate corruption within the Communist Party and likely has had an enormous impact, so while China has been actually eradicating corruption, often by the most draconian methods only acceptable in a communist totalitarian state, the USnow finds itsel in the position of widespread corruption, a media which extremely partisan, unwilling to expose corruption since it could alter the outcome of an election, and have censored the truth just as vigorously as their Chinese counterparts, become essentially a mouthpiece for the party, the party which describes America as a racist hell hole only fit to be destroyed.
I don’t think the Chinese will have much trouble.
The Chinese demand Christians only use the official Chinese version of the Bible, officially approved Chinese clergy and is on excellent terms with Pope Francis, while people in the Democrat party demand evangelicals undergo de conditioning and only officially sanctioned secularized churches and pastors be approved and Biden is on excellent terms with Pope Francis and receives the sacraments.
Biden and son Hunter, have been making amazingly favorable business deals with the Chinese including investment banking and Bloomberg also is on wonderful financial terms with the Chinese Communists, even backing Chinese government bonds.
There won’t be a war between the US and China, just the opposite, and the Biden’s are foremost among globalists supporting Chinese interests and industry in the US and around the world.
The U S and China, under Biden, won’t be competitors.
Biden actually said the Chinese aren’t our competitors, they’re good folk.
You missed the point of the article. What you say is true, that Chang Kai Shek was exhausted and nearly destroyed by Japan, so Mao simply took over, and killed 80 million Chinese to consolidate his power without a second thought. Having studied some of Mao’s ideology, he would happily have killed twice or even ten times that number if necessary to consolidate power and destroy opposition.
That’s primary school education for Chinese Communists, don’t tolerate division or opposition, destroy it so you’re stronger still.
The only reason China has all these weapons is to invade and either subdue or destroy Taiwan.
I would be absolutely amazed if America defends Taiwan.
This will be Crimea II, the way cleared by Biden, if not already done.
I expect Taiwan to be either destroyed or occupied by China within the first two years of Biden’s presidency, and likely there’ll be some climate accord between the US and China making them partners and then China will be free to occupy Taiwan, and the US might even assist China in doing so, saying it will help the world’s climate.
I agree Xi is a dedicated Communist, and is willing to, in fact has to take over world dominance by any means necessary, while Biden is a Democrat party insider, and information is coming out about him being corrupt, with Hunter involved in money laundering, and likely the Democrat party was involved in Ukrainian money laundering during the Obama administration.
Biden might do very well in the Chinese Party apparatus, however Xi has made extraordinary efforts to eradicate corruption within the Communist Party and likely has had an enormous impact, so while China has been actually eradicating corruption, often by the most draconian methods only acceptable in a communist totalitarian state, the USnow finds itsel in the position of widespread corruption, a media which extremely partisan, unwilling to expose corruption since it could alter the outcome of an election, and have censored the and likely just as vigorously as their Chinese counterparts, become essentially a mouthpiece for the party, the party which describes America as a racist hell hole only fit to be destroyed.
I don’t think the Chinese will have much trouble.
The Chinese demand Christians only use the official Chinese version of the Bible, officially approved Chinese clergy and is on excellent terms with Pope Francis, while people in the Democrat party demand evangelicals undergo de conditioning and only officially sanctioned secularized churches and pastors be approved and Biden is on excellent terms with Pope Francis and receives the sacraments.
Biden and son Hunter, have been making amazingly favorable business deals with the Chinese including investment banking and Bloomberg also is on wonderful financial terms with the Chinese Communists, even backing Chinese government bonds.
There won’t be a war between the US and China, just the opposite, and the Biden’s are foremost among globalists supporting Chinese interests and industry in the US and around the world.
The U S and China, under Biden, won’t be competitors.
Biden actually said the Chinese aren’t our competitors, they’re good folk.
People talking secession however referring back to civil war, that wasn’t permitted, that the war settled it.
I’m not sure the US can hold together except by use of force. That’s apparently what happened in Civil war, although Lincoln said he was fighting to keep the Union together while Confederates fighting to separate, apparently for economic reasons to keep slavery, while poor Whites ended up being cannon fodder, and many poor Whites fled the South because they were too, poor to own slaves and were farmers trying to make a living, in competition with slave owners, primarily the Scotch Irish of Appalachia.
Will it be a country worth fighting for?
I doubt it. Courts not backing the constitution. If people end up feeling they’re being exploited by the country, rather than the country actually contributing something to them or their family, such as freedom or liberty, why should they care or give a d** what happens to the country.
That’s where we’re at.
That’s how it all ends, with a person, father or mother most likely, who can’t provide for their children despite efforts to do so, then things are radically wrong, and maybe you can keep the country together by force, jail or labor camps, but it’s not a country, it’s just a big labor camp.