'The United States and other democratic powers must strengthen our connectivity, and economic, military, technological, education, and innovation potential, in ways which enable us to build ourselves and build each other, while closing China off from access to the things that pave its way to power.''..The United States, and the ideas it represents, are at risk to China’s totalitarian objective: transforming China into the world’s top power by 2049. If successful, this “will mean a world in which China is the world’s leading superpower, capable of extending its military, economic, financial and ideological influence and power into every place on earth not limited by other nations or by coalitions of nations.”
He believes we should engage with China but not enable them economically. If “the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy is intended to deliver the creation of a new world system with China at its center—and the de facto end of an American-led world,” he writes, then: “The United States and other democratic powers must strengthen our connectivity, and economic, military, technological, education, and innovation potential, in ways which enable us to build ourselves and build each other, while closing China off from access to the things that pave its way to power.” '
- China’s Vision of Victory (
On My Radar: Camp Kotok Notes on China and MMT, August 16, 2019)
Context '..the West’s 25-year bet on China has failed.' - How the West got China wrong - '..China uses business to confront its enemies. It seeks to punish firms directly, as when Mercedes-Benz..''..China’s problem. The problem isn’t capitalism. It’s power.''..China’s disinformation network..''..If a government cannot respect the basic rights of people it claims as its own citizens..''..only a few areas of the globe are of vital importance to U.S. security or prosperity..'