NATO further shackles 75 year-old Communist China in its spider webs of island chains, by Declan Hayes

China is not well-loved in its own neighborhood. From Declan Hayes at strategic-culture.org:

As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates the 75^th anniversary of their state, party poopers necessarily abound within and without their Middle Kingdom.

As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates the 75^th anniversary of their state, party poopers necessarily abound within and without their Middle Kingdom.

Leaving their supposed internal turmoils to one side for a moment, India and the NATO alliance are two sets of competitors China will have to come to terms with by fair means or foul. Though India claims it is operationally prepared to take on China over their border disputes, tensions do not end there. India and China are in competition for every imaginable resource, not the least of which is water and the urbanisation and industrialisation of both countries have put major strains on their relatively limited natural resources.

India is already in dispute with Pakistan over the Indus waters treaty and China has recently completed a $60 bn canal to help resolve some of its own gargantuan problems.

The scale of development in both India and China is such that it is almost unimaginable in the West, which cannot hope to stay in the race without resorting to the tried and trusted techniques of divide and conquer.

And, Lord knows, there is much to divide and conquer the locals with in that neck of the woods, and much of it has to do with the mercantilist and neo-mercantilist policies of arrogant China.

The United States and her colonies are putting an end to the days of China dumping its wares on the Western world, which is also focused on ending China’s grip on critical minerals. All of that leaves opportunities galore within the Pax Americana ambit for countries like India and Vietnam, which still remembers its 1,000 years of shame under Chinese imperial rule.

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