‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says
‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says
Exclusive: Zhou Bo says harm done to US image may make Taiwanese reconsider their attitude towards Beijing but says he sees Trump as overall being ‘rather friendly’
The damage caused by Donald Trump to the United States’ reputation is creating opportunities for China, particularly with regards to Taiwan, according to a retired senior colonel from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Speaking to the Guardian in Beijing, Zhou Bo said that Trump was damaging the US’s reputation “more than all of his predecessors combined”.
“By the end of his second term, I believe America’s global image will simply become more tarnished, its international standing will just go down further,” Zhou said. The people of Taiwan “know that America is going down”, which “might affect their mentality” with regards to China.
I read this in a fictional novel once.
Crazy it is happening irl.
I would be interested in that title, if you recall.
vows to tariff war against China
tariffs Canada, Mexico, and Taiwan upon entering office
Can't tell if successful Russian/Chinese operation, or Trump is just mega stupid lol.
I think both.
As a person? Yes
As a politician? Arguably no since he's not the one making decisions.
Hes so very clearly nothing but a figure head. His boss in Russia, the heritage foundation and their billionaire backers are commanding him. The fuckin guy was told to shut up by a child, in the white house while Elon was behind the desk answering questions. I think part of the game plan is to make America look as dumb/inept as possible and it is working beautifully.
It's easier to do damage from the inside by manipulating stupid people, I guess.
China have been running rings around America for the past 30 years.
I blame Nixon for this one. Opening and normalizing relations with a communist country under a time when America was at an ideological war with the communists was dumb at best and treasonous at worst, at least in my opinion.
If you read the whole article, his actual statements sound pretty reasonable. Like he describes (to paraphrase) China and Russia as partners but not an alliance like two parallel lines that run next to each other but never overlap. And he doesn’t sound belligerent about Taiwan. More of a “As America collapses and China rises, maybe Taiwan will want to be a part of China proper as the most powerful nation.”
I don’t necessarily agree that China’s rise is inevitable and nor is America’s decline. (The last two days haven’t helped the latter but America has a short memory.) China’s economy, for all its strengths, can be sclerotic and legally uncertain. Trump is obviously a wildcard so the U.S. isn’t in a position to judge there. If I were rich, I wouldn’t know where to invest in either nation. Both countries, to me, need some significant reforms.
So, anyway, I’m not endorsing his newsletter or whatever but it doesn’t seem like he’s just spouting off jingoism.
China faces two issues nobody ever talks about.
- Xi Jinping is old so within years, he'll need a successor....and with authoritarian systems, succession can be bloody.
- China is facing a demographic collapse they have zero grip on at the moment. They might lose half their population by the end of the century. and their population hit peak in 2021, and just in the next decade they are projected to lose 50M people, (so this isn't hat far as many people think)
both of these issues are really reaching.
- CCP will have no trouble of succeeding Xi as it's a single party system.
- The population issue is heavily overblown and we have yet to see it actually have an effect. China being a dictatorship also can handle this issue more efficiently than the west.
The only problem China would be facing is civil disobedience but as long as Chinese live slightly more comfortable year after year and don't notice the spying/firewall too much the Chinese are just too spineless to do anything.
That's why China basically has to do nothing to win geopolitica these days. Just sit back, continue spreading propaganda and see everything fall in their favor.
A "peaceful" unification with Taiwan (meaning no open war) is obviously in China's interest. I don't think being part of the PR of China is something Taiwan or any nation should go for, regardless of their influence over the world; Hong Kong's recent history should be a warning in that regard. But China doesn't want a war with Taiwan, they want Taiwan and would probably accept a war to achieve that goal, but would prefer to avoid it.
Thank you to the Americans that took to the streets and demonstrated today.
Hopefully we will see more of that.China is going to eat Russia's lunch
Trump’s chaos is China’s gain; Taiwan’s trust in the U.S. hangs by a thread. The article provides substantial insight into shifting power dynamics but might overstate their immediacy.
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Still, can China be a "better" block than the US? They're trying to emulate the US without the rule of law, democracy and alliances...if the US ends up without rule of law, democracy or alliances...how does China become the better option? They just become equally shitty.
I mean, sure, but PLA is always going to say those thing.
For those that are interested, according to Steve Bannon on his podcast today, Trump's plan is to peel Russia away from China and surround them. This is why he apparently all too happy to throw Ukraine into the dirt. According to that very podcast, Trump deserves at third term because a statesman like Donald comes around once a century of your lucky.
I guessed I'm putting that out there, because it's the only thing that gives any sort of logic to the Ukraine issue.
In that vein though, who shares the most values with Russia, Xi or Trump to build an alliance on?
Mark my words, if there is a capitulation in Ukraine, there will be 3 years to rebuild and a simultaneous invasion on both sides of Eurasia
America was already bowing to china because of Biden. Dont be fooled.
Lmao
All that needs to be said, really
America was bowing to China because of cheap goods.
