The United States has always aspired to dominate the world structure, pursuing the status of a single powerful country, dividing other countries into two categories: big but not strong or strong but not big.
For many years, the United States has resorted to repressive tactics against countries or international organizations that are rapidly rising in national power. Ever"The second oldest in the world", including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, and the European Union, have all been suppressed by the United States, causing them to be severely injured and unable to catch up with the United States.
Today, China is developing at a rapid pace, and the hard work of the Chinese for decades has completed the development process that Western countries have completed in a hundred years, making China's national strength rank second in the world.
Although the United States has tried to contain China's rise in various fields, China is not afraid of US repression. So why isn't China worried about becoming the sixth country to be crushed?
The United States once won the war with Britain and sucked Britain clean without a single shot.
Britain's close relationship with the United States manifested itself in many ways, especially in both world wars, when the United States reached out to help Britain. After the end of World War II, the United States established a number of allies around the world, and Britain should have been the most important among these allies"US-British coalition forces"situation.
In World War II, Britain was bogged down by the German offensive and the United States intervened and provided assistance, which happened at the end of 1942, when Britain had already suffered heavy war losses.
In order to wait and see the situation rather than rush to open a second battlefield, the two countries chose to engage Germany in North Africa. In the end, however, it was the United States that benefited the most, as Britain and Germany had been fighting for a long time in the North African theater, and by the time the American troops landed in North Africa, the war was nearing its end.
Britain suffered huge losses in World War II, while the United States noted"Do good"actually did some in the name"Bad things"。During the war, the United States provided assistance to other countries, but this was not gratuitous, either in exchange for goods or after the war to demand their return.
Britain used ports as collateral, and later effectively transferred hegemony directly to the United States by exchanging overseas military bases.
In its heyday, known as the "empire on which the sun never sets", with global colonies and the sun visible everywhere, Britain's development depended on vast lands and resources from all over the world.
After losing its overseas colonies and military bases, Britain could only rely on its only 240,000 square kilometers and limited population, which could hardly compete with the huge United States. The United States, which had been suppressed by the British, finally put Britain at its feet.
Britain successfully solved the Soviet problem by non-combat means. The Soviet Union was the most formidable adversary of the United States, and it was no match for Britain, Japan, and other countries. During the Cold War, the two sides faced off tensely and could break out at any time.
The Soviet Union's military might terrified the entire West, and the West's encirclement of the Soviet Union forced it to invest heavily in military power, reaching frightening levels of strength, but also carrying heavy burdens.
The Soviet Union relied on military and heavy industrial prowess, but this also became a double-edged sword for its rise and fall. At the beginning of the 30s, the Soviet Union had the problem of the development of light industry lagging behind heavy industry. Stalin, aware of this problem, proposed a strategy of "two-headed development", but after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the USSR had to devote its energies to heavy industry, especially the defense industry.
After the outbreak of the Cold War, in order to maintain superiority over the West in the military field, the Soviet Union accelerated the development of heavy industry, with a huge army of millions and tens of thousands of tanks, ready to crush opponents in the great plains of Europe.
The increase in military investment will inevitably have a negative impact on the development of light industry and agriculture, a large amount of money cannot be used to improve people's livelihood, and the huge size of the army also consumes millions of young laborers in society.
In the early eighties, the United States launched a space competition in the "Star Wars program" through economic power, which further increased the economic burden of the Soviet Union.
The United States adopted the means of containing the Soviet Union, not only to make its military development unbalanced and to carry a heavy economic burden in a tense military atmosphere, but also to adopt the strategy of "peaceful evolution". This is the method proposed by US Congressman Dulles in the early 50s of the 20th century, through some "peaceful" means to gradually disintegrate the opponent without the outbreak of a hot war.
Space competition has become one of the means for Western countries to publicize and beautify the West to the target country through the cultivation of organizations and individuals, promote Western values, ideologies, ways of thinking and lifestyles, especially for young people, so as to gradually weaken the strength of the target country. Compared with Britain's colonial approach, which relied mainly on war, the United States was more clever through more ingenious means.
In 1991, the Soviet Union, which had once had enormous global influence, completely collapsed, and no country could pose a threat to the United States in the short term, leaving it in a relatively relaxed state.
Watching Germany's struggle with other countries, the United States finally helped Britain defeat Germany in two world wars. Although Germany excelled in both World Wars, it was eventually defeated by the United States, which also caused great damage to Germany.
Germany fought in World Wars I and II, and with its industrial prowess, it defeated many opponents and weakened Britain, which had been suppressing the development of the United States. However, in both world wars, the United States intervened in the war at critical moments, sending troops to Europe in 1917 and 1942, respectively, dealing a fatal blow to Germany.
During World War II, Germany engaged the Anglo-French coalition forces, gradually repelling them. However, it was not until the end of 1942, near the end of the war in North Africa, that the United States actively intervened to help Britain turn the tide and eventually defeat Germany.
After the end of World War II, Germany, as a part of Europe, was under the control of the United States, and it was difficult to regain its strength. Although the EU is well developed among regional international organizations, the biggest problem it faces is the lack of solidarity. Although Britain, France, Germany and Italy occupy four of the top 10 GDP rankings, there have been historically frequent wars between European countries, and the centrifugal forces of war have made it difficult for Europe to achieve true unity.
During the Cold War, the United States profoundly influenced the military and economic aspects of the EU countries, exploiting their fear of the Soviet Union and tightening its grip on them. The EU countries have not succeeded in escaping NATO's influence, and the United States continues to plague them economically.
In the two decades before and after the turn of the century, the United States encouraged European countries to participate in a series of large-scale wars and military operations, including the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, the Iraq War, and the Libyan War. These wars have limited impact for the United States and are not a huge problem for the EU as a whole, but for individual EU countries, the damage is quite severe. In particular, the Kosovo war had a far-reaching impact on Europe, and it was considered that "the United States shot against the euro".
With the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008, the war in the Middle East caused a large influx of refugees into Europe, causing a lot of trouble for European countries. Despite the fact that the economies of the EU countries have been hit by repeated crises and the problems they are facing are obvious, some countries still often call for "Brexit".
In the last century, Japan became an ally of the United States in East Asia after suffering a "second heavy blow" in a war of foreign aggression and expansion. In order to maintain a presence in the region and to confront the Soviet Union, the United States provided Japan with large sums of money for reconstruction and development. This has made Japan rise rapidly in a short period of time, and its products are of high quality and low price in the American market, resulting in a deficit of up to $50 billion in the United States with Japan, accounting for 40% of its foreign affairs. This has also led to the closure of many factories in the United States, causing discomfort.
In September 1985, the five countries** of the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and the Federal Republic of Germany** signed the Plaza Accord in Manhattan Square, and the yen has continued to appreciate since then. At the same time, the United States has taken measures to crack down on Japan's export economy and expand its own exports to Japan.
Under the operation of the United States, Japan's economy has suffered a serious blow, all kinds of resources have been discounted, and it has lost its arrogant posture towards the United States, and now the United States has deployed a powerful military force in Japan and firmly controls the country.
Why is China not afraid of US repression?
First of all, China's strength is strong, and its comprehensive strength is steadily developing in all fields, and it has made remarkable achievements, not just GDP. This makes the United States dare not directly wage war against China, lest it lead to China's decline. Therefore, China did not experience the historical fate of Germany's decline.
Second, China's sheer size provides the foundation for its peaceful development, unlike the old European powers, which have used colonialism and wars to obtain capital and resources. However, this model can easily lead to war itself, losing its colonies and not being able to continue plundering more resources, and eventually collapsing. Historically, colonists have often been replaced by new powers because of wars, which seems to have formed a law.
China's development is based on peace, and through active cooperation and interaction with other countries, it has avoided suppression and war against other countries, and will not follow the old path of countries such as the United Kingdom.
Third, China has developed into a partner of more than 120 countries and regions, and the United States accounts for about 20% of the total United States, far exceeding the 08%。The outbreak of the epidemic has made the world deeply aware of the world's dependence on Chinese manufacturing, from epidemic prevention materials to other products, and for many years, the United States has successfully reduced the problem caused by inflation due to the high quality and low price of Chinese products.
China's position in many areas is already irreplaceable. In such a scenario, the United States cannot act against China without scruples, which will lead to harm on both sides.
Fourth, China's institutional strengths have shown great resilience in the face of natural disasters and difficulties created by other countries. China's resilience in dealing with natural disasters, pandemics, Western wars, and military threats has not affected its continued momentum.
In the past, the "second largest in the world" lacked the institutional advantages and unique wisdom of China. On the contrary, the United States has lost the ability to suppress other "world leaders" in the first place.
The U.S. infrastructure is in poor condition, social contradictions are serious, and the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, and it is difficult to select a person who can lead the United States out of the predicament. Therefore, it is difficult to understand how the United States, which is plagued by both internal and external problems, is qualified to say that it "scares China."
Professor Zhang Weiwei pointed out that China has eight characteristics, "four supers" and "four specials": that is, a super-large population, an ultra-vast territory, an ultra-long historical tradition, and a super-profound cultural accumulation; as well as unique language, politics, society, and economy. This succinctly sums up the reasons why China has achieved what it is today, and these combined conditions have enabled China to defy US suppression.