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"The United States challenges China and Russia at the same time, marking the decline of the level of American think tanks!" 》
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China, the United States, and Russia are all world superpowers, and the comprehensive strength of the three countries is basically the same, and none of the three countries can afford to provoke anyone, but the United States dares to single-handedly single out China and Russia at the same time. Let's start with the first question:
1. What are the manifestations of the United States challenging China and Russia at the same time?
In 2014, European and American countries planned a color revolution, prompting a national coup d'état in Ukraine, and the pro-Russian Yanukovych *** pro-Western Ukrainian leader came to power.
On July 6, 2018, Trump officially announced an additional 25% tariff on some goods from China, marking the outbreak of the Sino-US war.
On May 8, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Taiwan Guarantees Act of 2019 and the Reaffirmation of U.S. Commitments to Taiwan and the Implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act by a vote of 414 in favor and 0 against.
On February 24, 2022, after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the United States imposed several economic sanctions on Russia, while vigorously supporting Ukraine's war against Russia.
On August 2, 2022, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan Province of China.
On May 16, 2023, the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called "Taiwan International Solidarity Act" by a 40-0 vote by acclamation, which advertises that Resolution 2758 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly only "deals with the issue of China's representation, not the Taiwan issue", which is tantamount to expressing that the United States does not recognize Taiwan as part of China.
, RIA Novosti July 28, 2023**, the White House announced on Friday (July 28) that it would provide Taiwan with a value of 3$4.5 billion in military aid, including military equipment, military education and training for Taiwan.
2. Why does the fact that the United States is challenging China and Russia at the same time indicate that American think tanks are in decline?
Think tanks are a symbol of a country's wisdom and a major participant in national policymaking, when a country is in decline, there must be a problem with national policy, of course, we can also see through these policies what is the level of a country's think tank. Let's analyze the problems of the U.S. China policy in detail.
In 2018, the United States imposed tariffs on Chinese products imported into the United States, and I sold cheap products to you, but you stopped them, which simply refreshed the three views of many experts and scholars. If you impose tariffs on goods produced in China, you are not the same as raising taxes on American consumers, which is one of the reasons for the huge inflation in the United States in 2022.
China is the world's factory, and the United States dares to sanction China, which is really a big joke of putting the cart before the horse and slipping the world!
If the United States does not import goods from China, if it does not import goods from China, then the hegemony of the dollar will be unsustainable! Because only by importing large quantities of Chinese goods can the United States export large quantities of dollars to China and the world, thereby obtaining huge seigniorage and economic benefits.
China is the largest partner of 140 countries, if China does not use the US dollar for international pricing and settlement, how many countries in the world need US dollars? How many other countries use US dollars for settlement?
Over the past 40 years, it is precisely because of China's strong economic and political support for the United States that this is the most important factor supporting the hegemony of the dollar.
If the United States lacks China's political or economic support, that is, China does not use the US dollar** and investment, and does not recognize the US dollar's status as a world currency, then the US dollar hegemony will immediately collapse completely! Once the hegemony of the dollar collapses, then the US economy is not far from collapse, and the economic consequences are very serious.
The United States has been trying to detonate a war in the Taiwan Strait, but China has never used force to resolve the Taiwan issue! American think tanks overestimate the economic value of Taiwan Province to China. Taiwan Province is just a small island with scarce resources and very limited economic potential and development space. In the face of a crisis in the Taiwan Strait, China will not use force lightly, and China is most likely to choose peaceful reunification with Taiwan, because military strikes are too costly, cost-effective, and uneconomical.
The essence of the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan Province has been returned to the motherland, but the right to govern it has not yet been withdrawn, and Taiwan Province is now in a state of high autonomy. Even if Taiwan is recovered by force, China will not be able to directly change Taiwan's social system, and to a large extent, it will still exercise a high degree of autonomy.
Taiwan Province belongs to China, which is a fact recognized by the whole world (including the previous United States**)! However, the US Congress has tried to play a clever trick and pass the "Taiwan International Solidarity Act" and not recognize that Taiwan belongs to China; in the eyes of the whole world, this can be regarded as a farce directed by the US Congress at best, and at the same time, in the eyes of the world, this is nothing more than a huge world joke!
Let's take a look at what are the problems with the US policy towards Russia?
Russia's military strength is the first in the world, and in this world, no country has the strength to defeat Russia militarily! Including NATO. Until now, none of the NATO member countries dared to declare war on Russia! Why? Because its military power is not at all an opponent of Russia. Regarding Russia's strong military strength, you can find out the specific situation through searching.
Although NATO's overall economic strength is very strong, its military strength is not strong. With the exception of the United States, the rest of the countries are small military or economic countries that are not worthy of being Russia's military or economic opponents at all! As soon as the cannon sounded, **10,000 taels! There is not a single country in the EU that has the economic strength to start a war against Russia.
The EU's lack of resources is the EU's flaw, which means that it simply has no war resources and war potential, and if NATO has a head-on conflict with Russia, I believe that NATO will fail completely if it does not hold out for a few days! Just like Germany was completely defeated in World War II because of the lack of oil.
, the financial sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia, which made the ruble rise and become the world's currency; The ruble, which used to have no place in the world's reserve currency, has now become the world's currency on a par with the renminbi. The U.S. economic sanctions against Russia have made Russia more focused on economic independence and self-determination, and its economic strength has increased significantly compared with before the war, with Russia's GDP growth rate of 36%, far more than the European Union and the United States.
Russia is extremely rich in resources, with a total value of 300 trillion dollars, and Russia's war potential is very huge, and it has the strength to fight a long-term military or economic war with any major power! It is almost impossible for the United States to want to defeat Russia militarily or economically!
China and Russia are both world superpowers, and the United States will pay a huge economic and political price for the United States to challenge China and Russia at the same time! This cost will gradually become apparent over time.
Conclusion 1: American think tanks have not clearly realized that in the past 40 years, the main reason why the United States has been able to call the wind and rain on the world political and economic stage and cover the sky with one hand is because of the huge support of China and Russia for the United States, and without the political and economic support of China and Russia for the United States, the influence of the United States on the world political stage is at most equivalent to that of a second- or third-rate country.
Conclusion 2: The current economic recession of the United States and the sharp decline in world political influence are largely due to the fact that the thinking of American think tanks has not kept pace with the times, and they are still obsessed with the idea of gaining world influence through cold war or violence (military violence, economic violence (or economic sanctions, etc.)). Because the United States is very dependent on think tanks, the decline of American think tanks will inevitably be accompanied by the decline of the American state, and this decline will be long-term and long-lasting! History and facts will tell, and we will wait and see ......