Americans losing plot to counter China...nothing works

 All those calls to doggies to pull together to counter China are nothing more than about USA's interest being threatened by China's advance. The USA is losing its innovative spirit, its competitiveness, its sanctioning regime, its US$ hegemony and is desperate to maintain the status quo. Faking it or kicking the can further down the road, hoping for a miracle, is no solution.

Taking up the challenge is, but the USA already lost the plot. Just how desperate the USA is can be seen with its running around and forming alliances, asking allies to close ranks to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs, cutting out Chinese competitors, demonizing Chinese manufacturing and over-capacity and all those hogwash accusations which are just unproductive, self-defeating and are not working.

This is China's century, and the USA has to accept the reality. If the USA still thinks tariffs and sanctions will decimate China, it is barking up the wrong tree. The USA and the West cannot even afford to de-couple from China without crippling themselves. What they did against Russia already shows their shortcomings. Sanctioning China and being retaliated against is going to be the USA and the West's waterloo.

In spite of all the talk about de-coupling, the USA military itself still relies on Chinese semiconductors for their weapons production, their missiles and drones. The irony is that ordinary companies and manufacturers in the USA are prohibited one way or another from having anything to do with Chinese tech products like 5G, behind their back the USA Government is doing the exact opposite stealthily.

De-coupling does not work, and they knew it. So, they invented 'de-risking' instead just to cover their arsehole for their disinformation. 

Anonymous