Reddit mentions of The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

But China can change that. I think you discount China's uniqueness on the world stage and compared to it's neighbors (ironically listing Hong Kong and Taiwan as analog 'other countries'). They're the potentially the biggest economy in the world; they aren't playing by the same rules Burundi has to play by.

Further, you are looking at the world through a very western lens, something our policymakers did mistakenly for decades, which is how we wound up where we are at these days. Do you know the Chinese view the 20th century as their 'century of humiliation?', do you know that they've effectively pinned the collective all of western imperialism into China onto the United States? In a world where the majority of Americans couldn't tell you what a Boxer Rebellion was, China remembers. James K Polk is a great villain in the Chinese history of the world, whereas in the US again, he's largely forgotten.

Some recommended reading, and Amazon's summary covers the central theme well:

>For more than forty years, the United States has played an indispensable role helping the Chinese government build a booming economy, develop its scientific and military capabilities, and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that China's rise will bring us cooperation, diplomacy, and free trade. But what if the "China Dream" is to replace us, just as America replaced the British Empire, without firing a shot?

>Based on interviews with Chinese defectors and newly declassified, previously undisclosed national security documents, The Hundred-Year Marathon reveals China's secret strategy to supplant the United States as the world's dominant power, and to do so by 2049, the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. Michael Pillsbury, a fluent Mandarin speaker who has served in senior national security positions in the U.S. government since the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, draws on his decades of contact with the "hawks" in China's military and intelligence agencies and translates their documents, speeches, and books to show how the teachings of traditional Chinese statecraft underpin their actions. He offers an inside look at how the Chinese really view America and its leaders – as barbarians who will be the architects of their own demise.

>Pillsbury also explains how the U.S. government has helped – sometimes unwittingly and sometimes deliberately – to make this "China Dream" come true, and he calls for the United States to implement a new, more competitive strategy toward China as it really is, and not as we might wish it to be. The Hundred-Year Marathon is a wake-up call as we face the greatest national security challenge of the twenty-first century.

There is a book which explores this topic:

The Hundred Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

Was a popular book last year among International Relations/Geopolitics circles, written by Michael Pillsbury who Chairs the Center for Chinese Strategy at the Hudson institute and speaks fluent Mandarian.

I don't subscribe to the theory myself, he is certainly one of the China "hawks" in the military-political-academic establishment. But would be a good place to start to explore your theory.

I get that, but you know if I have to spend a bit more to bread a country that still has gulags and political prisoners, it’s a small price to pay.

Doubly so since China is trying to take the top spot in the world and they aren’t good guys.


Hundred-Year Marathon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250081343/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_BROLDbNZJ0PS0

It’s a must to break China for freedom.

This guy disagrees: https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Marathon-Strategy-Replace-Superpower/dp/1250081343

ok, thanks for a long answer.

btw, here is an interesting book written by US army official: https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Marathon-Strategy-Replace-Superpower/dp/1250081343

That book states that liberal democracy could be nearing an end. It is interesting to see what russian reaction will be. Does Russia want or believe that liberal democracy is going to be a functioning model for society. And if not, what will be Russias model? A copy of China or something new.

Saw this article/thought of your myopic comment:
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170910/p2g/00m/0in/035000c

They want the Norks to be a thorn in our side. Starting a nuclear war makes them a thorn in everyone's side. Nothing is a or z; nothing is black and white....I also said that AN important question is how the Chinese will react. Not THE important question, not the ONE question....ffs, read some non-fiction. Start here. Also, reading words instead of reading into them helps.

Thanks.

I have three points to raise in the context of your reply.

First, Sino-Russian relations have actually improved in the last 5 years. This is because Russia, to all intents and purposes, have accepted Asia as being under China's sphere of influence. The corresponding and reciprocal agreement is that China acknowledges Eastern Europe as being within the Russian sphere of influence. Also, China and India are some of the largest investors in Russia's upcoming Siberian oil exploration project.

Second, from what I understand, the Chinese and Russian leaderships are realists not ideologues. They understand that in the short to medium term, the US is THE principal adversary. Of course, they each look at the US in different ways. So, for example, while the Russians see the Americans as being peer competitors (which is an updated version of the cold war dynamic between the two countries - though Russia is being delusional here, I have to say), the Chinese on the other hand view the Americans as being the dominant power, but one in decline. In other words, China sees the US from the point of view of a challenger and not a peer competitors. From this it follows that China is not as interested as Russia in the absolute defeat of America. Rather, the Chinese would like to facilitate the decline of America and to take its place as the pre eminent global power.

Thirdly, you correctly point out that Western sanctions have hit the Russians badly and this impact is not only in the Oil & Gas sector. The impact is wider that merely one sector. And yes, in the short term, an immediate Russian benefit would be the easing up of the sanctions regime. But this is a tactical or at best a grand tactical victory for the Russians though obviously it will bring them relief. But don't you see, this is precisely one of the carrots the Chinese could have dangled in front of the Russians. From the Chinese perspective, if their ultimate strategic aim is to dominate the global order of Nations, how does Russia gaining some ease from a sanctions regime going to adversely impact the Chinese strategic objective?

Yes I agree that each of the parties involved have their individual stakes. But that is the beauty of a plan like this. What each party to the plan gets in no way contradicts or goes against what any other party gains from the success of the plan.

You don't need a threeway conspiracy, just Russia & Trump sitting in a tree and China ready to take advantage.

I'll close by quoting you as above. I am not suggesting a 3-way conspiracy. Instead, I am suggesting the deliberate design of a plan - by Chinese strategists - which uses the Russians (their already well known capabilities in waging information warfare, their tense relationship with the West and the US, in particular, etc.) As both an instrument but also as a (junior and operations level) partner and a purely disposable instrument (the Trump Establishment). Aim of the plan? To further what in the literature is sometimes referred to as "the 100 year marathon"".

Also check out: Unrestricted Warfare

Edit: If there is one thing that I have no alluded to in this construct it is the role of the Alt Right AND of shadowy American financiers like the Mercers, the Mellon-Scaifes, among others.

i dont know. Somebody deleted it

Btw, best scientist in USA universities are asian. IF they stopped enrollin US, it would be end for USA science.

Asian people arent stupid. They are hardest working and very talented. It is only a matter of time before they become number one.

they have pretty big goals: https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Marathon-Strategy-Replace-Superpower/dp/1250081343

> A worry as China gets touchier:

> China’s ambassador to Australia has warned that the relationship between the two countries has been marred by “systematic, irresponsible and negative remarks” about China, and trading ties could be damaged if the situation is not repaired.

China is not touchy, not sensitive, and not angry. They are supremacists engaged in the early stages of Barbarian Management - their traditional model of engagement with foreigners.

Read a goddam book instead of talking out of your ass e.g. The 100 Year Marathon, Bully of Asia, Hegemon.

China's only emotions are impatience and indignance at the slowness of Westerners to prostrate themselves, to kowtow, and the stupidity of Westerners too slow to realise their impending doom.

The Chinese literally think they are the supreme civilisation, and everyone outside are barbarians. They think the sun shines out of their ass. That is the traditional Chinese view of the world, and China is reverting to type.

China is often tone-deaf culturally with the West. Also, Commies don't like truth just what they want to hear so nuance goes out the door along with patience. Results even short-term is all they want or you can outright be "removed". Russia was much better also, even though they clearly speak a foreign language, they look European. Not judging but it simply matters to the masses overall to be able to relate somehow. China doesn't have any of that.

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Great books out about China's intentions worldwide. 100 Year-Marathon is scary af. I'm so glad they played their hand to a certain extent because if they'd waited a decade, we'd be screwed. But they might be acting hard for a known or more likely unknown reason of various types.