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Why The USA Cannot Stop China | Keyu Jin | Wealth Office Wealth Office Wealth Office 25.8K subscribers Subscribe 1.1K Share Ask Save 35,713 views Jul 11, 2026 Economist and author of The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism, Professor Keyu Jin joins Michael Macfarlane ‪@michaelmacfarlane-mma‬ for a conversation exploring one of the defining questions of the twenty-first century: why does so much of the world still misunderstand China? For many people, China is viewed primarily through the lens of geopolitics, security and strategic competition. But Keyu argues that this perspective captures only a small part of a much larger story. Drawing on the ideas behind The New China Playbook, as well as decades of research into China's economic development, she explains why understanding modern China requires looking beyond politics to the deeper forces shaping its rise. Rather than simply copying existing models, China has developed its own approach to economic growth - combining long-term planning, market competition, state coordination and entrepreneurial innovation in ways that continue to challenge many Western assumptions. This is not simply a conversation about China, but a conversation about how the global economy is changing. As wealth, innovation and private capital become increasingly distributed across the world, understanding different economic systems may become one of the defining competitive advantages for entrepreneurs, investors, family offices and policymakers alike. The discussion explores why many Western institutions continue to interpret China through an ideological framework, and why that risks overlooking the economic, technological and cultural forces that are reshaping the global economy. Michael and Keyu discuss China's unique economic model, the relationship between long-term planning and innovation, and why ecosystems, rather than individual companies, may increasingly become the foundation of global competitiveness. The conversation also explores the growing importance of private capital. As Chinese entrepreneurs and family businesses continue to accumulate significant wealth, capital is becoming increasingly global, flowing into sectors such as biotechnology, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and healthcare. Rather than signalling the end of globalisation, Keyu argues that these trends point towards a more interconnected and multipolar world economy. A major theme throughout the episode is the changing relationship between East and West. Rather than viewing the future through the lens of rivalry alone, Michael and Keyu explore why collaboration, complementary strengths and greater cultural understanding may ultimately prove far more valuable than zero-sum competition. The conversation explores: • Why the West continues to misunderstand China • The ideas behind The New China Playbook • China's unique economic model • The relationship between state coordination and market competition • Long-term planning, innovation and industrial policy • Why China has become a global leader in AI, electric vehicles and advanced manufacturing • The importance of ecosystems over individual companies • The role of entrepreneurship in China's economic rise • Chinese private capital and the future of global investment • Family offices and the internationalisation of Asian wealth • Why globalisation is evolving rather than disappearing • The emergence of a more multipolar world economy • Collaboration between Chinese and Western businesses • The role of culture in shaping economic relationships • Why understanding China may become one of the most important strategic advantages of the coming decades The central question of the episode is whether the world is still trying to understand China through a twentieth-century framework. If Keyu Jin is right, China's rise is not simply the story of one country's economic success. It represents a broader shift towards a more multipolar world, where opportunity, innovation and capital are becoming increasingly distributed across regions, cultures and economic systems. 🎥 Watch the full conversation to explore how China, private capital, innovation and global economics are reshaping the twenty-first century, and why understanding these changes may become one of the greatest competitive advantages for investors, entrepreneurs and family offices. If you enjoy conversations like this, subscribe to Wealth Office for more discussions with entrepreneurs, investors, family businesses and global thinkers exploring how wealth is shaping the future. How this was made Auto-dubbed Audio tracks for some languages were automatically generated. Learn more Ask Get answers, explore topics, and more Ask questions Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript Wealth Office 25.8K subscribers Videos About Instagram LinkedIn 359 Comments Eng Lam Yeo Add a comment... @phenixwutao 1 day ago Smart people always change themselves, idiots always force others to change to meet their needs. 83 Reply 19 replies @daoistwanderer2671 1 day ago China may appear less transparent but China speaks, she speaks the truth. Unlike the Western media and politicians who are so well known for their fake news. 39 Reply 3 replies @SicMundus24 1 day ago Great fan of her! She understands the West and she understands China. She is a brilliant economy professor. Greetings from Germany 79 Reply 4 replies @mateusmahumane8990 1 day ago If China had remained poor but communist, nobody would care about it being commubist. Example is Vietnam, nobody talks , much less criticises Vietnam, although a communist country like China. The real reoson for criticising China is the fear of losing the power to control the world. 123 Reply 35 replies @slc801 1 day ago The west thinks to highly of themselves ! They think everyone from the global south wants to be like them . 37 Reply 15 replies @horridohobbies 1 day ago (edited) The West is always criticizing China because of four major reasons: (1) The West is ideologically prejudiced. Any system that isn't a liberal democracy is viewed as "authoritarian" or a "dictatorship." (2) The West is afraid. China's rise may undermine their global hegemony. (3) The West is jealous and resentful. China's spectacular rise makes them look bad. It undermines their claim that liberal democracy is the ultimate system to strive towards. (4) The West is racist. The Anglo-Americans look down on anyone who isn't "white." They harbour a sense of racial superiority. China is an economic competitor. China is not a security threat to the West. China has never threatened the United States nor Europe. China has never fought a war with them on their territory. In fact, China hasn't fought a war with anybody since 1979, nearly 50 years ago! China is the most peaceful world power in human history. There is absolutely no indication whatsoever that China will behave like the Western hegemon once it sits atop the world. 63 Reply 11 replies @TheFantomRogue 1 day ago Saw Prof Keyu Jin and I click!! She's a living LEGEND 2 Reply @vichitvideo6041 1 day ago The West, especially the US, want China to be like them politically but do not want China to be very developed economically, technologically and militarily etc. 7 Reply @ivantan5690 18 hours ago (edited) Always love hearing Keyu Jin speak. Very intelligent person. 1 Reply @daoistwanderer2671 1 day ago Good political leadership + talented people + a realist and balanced system (like the yin and yang) + cultural values = China’s success. Welcome to copy this, my Western friends. 8 Reply @mohammadrahmani4700 1 day ago The emergence of China as a major global power contributes to the development of a more balanced international order. 8 Reply @shiulai5804 1 day ago When the West dominated due to competitive advantaged, China along with the rest of the world were expected to ACCEPT and ADMIRE the excellence of the West When China out competes the West, it is being condemned and labeled as a villain. That is it in a nutshell. 16 Reply 5 replies @WillSan-e9n 1 day ago (edited) TBH, we Asian/ Chinese don't need to explain ourselves. The outcome is all out there for the world to see. It's all about hegemony and greed for power hidden behind racial supremacy. The West led by the America colonising many countries and imposed their influence & ideology continues so via control of media and NGOs. In this case, explanation & propaganda are necessary and been helpful but not the countries being colonised, invaded and plundered. The West is still very much exploiting & enslaving the world via its dome of financial & technological hegemony for its economic and national security purposes. China's rise has poked that very dome. Never worrying about a poor China all of sudden, feeling threatened but disguised as defending democracy. Luckily their support of the genocide in Gaza and illegal bombing of Iran have exposed that very hypocrisy to the world. The West is now devouring themselves through their hypocrisy, self-deception and decadence given true wealth is built on real efforts and sacrifices not pillaging and plundering nor exploitation of the weak & innocent via all sort financial & tech mechanism coupled with gunboat policy. Please stop pretending you're trying too hard to understand China. You indeed do understand China perhaps even more than some Chinese overseas themselves but pretending you're not and justifying your demonising and destablising propaganda against China. 😜 Stop pretending the West's failure is due to the constraints of democracy. The West is using democracy as a weapon to control the world it might be the intention at the very beginning but now exposed its true faces. Democracy if it is meant for the people, by the people and of the people but not the case happening in the West. In reality, for the elites, by the elites and of the elites. China is always a evolving entity absorbing things around them. It has shown people wishes has been listened and well-being has been taken care of by the political leaders. If this not democracy what is? If you talk about people voting and human rights, the West has miserably failed in fact, either being a direct war criminals or indirectly contributing to it across the globe with impunity. But karma is a bitch, no? It's high time for the Western war criminals/ colonisers/ financial market manipulators to explain to the world so the world can perhaps understanding them better, no? 😉 54 Reply 9 replies @chocolatemodelsofficial5859 5 hours ago This lady gives me hope for the future. Reply @agilemeister 21 hours ago I love hearing KeyuJin speak. She has a wonderful multicultural background and always presents interesting viewpoints. And I probably not need mention that she is breathtaking! ❤ 1 Reply @wjshih3786 1 day ago The misunderstanding mainly comes from the misrepresentation of “communist party” actually is not practicing communism politically and economically. 5 Reply @wmchan44 1 day ago China actually went through about 77 years (since 1949) of struggles, changes and hard work before arriving at today's successful formula. Currently the people are satisfied with the present arrangement of security, freedom, social benefits, government supports, advancing economy, etc. Outsiders should not try to criticize China unless they are better off. Clean up your backyards first. 18 Reply 4 replies @daoistwanderer2671 1 day ago Technology connects and unites. 1 Reply @STEMCivil168 1 day ago Success is not a right, you need to continuously work towards it... 1 Reply @lambertgiang 1 day ago China keeps on bettering itself and always looking at room for improvement. The more China being sanctioned the stronger China will become as it's in the DNA of Chinese Culture. The Safety of its People is the paramount responsibility of the Government and that can be shown whenever natural disaster struck such as Earthquakes and Floods. The PLA will play a big role in the rescue and that is why the PLA is always loved and respected by its people. Now, China has the top 7 out of 10 Global Banks in the World. Top 16 out of 20 Universities in the Research. More Graduates than the G7 combined every year in Engineering. So, how can China be stopped?🤔😉🤣🤣 7 Reply @barryshaw5660 21 hours ago One of the best interviews I’ve seen. As an old American this gives me hope for the chaotic future over the next five to ten years. A better way is possible, I’ve lived through the ugly. Reply @charlesyang4923 1 day ago (edited) Westerner hubris “modernization is westernization” is the primary blocking stone preventing westerners to know any country other than themselves, a roughy 10% of world population today. Europe is destined to become an under developed country whilst the US is heading its way to break apart its federation. 8 Reply @mwzxon 1 day ago It's not complicated to understand why the West demonise China. They fear they are losing their hegemony to China. There are so many many examples to look at like Japan in 1980, Huawei banned, ASML banned, Tariffs on China, Huawei 5G banned, DJI banned, Chinese EV banned, Chinese farmers in US banned, TikTok banned etc the lists go on.... The West wants to destroy China's economy. At the same time, they want Chinese money. It is as easy as 1 2 3 to understand why the West demonise China. That's all. Full stop....... 26 Reply 6 replies @tinku-t9d 5 hours ago My concentration is disturbed when there's a combination of Art and Architecture with Beauty. Mint green+White +Gold. Again I have to listen to her. Reply @hongga-sze5075 4 hours ago The most important question is how do we select candidates, groom them, select the leaders, evaluate their performance and having a mechanism to drop them from leadership. Reply @jchanmcse 1 day ago The key to China progress is rooted in Confusionism. Confucianism is an ancient Chinese ethical and philosophical system founded by Confucius (551–479 BCE). It focuses on personal morality, social harmony, and duty. Rather than worshiping a deity, it acts as a practical guide for daily life, emphasizing respect for elders, family loyalty, and education. Yes, education is the key as well! 19 Reply 2 replies @jacobfield4848 4 hours ago China has a big population, that is their only asset. In every other way they are 30 years behind other countries. 1 Reply @pandulagodawatta7398 18 hours ago The way Chinese central government scientifically planned the economy (how long term centralized planning was firmly amalgamated with local government economic autonomy to build advance regional platforms) owes much to the New Economic Policy (NEP) of Lenin and the collectivization process of Stalinism in the Soviet Union. While the Soviet bureaucratic rule did not integrate large local and foreign private capital into their 'socialism in one country' economic model, the Chinese bureaucratic rule did that in the late 70s. Without understanding that historical policy connection between the revolutionary Soviet Union and revolutionary China one cannot fully understand what China is doing today. 1 Reply @AndrewWeeraratne 1 day ago Economic model of the West do not have any mention of the State even when all the initial capital is directly or indirectly provided by the State. That explains the wealth inequality leading to poverty & crime 1 Reply @barryshaw5660 21 hours ago Very interesting and informative interview. Thank you for your efforts to bring us some positivity. Love Presidents Xi and Putin’s relationship. All those natural resources and Manufacturing abilities together are unstoppable. A Farmer and a Cab driver, who could have imagined what these two individuals were their closest advisors have Accomplished and they aren’t done yet. Reply @JohnLto-c2o 1 day ago Working with Chinese company now still mersmerized how they operate . Reply @fredf888 1 day ago Big fan of Keyu. After The New China Playbook, I am really looking forward to her next book. 5 Reply @Time4Peace 1 day ago The West don't want to understand China not more than Cuba, Russia nor Cuba. The US acts like an empire, and therefore tolerate no one, big or small, who does not toe the line. When they seem to try to understand, it to find out how else to bring China down. Keju has been trying to communicate about China for a long time but she is seen as a China apologist. China has been hoping to coexist and even to collaborate but the mindset of the West has been binary - win or lose. China just has to speed ahead and bring the global south with it. 3 Reply @zczcprc9851 4 hours ago Professor Keyu Jin should closely read two recently published, highly impactful pieces: Stephen S. Roach's "China’s Failed Rebalancing" and Paul Krugman’s "How to Win a Trade War" on Substack.Both published just weeks ago, these texts offer a timely and critical counterargument to narratives defending China’s current industrial policy. The authors highlight the recent consensus that Beijing has failed to transition to a consumption-driven model, resulting in severe global overcapacity. They argue that China's persistent reliance on state-subsidized exports, such as electric vehicles, has reached a tipping point that necessitates defensive trade actions from Western economies. For a detailed critique, explore these recently updated arguments and viewpoints. Reply @frankynatawigena1965 1 day ago (edited) China is not a mystery, it's about anglo-saxon countries closed mindedness that don't allow them to understand 4 Reply @williamli6200 1 day ago (edited) #1, 1.4 billion people buy into CCP"s "propaganda" and focus on economic development, not distracted by any political agenda. #2, I doubt if there are even 5% Americans who can figure out 19 x 13 without calculators, while any Chinese who graduate from elementary school know. That tells you the quality of workers needed for industrialization. #3, Chinese government controls huge huge amount of resources, and can use it efficiently, while US government not only controls much less resources, but they simply can't use it efficiently. #4, the system in US simply makes it impossible for government to make long term planning, which CCP can make plans for next 10 years, next 25 years, or even next 50 years. For example, in 1992, California used 40 million dollars on OJ simpson case, that is worth hundreds of millions now, which was used for something that contributed zero to improve economy. 6 Reply 2 replies @CMOP-c5h 1 day ago Bravo Michael, I don't subscribe, but as an exception I have done so to your channel. It is refreshing to see a host who is balanced and not holds a typical sinophobic narratives. Your knowledge on China is far greater than the usual self declared 'China experts' like Niall Fergusson, Kevin Rudd, who would show off his poorly spoken Mandarin whenever and wherever possible, not to mention others like Peter Zehan and Gordon Chan. Unfortunately for those of us in the so called 'west', for every one of Michael, there are many thousands of others looking at China and others, whom they'd deem to be inferior via their 'biaised' lenses. Reply @山間防災 1 day ago Wondering if she can still find little bit of time daily for a new book? Reply @yongdeng1813 18 hours ago For the westerners who wanna understand china, i mean really know what china is about, she is the one to listen to. I am also chinese who live in the Us for 40 years, she does better than 99.9% of the people who claim to know china. Reply @leos3003 9 hours ago LOL Tell me this in three years. 1 Reply @Spectrum_Aerospacejet_Lab 8 minutes ago Is their living. Reply @fgsdfgsgfd3453 1 day ago BRICS didn't do gaza, venezuela, or iran. 1 Reply @amienbrrnthrhswirawan7776 1 day ago Tidak ada satu orang pun yang mampu menjegal pikiran orang lain , never Reply @fgsdfgsgfd3453 1 day ago Imperialism is dying. 2 Reply @TheFantomRogue 1 day ago The Answer is: 42 !!!! 😂😂😂 1 Reply 1 reply @louisjouvet4548 1 day ago (edited) The way you talk about the US being still the best place to do business strike me as funny. That society is breaking down in a fascistic oligarchy where 50% of the people does not have $1000 to it's name. Not the place I would want to invest long term. 12 Reply @terencenxumalo1159 23 hours ago 👍 Reply 1 reply @snathan3198 15 hours ago China can stop China and it is doing it! 1 Reply @STEMCivil168 1 day ago Why is this interview being conducted before a naked statue.... The "king" has lost his clothes perhaps.... 🧐🤔🙃 2 Reply @chungchihsu2000 4 hours ago Lee keqian said half of the population earn less than 1,000 RMB a month. Reply @fgsdfgsgfd3453 1 day ago Reversion back to the mean. The west was always temporary. 1 Reply @abk8152 1 day ago China is honest and too good its that's simple. Reply @Liveforfood9394 1 day ago (edited) China knows the West, but the West doesn't know China. China learned from history about being beaten up and the West leaned about beating up somebody! So who learns more? 3 Reply 3 replies @pandabearoceanpark 1 day ago (edited) It is often repeated that China plans for the long-term, whereas democracies plan in election cycles. But more importantly, and this need to be emphasized, is that the Chinese government truly works to improve the lot for its people whereas in many democracy, the politicians work for themselves, by hook or by crook. 5 Reply @KevinOge-ms4by 11 hours ago 🥂💞 Reply 1 reply @User-nw37 13 hours ago Western economic models, Economic models without the involvement of the state is not based on reality. Reply 1 reply @billybobobenner 16 hours ago A good conversation, but the gentleman is British, so he should say "Gen Zed"! Reply @hondohavlicek5252 14 hours ago where to put our money? look at the Dow Jones vs China Index Reply @paulbk7810 1 day ago re: US and West economies? Your conversation is more about the rising arm of the K-economy. Very little applicable to descending leg of the K-economy. (65% of US population) Reply @towhidenterprise2104 1 day ago In coming 10 years young population growth will be the main issue for China. China should not underestimate this issue like Japan south Korea Reply 1 reply @BonT357 7 hours ago 340 mil cannot stop 1400 mil Reply @tsam331 23 hours ago Her view of China is biased but understandable, and her close ties to high-ranking Chinese officials are understandable as well. Reply @richardlau2447 1 day ago She is my type. 1 Reply 1 reply @malpalmer3269 1 day ago No power can stay on forever, one time the east was in power, Middle East was in power then the west became powerful then now it’s moving again. This cycle will go on regardless who is in power and however much they hold onto power new powers will always emerge and reemerge Reply @johnsmith100 7 hours ago Many people in the U.S. / West keep try portraying China in a negative light. But China is great and successful: Over 50K KMs of high-speed trains, countless bridges and subway lines, subway stations that look like airport terminals, super advanced AI enhanced cell phones, traffic control and electric vehicles, great government mandated social programs and healthcare, not to mention the robots, solar panels, nuclear energy and wind turbines, practically no homeless people and very affordable food prices. Also, the owners of many factories in China provide FREE dormitories and 3 meals a day for the labor employees (those employees who are working in the shop floor), in addition to their regular salary … Nothing can stop China 🇨🇳. Reply @JamieMorlok 1 day ago China never claims to be perfect. However, there is no equivalent country who can match what the Chinese govt. has achieved for China, the Chinese & even the world in the given span of time with its huge population despite the aggressive continuous challenges thrown at it by western govts. China has proved that it is a super power nation as it is able to control territorial integrity, unintimidated or coerced by others, has capabilities, resources & others to affect & influence events WITHOUT FIRING a single shot at any country. Reply @daoistwanderer2671 1 day ago The West is losing fast yet unwilling to face the truth and reform itself. See so many one track minded Western analysts and economists who would always attempt to analyse China’s problems but never their own. 2 Reply 4 replies @Joe_Rhio 1 day ago (edited) In Chinese public schools, colleges, and universities when American history is taught, I don’t believe there is coverage of the anti-Chinese sentiments throughout US history, most notably the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and its related corollary legislation over the decades. [There was similar legislation in Canada.] It’s one of America’s darkest times. Over the 28+ years I’ve traveled to China, consulted, lectured, worked on many related issues, not once did anyone have knowledge of and understanding of the importance of this history. Understand - carefully - the Chinese is the only ethnicity ever prohibited from immigrating to the US in its history. This racism and violence (inc. killings) toward Chinese and Asians of all ethnicity’s is still prevalent in many parts of the US, and exemplified almost daily by the Trump Admin, Congress, corp media, American Oligarchs, and 1%’er’s. The US neocons, deep state, military industrial complex, others have no off ramp. They are determined to destroy the Chinese people’s human right of self-determination, interfere in China’s sovereignty, and are preparing for an eventual kinetic war. 1 Reply @ryokousha-s2r 33 minutes ago No one wants to stop China, except from stealing and aggression. Reply @danlan3433 1 day ago I think Chinese should look down on the west and have them take back all the abused to China by the unfair treatment. Racism could go both ways. So many White western people sucked! 10 Reply 8 replies @chriscromeyn7807 1 day ago That's right, the USA can't stop China but you can bet that China will stop China. Reply @Celis.C 2 hours ago (edited) By every single bit of propaganda that the US itself has shared, it should be working towards "outcompeting' China. Make better products. Offer better services. "Take the crown through competition." The fact that it can't even act on its own gospel shows the true face and state of the US. Reply @kmloh4540 1 day ago Why the need to stop China....This statement implied that the west has just stopped moving or just slow.........Can't you just move with China. Keep step or just be ahead. Aren't you claim to be more advance????? 1 Reply @rogernguyen1273 1 day ago La Chine est travailleur et discipline et unis pas comme les etat desunis Reply @theadmiral4625 1 day ago She’s being too kind in calling the west stewpid and arrogant falling without realizing the landing is about to hit 💪☠️☠️☠️💪 Reply @paulbk7810 1 day ago - Communist Party of China built the most sophisticated civilization in history while US went from Nixon to Trump. - China is 100 years ahead of US in all ways that matter. - US can not compete with China. China can plan long term (greater than 10yrs). US can not plan 10 days. - US borrows $200B per month, every month. - US is in steep collapse. The world knows it. - US GDP is made of clicks and soybeans. - US is drowning in the toilet of history. - Dear USA, it's over. 9 Reply 2 replies @gregwang8628 9 hours ago Let’s not waste our time over this topic, shall we? Let’s get past this talking point, and move on to something tangible and constructive, the humanity needs that more than anything else as of now. The victims of genocide, famines, climate crisis, war atrocities, much more need our attention and resolve. Reply @freedomID05 1 day ago Listen to the host himself is afraid to say things hurting, negative of the us and the west.. So u can see still these mindsets Reply @barrychmak7852 2 hours ago Chinese political leaders foremost priorities are Domestic Social Stability and steadily improving the living standard of its people ! All provincial officials will be judged yearly based on these priorities and big provinces are given the tasks to help smaller provinces to success as well, if they want to promote to higher levels . Western media constant smearing of China has not been able the change the political priorities of China ! Wars and bombing other countries have never been on the Chinese National Agenda ! Reply @jotai99 1 day ago Smart represent progress, dumb means conservative and backward looking, China was in the US position a hundred years or so ago, but it's the US's term to want to go backwards :-) Reply @markcnudde-i7i 17 hours ago currently china is in dire straits......every sector in decline or worse, with the ongoing deadly viruses still rampant and spreading, endless manmade and natural disasters, high levels of air and water pollution, student and worker riots escalating due to few jobs, factory closures and unpaid wages, now companies and even the wealthy are leaving in droves......things look very bleak for china......the ccp (chinese communist party) is fractured and in chaos with party infighting , purging of military and party officials and now talks of a coup......this could collapse the ccp.......actually this would benefit china for without the control, oppression and power of the party the chinese people being very resiliant and hard working would quickly rebound bringing china back to its former glory...... 1 Reply 1 reply @youtube-4-fun 49 minutes ago No need to stop, someday it will fall 😂 Reply @OnkelAdiSuperstar 1 day ago You don't need an economist to state the obvious! Just look at Western media and the YouTube comment sections. Westoids spend more time there than in the labs or on the production line, as the Chinaman tirelessly toils to improve his country. There is no hope. 1 Reply @Hayes-bd8ou 1 day ago BTW, DO NOT mix China in terms of her government and China in terms of her people. She intentionally mixed them. Reply @onezetabytepro7668 2 minutes ago China builds while West bombs. That's why China is at least 20 years ahead. Reply @joeblodontchno5309 2 hours ago chinese dictatorship runs the economy as a ponzi scheme, without considering supply/demand dynamics or the needs of common chinese.. the ccp elite siphon all the profits leaving common chinese holding all the debts & working like slaves.. prime example of this is in real estate & high speed rail.. China’s 600M Empty Homes Could House Half the World.. In 2023, deputy director He Kang of the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, publicly stated, “There is currently an oversupply of housing. How many vacant homes are there? China’s 1.4 billion people couldn’t fill them all.” He also quoted an expert, who estimated that China has enough vacant homes to accommodate 3 billion people. Despite this extreme surplus of apartments in ghost cities, China still has a shortage of affordable housing in its actual cities. See the recent "cribs" episode, for example. People living in actual ceiling holes and sleeping next to toilets. china has build the largest high speed rail network in the world which very few people use.. China Back to the 1990's Overnight, High-Speed Trains Empty, Over 100 Million Pack Old Trains During the 2026 Chinese New Year travel rush, a heartbreaking scene unfolded. Once dismissed as "old-fashioned," the green trains suddenly became the most sought-after mode of transportation. Tickets were nearly impossible to get, and the trains were packed to the brim, while high-speed trains sat empty and quiet. This stark contrast reflects the current economic downturn and the difficult living conditions in China. Misallocation of resources is very typical of authoritarian regimes, but China keeps taking it to the next level. Reply @personspec8881 2 hours ago us can't stop china, they will stop themselves Reply @vidivici0075 1 day ago Yuan Dynasty was the Mongols ruling the mainland. Qing Dynasty were the Manchus. China is not at par with Russia. With that you can tell China will stop itself. And been doing all that in the past decade. Reply @Oldfogey2014 1 day ago It’s true the US can’t stop China but the Chinese Communist Party can! Reply @ahc3593 3 hours ago (edited) If china system is so good . Why you educated and enjoy living in USA 🇺🇸 And Why so many Chinese try to live in this great nation USA 🇺🇸？ and don’t want to move back to china even all rich Chinese and many Chinese government officials kids and wives are send to live in USA 🇺🇸??? 😂😢 all of them trust and stashed their money in USA 🇺🇸 rather keep them in china……. 1 Reply 1 reply @richardexploresshanghai 1 day ago (edited) US saying to Britain we own you, well that turned around as fast as those words were uttered. The British economic system was instilled and defended all over the world. Trump, is dismantling its influence in the US, in favor of the American economic model, which earlier Presidents were assassinated for promoting (McKinley) but boy are those Globalists and Britain fighting back hard, I have never seen such levels of propaganda. As for China, China is busy doing its own thing, which is exactly what Trump wants for the US and wants for the rest of the world. Reply @Utube1024 1 day ago China should stop rare earth exports altogether as their own need is paramount. 2 Reply @frankfeng4728 22 hours ago Stop Iran first, please. Reply @towhidenterprise2104 1 day ago We visited China kunming linyi Qingdao Shanghai Xiamen..India is 50+ years behind China. Usa Europe is 10+ years behind China Reply 1 reply @zenlei8258 1 day ago China rise was supported by Wall Street elite greed. US Congress give China in 2000 the Permanent Most Favored Nation (MFN) status, where China can export to US very less tariffed or tariff free. Why US never give India to export to US tariff free , if US need India help to contain China ? Western countries always say India is the future, but they continue going to China in droves? China was invited to join the US Dollar regime in order to create continuous strong economy growth from 2000-2018. No country in the world can have strong economic growth without joining the Dollar regime sponsor by US. By joining the DOLLAR regime China get to export to US tariff free or very less tariff and so China export to US increased dramatically. China is the only country in the world that get the privilege to export to US tariff free or very less tariffed. Any country that can export to the biggest consumer markets in the world USA, paying zero tariffs, and earn 100s billion trade surplus every year, can be a success. Taiwan, Thailand, Phippines, Japan , Turkey , Egypt etc. are all strong allies of US but never get the privilege to export to US paying zero tariffs. Strange isn't it ? Why ? Reply @Hayes-bd8ou 1 day ago (edited) All the productivity and innovation, or what she called "integration", in China came from the capitalism and partly the Chinese traditional culture itself. None of those credits go to the Chinese government model at all. Let me put it this way. IF all the current suppresion by the Chinese government to its people be removed, the innovation and amazing potentials of Chinese people would be much more than what's seen currently. Reply @benjamincai1272 16 hours ago If the premise is that the West wants nobody like them, then the West must be doing something unethical or immoral. Otherwise, why wouldn't they want everyone to be like them? If they are the standard, then everybody should aspire to be like the West. Stop the ambiguity and hypocrisy. Reply @kckoay6211 4 hours ago Keyu Jin has articulated what the West refuses to see. The three misunderstandings she identifies — about China's model, its people, and the relationship between authority and society — are not accidental. They are the product of a propaganda machinery that manufactures consent for geopolitical containment. The Western assumption that as societies become wealthier they will inevitably "look like the West" is not analytical; it is ideological. It presumes that the procedural ritual of elections every four or five years is the sole measure of legitimacy — while ignoring the substantive delivery of welfare that governance is actually for. Yet look at the cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen. They are not less Western; they are more future. Look at the daily lives of citizens: Western brands everywhere, modern infrastructure, safety, opportunity. Look at the data: 800 million lifted from poverty, 50,000 kilometres of high-speed rail, life expectancy now exceeding the United States. The West singles out China for criticism not because of socioeconomic conditions, but because of geopolitics. China is not criticised because it is backward; it is criticised because it is competitive. And it is competitive because it has built a state capacity that the West, paralysed by short-term electoral cycles and procedural gridlock, has lost. Jin's vision of pragmatism, open-mindedness, and recognition of complementary capabilities is the only sustainable path forward. The geopolitical distraction benefits no one. The manufacturing consent machine ensures reality remains obscured—but reality has a way of asserting itself. The cities are visible to anyone who looks. And the world is looking. Reply @jacknaneek1681 1 day ago China is vastly ahead of west. West is dead. 1 Reply @nick888-88 1 day ago Once upon a time, the racist and insecure bullies of the West had the hegemonic power to appoint itself to the roles of judge and jury of the rest of the world. ONCE UPON A TIME. China does not (no longer) has to defend or justify or explain itself to the West. It is now up to the West to learn how to satisfy China. It will be a rude awakening for the West. Reply @stevey9282 1 day ago 1st start: it’s NOT the world that “don’t understand” China! It’s the minority crooks west (less than 12% of world population) that love to demean others whenever their ivory tower becomes shaky!!! The WORLD welcome China as it had been for over thousands of years!!! Reply @quantum1953 1 day ago This guy like to hear the sound of his voice. Reply @randomdude7384 6 hours ago Was the propaganda piece recorded in the Yanukovich residence? Reply @jackyee7511 1 day ago Time is on China's side ... it existed before the USA came into being, and will be there afterwards as well. Reply @joeblodontchno5309 2 hours ago china is very similar to Africa in that it can only bargain with raw earth mineral dirt for western chips, jet engines, nuclear materials... chinese make poor quality low tech products for their western masters using chinese cheap sweatshop labor.. but in many ways africans are more advanced than chinese.. chinese are still ruled by a communist dictator in 2026 while even africans are advancing politically with democratic societies .. look at south africa, nigeria, kenya etc., where elections to choose leaders are becoming regular.. chinese are decades behind africa politically where many africans have freedom of expression & a free press but common chinese dare not criticise supreme leader xi or the ccp.. & even the rare earth gambit was a 1 shot deal for china.. numerous other countries, many in Africa, are now mining & refining rare earths.. so china shot its load & will have nothing to bargain with in the future.. chinese allowed communism to enslave them & now they have a clownish dystopian state where dictator xi must fight off military coups like an african despot.. General Zhang Youxia's recent coup attempt is just a continuation of upheavals since the Tiananmen square massacre.. china is a banana republic & when chinese eventually transition away from communist dictatorships, there could be chaos & china might break apart like the former soviet union.. Once china falls, it could spawn several independent countries such as Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia, Nei Mongo, Yunan, Guang Dong, Guang Xi, Xian, ... Reply @freedomID05 1 day ago (edited) Us and the west know China very well when they make money from it. Cheap labor, dirty pollution, and health risks, low stack cost. They just can't allow any nation to do better cz no wealth flows in and their vacation and weak in $. So to blame, containment, label. Reply @sqqql70 11 hours ago 小金老高=敌营十八年 Reply @aribernstein77 13 hours ago Chinese population is predicted to halve by 2100 to 600 million. Who is going to pay for all the elderly? Chinese manufacturing is losing to eastern Europe and Mexico as the two biggest trading blocks start to nearshore Reply @wallstreet497 1 day ago (edited) That US appetite to control the world will go on diet. Reply @normantan7796 1 day ago You don't need to be a scientist or professor or intellectures to see why china will overtake USA.......... It's God, no one can overturn God's will in what goes up must come down as history proved. All these pretenders thinking they are clever isn't. Just shut up and hand the credits to God. 1 Reply @huangeric9142 20 hours ago because China on the other side of the planet Reply @shankerram6076 1 day ago USA cannot stop China for sure. It is China that will stop China by killing it's own citizens and all the lies about it's population and finance. ( Just see the way they killed all the sparrows and all the babies that would have been born if the one child policy was not there. ) Reply @yaoliang1580 1 day ago The US on its own will not be able to set back China's phenomenal progress but when combined with its gang of equally crooked G7 n European vassals are certainly able to slow China's progress by forming trade alliances n denying Chinese value added products into their markets though they will also be badly affected in the process Reply @chanhonming3723 1 day ago The West wants China and Global South countries to be the low-manufacturing industries and the West to keep all the high-end innovations and high tech for themselves.. Reply @GustavoLopez-tk2dv 1 day ago The best thing the United States could do is to incorporate the Chinese method into its own system. Reply 1 reply @jaysonmatining23 13 hours ago (edited) Modern China is socialist not communist... whatever that means. And US decline whether economically or socially are US politicians and leadershiip fault not China's fault. The Greed in corporate and the corruptions in government. Our point is do not blame other country for the decline because they have done it to their own country. Not pro or anti China just an honest observation and opinion. We cannot correct past mistakes if we are still in denial. Reply 1 reply @urimtefiki226 1 day ago USA can stop Urim Tefiki the inventor of algorithm for microchips, but can not stop China with 1,4 billion people, it is easy to stop one person even one village can do that, even the smallest group can do that. If you think you are strong and and you can kill anyone and force anyone live in poverty without doing anything bad to you, the problem is very big it is so big that you even can not undertand, it will come the day you will drink your own medicine for doing this to me, you will pay this price not only to you but your children and grand children too. I can wait for millions of years and my waiting is Curse of Wisdom to those who harm me and all the wisdom of the world. The more I will wait the curse will go deeper and deeper for you. Reply @AwangAwe 13 hours ago China ( I think) will not be bothered to invade or make other countries poor..then the west especially the US could not catch up.. Reply @thesavvyartist 22 hours ago (edited) The interviewer is not prepared to accept any criticism about the West. He made this clear right at the beginning of the interview. Yet, his questions are targeting China's failures rather than successes. So, I wonder how much he absorbs from what the professor is saying. This is a bias interview and a waste of time because all his questions had been answered by the professor in her previous speeches and interviews. She has explained a zillion times the China model over the years and the "nuances" of the Chinese model with "mayors" as the key catalysts for economic growth. He comes to this interview with a jigsaw puzzle of a western scenery. And he expects to fit his puzzle into a complete and perfect picture from the professor's answers. Reply @khungle2845 1 day ago Where are H Kissinger R Nixon J Carter B Clinton B Obama J chretien A mackel H kohl Hongkong, Taiwan , Singapore, South Korea, japan etc thousands and thousands billions of dollars poured into China , thousands of high tech companies “ so called “ invest in China 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 2 Reply 1 reply @martrinity18 1 day ago The west had difficulties beatting China because they use the other head to think and the other lips to talk Reply @allblacks405 1 day ago The world today is a better place because of China. Even for the citizens of sorely jealous US and the west. Consider if China stops exporting the everyday items people use affordably, the masses in these countries will suffer serious deprivation. Life has actually improved for everyone in this world because of "production over-capacity" in China! Take away China from our world and the world is definitely worse off. Remove the US and our world will be much better for it! Reply @qipan3461 1 day ago A Young Global Leader vibe. I just pray that the Chinese people defy against the satanic control of WEF. Reply @RudyTruly 1 day ago She has grown older and older Reply @tak.ventures 19 hours ago It is such a pain to listen to her can't even compete a full sentence without Ummmm and repeating the same words mutiple times. I don't know how she teaches in HKUST Reply @viveviveka2651 3 hours ago Wishful thinking Reply @jiangren4497 1 day ago and we have to realize that Keyu is not a Chinese government official, she is not making any policy ( she may influence policy maybe); she is an academic. whatever she says is her observation; it should not be taken as the official or the only or even the most accurate representation of the Chinese economy or the Chinese people. Reply @kmich7660 1 day ago Why? Elementary, Watson. USA is not a god. Reply @Hayes-bd8ou 1 day ago Of course USA or any others cannot stop China. The only one that can stop China is China herself. China's tomb digger is her own self-conflicting structure, period. Captalism for fast ecnomic growth and the "invincible" totalitarianism for forever suppression. If China can solve that self-confliction, noone needs to stop China. China will stop herself at some point. All these pretentiously academic discussion is just a BS. Reply @Hayes-bd8ou 1 day ago In decades later, as people looked back into what she had preached for this so-called Chinese government's "model", people will see what a big joke she actually is lol. But that's just another broken scholar though to be forgotten in the history. Reply @LanaLombardo-i3y 9 hours ago China CCP right now is on the verge of TOTAL economic and societal collapse................this is a FACT !!! Reply 1 reply @quantum1953 1 day ago The question is... Why would you want to stop china. Beautiful country, beautiful people, peaceful peoples. Now highest I.Q average, economic on the rise. What more do you want. Not the first time they have to rebuild in their history. The imperialist dictators don't like that. 5 Reply @winkstorm 1 day ago The west dislike China because China’s political and economic model was not supposed to work. Instead it provides clear contrast to the west’s dysfunctional governance state. Truth hurts and the West has too much pride to admit its failures. 2 Reply 1 reply @horridohobbies 1 day ago The Iran War is America's Suez Crisis. It signals the end of the American Empire. China had nothing to do with it. It was a self-inflicted wound. Napoleon once said, "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." China simply let it happen. 😁 1 Reply @happystation3228 1 day ago Care more about stopping a country with half a billion people, across the pacific ocean, more than they care about making things right in America at home. This is why America is doomed. Azz backwards logic only works when you're dealing with azz backwards people. backwards logic doesn't work with people who are calculated. When you're not even calculated at home with practical things. Being backwards doesn't make you unique, it just makes you stupid. Reply Eng Lam Yeo Cancel Reply @AifengYang-l4u 1 day ago 中国龙无拘无束 2 Reply @azharidris7092 1 day ago stupid title.. make you think bankrupt money printing USA can stop a 5000 year old civilization with 1:4 billion people from doing anything.. its nobody business.. the suggestion is not just stupid and arrogant but insulting to basic common sense... maybe the USA should start making plan not to be trampled by just the breath of an awaken dragon.. Reply @zenlei8258 1 day ago It is hard to understand China leadership thinking. China was invited to join the US Dollar regime and benefit tremendously from exporting to US tariff free from 2000 to 2019 before Trump impose tariffs on China to onshore some industries back to US. Many China CCP leaders relatives become red billionaires as a result of China able exporting to US with zero tariff from 2000 to 2018. China is the only nation in the world that get the privilege to export to US tariff free or very less tariffed. China is now supporting Iran regime by providing advanced drone technology. Why China want to undermine US Dollars as global reserve currency by going against US, by supporting Iran and doing business with Iran ? Reply 3 replies @MH-lb4fo 1 day ago People ought to know that the West has nothing good to say about China... In fact, the West has already openly declared China as an adversary, an existential threat to their global hagemony. Reply @Joseph0925Zou 1 day ago The US or The West in general cannot accept China's rise due to: 1. US is afraid of losing its hegemony (Economical, political, military, cultural); 2. Skin color bias or bigotry (The fact that a non-white nation is surpassing itself drives the US crazy. ) But they have to learn to adapt to this Mega Trend. China's rise is the Mega Trend, whether you like it or not. Just like the rising of the Sun. There is no way you can stop its rising. Reply @Jibberjibber1234 9 hours ago Bizzare…. CCP is an abomination, and if you’ve worked with the Chinese you can’t be impressed. China will be dangerous once CCP is gone. As is, it is profoundly handicapped. Reply 1 reply @LWRC 2 hours ago There is no doubt the Chinese people are smart and hard working but one can't help but to see she is nothing but a CCP mouth piece! Why hasn't homegirl mentioned the CCP building artificial islands in the S China Sea and putting military bases on them??!!! Reply @LanaLombardo-i3y 10 hours ago Has Prof Jin Ke-Yu married L. Summers yet.....just asking......??!!?? Jin Ke-Yu is a complete hack for China CCP, and of course she has to be........her father is/was a high ranking CCP member; every word out of this apologist's mouth is 100% China CCP propaganda !!! Reply @HshsHsjs-h1m 9 hours ago How much does China pay her. China is not a democracy, a key feature of being civilized. Until the Chinese people are free China will not be civilized. Reply 1 reply @ck1416 1 day ago What gives a country or a group of people the grounds to stop the development of another country or group of people? That this question does not arise in the mainstream discourse in the wests show their moral bankruptcy Reply @randomdude7384 6 hours ago She lies. Reply @GordonArmitage-f1q 1 day ago Do the Tibetans and the Uyghurs prefer security over liberty? Reply 1 reply @艺-m4x 1 day ago 什么货色还讨论中国呢😂中国丢不起那个脸 Reply @SreyOun-xf8kn 1 day ago For the West, it’s more of ignorance than misunderstanding. They just simply want to use their mighty power to bully, manipulate and take control over other countries knowing that they can. Reply @kaalsarpa 1 day ago (edited) "Things from Western civilization are the best things and only those things should exist, everything else must perish" that is the hype the West made up and subscribed to it themselves. Reply 1 reply @michael511128 1 day ago There is no such thing as “authority” to begin with neither “liberty”. Those terms apply to the landlord-serf societies and slavery 300 years ago. Preferring liberty over security are ideas in novels, movies, on Fox news and CNN, i.e. brainwashed by propaganda. Like she said she was trained in the West, US and UK. Earlier she probably had little understanding about the US empire, the CIA, hegemony and imperialism. All her she was taught the West is good and the West is right. For a while she was used by western propaganda machines to make wrongful diagnosis about China. She has improved but still a little green. Reply @erionalite 1 day ago Noone gives a shit about stopping china. Americans care about having a job. China can grow invest and invent its own shit. Without steeling others IP. Reply @Golddigger-r6p 1 day ago No problem. China will implode on it self. They are lying about pretty much everything to others and themselves. Their population will age and half over the next 50 years. It might be so bad, that there are more people in Europe at that point, than i China. Reply @Hayes-bd8ou 1 day ago It's funny she mentioned what Chinese government did for Africa. That's the biggest joke for Chinese people. The Chinese government didn't even care about spending enough for its own people, but cared about helping African people? She is not an idiot. She is just en evil if I have to be honest. Reply @krcalder 1 day ago What could possibly go wrong for the Chinese? They seem to be going from strength to strength. The Chinese have fallen into the usual traps of neoclassical economics. Everyone is making the same mistakes; the Chinese were just last in the queue. The Chinese were trying to increase domestic consumption, but it’s all gone horribly wrong. Davos 2019 – The Chinese have now realised high housing costs eat into consumer spending and they wanted to increase domestic consumption. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNBcIFu-_V0 They let real estate rip and have now realised why that wasn’t a good idea. The equation makes it so easy. Disposable income = wages – (taxes + the cost of living) The cost of living term goes up with increased housing costs. The disposable income term goes down. They didn’t have the equation, they used neoclassical economics. The Chinese had to learn the hard way and it took years, but they got there in the end. They have let the cost of living rise, and they want to increase domestic consumption. Disposable income = wages – (taxes + the cost of living) It’s a double whammy on wages. China isn’t as competitive as it used to be. China has become more expensive and developed Eastern economies are off-shoring to places like Vietnam, Bangladesh and the Philippines. “What does your equation do?” President Xi The equation puts the rentiers back into the picture, who had been removed by the early neoclassical economists. Disposable income = wages – (taxes + the cost of living) Employees want more disposable income Employers want to maximise profit by keeping wages as low as possible The rentiers gains push up the cost of living. Governments push up taxes to gain more revenue They took the rentiers out of economics. The cost of living term disappeared from the equation. Neoclassical economics is the economics of the Roaring Twenties, the Wall Street Crash and Great Depression. Policymakers sooner or later use the economic growth model of the Roaring Twenties, oblivious to where this is leading. It was China’s turn after 2008. Chinese exports to the West fell off a cliff after 2008, and they turned to their neoclassical economists to revive the economy. They started pumping bank credit into real estate. They were oblivious to the claims on future spending power piling up in the banking system. At 25.30 mins you can see the super imposed private debt-to-GDP ratios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAStZJCKmbU&list=PLmtuEaMvhDZZQLxg24CAiFgZYldtoCR-R&index=6 The mechanics of the banking system are a mystery to policymakers. They never realise the money to push up asset prices is coming out of the banking system, where the claims on future spending power pile up, out of sight and out of mind. The economic illusion of neoclassical economics. Money is borrowed from banks to fund the purchase of assets and push up asset prices. The new money created by borrowing from banks drives the economy. Banks create money and debt at the same time, but policymakers are oblivious to the debt piling up in the banking system The mechanics of the banking system are a mystery, and as far as policymakers are concerned it must be rising asset prices that are so good for the economy. “Everything is going so well, how could anything be going wrong?” Chinese policymakers Have you looked at the claims on future spending power piling up in the banking system? Not considering private debt always was the Achilles Heel of neoclassical economics. Everything balances on the way up; you’ve got the assets on one side of bank balance sheets and the loans on the other. Asset prices fall, and holes start to open up in the banking system. A big fall in asset prices will leave a lot of insolvent banks. When the asset price “wealth” has gone, all that is left is the debt and insolvent banks. 1 Reply 1 reply @user-China1949 1 day ago ...under an Authoritarian Rule, such as the Chinese Communist Party Regime of PRCHINA, .. it is most unlikely any new innovative R&D projects can result in any new Extra-Ordinary products ...rather there are irresistible Incentives for Chinese Scientists / Academia / Engineers, .including especially ..Chinese Political Bureaucrats, who need to show results during their short-term appointment tenures. to make short-cuts by directly replicating or plagiarizing already successful products or other people's achieved successful research. This is precisely, WHY current "Made in China" AI R&D development to overcome the U.S.A. will fail ..and failed thoroughly. Reply @shiulai5804 1 day ago (edited) We need to pay more attention to the fundamental nature of the "collective West" in our attempt to analyze their relationship with a non White nation such as China. Notice that most of the self proclaimed "first world" do have a colonial background as well as an evageincal tendency in their the world view. Due to the fact that these nations dominated the world for most of the last 200 years, mostly as colonial powers, they tend to see themselves as the "evolved" and the rest of the world as either "unevolved" or "evolving". They tend to be oblivious to the fact that there were established civilizations that coexisted with or thousands of years BEFORE their own The evangelical bent predisposes these nations to believe that there is ONLY ONE "true" system-- THEIRS. The same way they believe there is ONLY ONE GOD -- theirs. Everything else is heresy! The combination of colonial arrogance and evangelicalism is the reason the self proclaimed " first world" is having a hard time accepting the rise of a nation that does not follow Their System and insist on being treated as equal. My conclusion? Since their problem is genetic in nature, the chance for change is slim. Reply @jiangren4497 1 day ago The West insists on viewing China through their rigid lenses because of arrogance and lack of imagination Reply 1 reply @pushslice 1 day ago LMFAO @ this cheap and lazy gaslighting😅😂😂 Who is this video even for? 🤔 🤷. It certainly can’t be for worldly, intelligent, free people…. they we see right through this , & LAUGH😂😂 So…..it must be for the programmed drones, Still miserably stuck on the mainland?? look at ALL the economic indicators for both countries. The PRC is sliding…. and NOT slowly. their average citizens’ futures are in the latrine. And the most telling? - - > anyone that has the guts and the means to GTFO of the mainland… is DOING just that! Conclusion: actions ALWAYS speak louder than words! (and look NO FURTHER than Keyu herself; she enjoys a thriving, luxurious life in the US …while getting paid to vomit-out propaganda for Beijing) 🫠 ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ 2 Reply 5 replies @snowwhite9790 1 day ago A Chinese CCP agent and mouth piece. Reply 3 replies @martinparidon9056 2 minutes ago It's always a pleasure to listen to intelligent people. Thank you. I love that Chinese commentators are often so calm and deascalating. I think that's a very valuable quality to have. Especially in times when the essentially CIA-controlled "West" constantly lowers the bar for intellectual thoughts and debates. Reply @allblacks405 1 day ago It's just not possible to stop an advancing Chinese society. With >75% ethnic Chinaman, Singapore is approximately a microcosm of China. Here, if a tiny pool of 3 million ethnic Chinaman could navigate our complex world to become 1st world in just one generation or less, is it any surprise that China with its 1.3 billion could suddenly awake and stir the world? Consider we have been forced by down-to-earth realities to use a foreign English language in our schools (from 1970s) yet in just one generation, we've topped the world in important metrics e.g. PISA rankings. This is remarkable as ethnic Chinaman Singaporeans were, initially at least, the most reluctant to embrace English! If a tiny pool of ethnic Chinaman on a barren little island could produce a brilliant leader like LKY, why would you not expect China to surpass our modern world in double quick time? Even if Xijinping chooses to step aside today, there would be countless others waiting in the wings to bring China forward to a new era of unprecedented progress and prosperity. It is futile trying to resist this. Reply @moa3605 1 day ago Don't compare 1000's old country VS 200 years... US without war, their economy will collapse. Reply 1 reply @STEMCivil168 1 day ago A strong and burgeoning middle class is a cornerstone to social and economic vibrancy alas when you've become a Plutocracy the focus switches to only the elite and wealth for them only.... Can the West change this current plutocratic structure of theirs ? They have to start by not blaming other people and their neighbours.... 🥸🧐🥸🧐 Reply

NEO: Putin in Beijing: Russia and China Deepenning Their Strategic Axis: Ricardo Martins: May 25, 2026: ***********

 

Politics

Putin in Beijing: Russia and China Deepen Their Strategic Axis

Ricardo Martins, May 25, 2026

As Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing, Xi Jinping sent a carefully calibrated message to Washington: China’s dialogue with the United States will not come at the expense of its strategic partnership with Moscow. Beyond the symbolism and grand ceremony, the Putin-Xi summit revealed a deepening Sino-Russian alignment centered on energy, trade, and the construction of a multipolar order increasingly shaped by Beijing and Moscow.

Only days after Donald Trump concluded his highly choreographed visit to Beijing, I found myself watching another scene unfold at the Great Hall of the People—this time, as Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin. The symbolism was striking, but as an observer immersed in international relations and the nuances of diplomatic theater, what mattered more was the atmosphere. Where Trump’s visit exposed the friction and competitive undertones of U.S.-China relations, Putin’s arrival radiated a sense of camaraderie — personal warmth and a clear signal of sustained, intentional coordination between Beijing and Moscow.

The timing of the summit was impossible to ignore. Putin’s visit—his first foreign trip of 2026—followed on the heels of Xi’s lengthy discussions with Trump about trade, Taiwan, the war in Iran, and diplomatic options for Ukraine. For those of us who follow these issues, the message from Moscow was clear: Russia intended to signal its alignment with Beijing immediately after the Xi-Trump exchange, reaffirming its own indispensability in any configuration of global power – the affirmation of the “big three.” It was a calculated move in the ongoing chess game of geopolitics.

Both leaders defended a more decentralized international system grounded in sovereign equality, civilizational diversity, and non-interference

In Beijing, officials increasingly describe the relationship with Washington as China’s “most important” bilateral relationship in terms of consequences, but Russia as its “most important partnership.” Xi himself has repeatedly referred to Putin as an “old friend,” a formulation notably warmer than the language employed during Trump’s visit. Since Xi assumed office in 2013, the two leaders have met more than 40 times, and this latest summit reinforced the sense of political trust that now defines Sino-Russian ties.

Strategic Alignment and Economic Priorities

The summit also carried a clear geopolitical message, one that I’ve seen Beijing articulate with increasing attention in recent years. China’s efforts to stabilize ties with the United States are not about drifting away from Moscow. If anything, Beijing seized the opportunity to reaffirm continuity in what both capitals still brand as a strategic partnership “without limits.”

Putin arrived in Beijing accompanied by an exceptionally powerful delegation. Among those present were Rosneft chief Igor Sechin, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, and aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, as well as the leadership of Rosatom, Roscosmos, and VEB. The composition of the delegation revealed Moscow’s primary objective: strengthening the economic foundations of the partnership at a moment when Russia remains under extensive Western sanctions.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, I’ve watched China rapidly become Russia’s principal economic partner. Today, one-third of Russian imports originate from China, and Chinese markets absorb about a quarter of Russia’s exports. Energy, unsurprisingly, sits at the heart of this dynamic, with China now Russia’s largest buyer of oil and gas. These are not just numbers; they are the building blocks of a geoeconomic realignment that is reshaping Eurasia.

For Putin, one of the most important objectives of the summit was advancing negotiations on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline. The proposed project would connect Siberian gas fields to China through Mongolia, further consolidating Eurasian energy integration. Although a final pricing agreement was not signed, discussions continued intensively. Beijing remains cautious about excessive dependence on Russian energy supplies and continues to negotiate favorable commercial terms. Nevertheless, the strategic logic behind the project remains strong for both sides: Russia seeks stable, long-term energy markets, while China aims to reduce vulnerability to maritime chokepoints amid growing instability in the Middle East and potential future disruptions in the Strait of Malacca. (Malaysia signed an MoU on defense cooperation with the U.S. in 2025, described as the first more structured framework for bilateral defense cooperation between the two countries.)

More broadly, the Xi-Putin summit produced more than 40 cooperation agreements covering trade, technology, transport, energy, finance, and institutional coordination. Unlike Trump’s recent visit — which generated extensive media attention but few concrete agreements — Putin’s trip delivered a substantial diplomatic and economic agenda. Alongside commercial arrangements, the two governments also announced a new declaration supporting the construction of a “multipolar world” and a “new type of international relations”.

That language was not accidental. Both Moscow and Beijing increasingly present themselves as defenders of sovereignty, multilateralism, and strategic autonomy against what they describe as excessive Western unilateralism.

Multipolarity with Beijing and Moscow at the Center

The joint communiqué repeatedly criticized “hegemonism,” sanctions regimes, and efforts by individual powers to dominate global affairs. Xi and Putin argued that the world faces growing instability, fragmentation, and the risk of a return to the “law of the jungle.” In response, both leaders defended a more decentralized international system grounded in sovereign equality, civilizational diversity, and non-interference.

From Moscow’s perspective, this convergence with Beijing has moved beyond convenience; it is now a strategic necessity. Years of Western sanctions and the enduring standoff with NATO have left Russia little choice but to pivot decisively toward Asia. For its part, China has come to see Russia as a stabilizing presence amid turbulence, a partner whose value increases as global uncertainties mount. One can observe both governments deepen cooperation in military exercises, logistics, nuclear energy, advanced technology, and cross-border infrastructure, each step further blurring the lines between economic and security interests.

At the same time, the summit highlighted the growing confidence of both capitals in promoting alternatives to Western-led governance structures. Organizations such as BRICS, the G20, the New Development Bank (BRICS bank), and broader Eurasian connectivity initiatives increasingly serve as platforms for this vision of multipolarity. Rather than constructing rigid ideological blocs, Beijing and Moscow appear focused on building flexible networks of strategic cooperation across the Global South.

Importantly, the summit also sent a message directly to Washington. China’s engagement with the United States does not weaken its strategic partnership with Russia. If anything, the rapid succession of Trump’s and Putin’s visits to Beijing underscored China’s growing diplomatic confidence in managing relations with competing global powers simultaneously.

Ultimately, what Putin’s visit revealed is that Sino-Russian relations have evolved beyond mere tactics or reactions to Western pressure. What we are witnessing is the institutionalization of a partnership, one that is economically interwoven and geopolitically ambitious. China, of course, holds greater economic leverage, but Moscow provides Beijing with strategic depth, energy security, and crucial diplomatic weight in the complex project of building a more multipolar world.

Beijing may not have supplanted Washington as the singular center of global diplomacy, at least not yet. But after witnessing the choreography and substance of Putin’s visit, I find it hard to escape one conclusion: the contours of the future global order will be drawn not just in Washington, but also through the ever-deepening strategic axis between Beijing and Moscow.

 

Ricardo Martins – Doctor of Sociology, specialist in European and international politics as well as geopolitics

NEO: Hell-raiser from Asia: 81 years after World War 11 Japan is obsessed with militarism again.: Ksenia Muratshina : June 24, 2026: **********

 

Security

Hell-raiser from Asia: 81 years after World War II Japan is obsessed with militarism again

Ksenia Muratshina, June 24, 2026

The draft of Japan’s 2026 Defence White Paper, published in May, offers yet another illustration of the extent to which the country’s political and military leadership has become literally wedded to the idea of magnifying both its defensive and offensive capabilities, and to constructing its own security at the expense of others.

Shifting the Emphasis

All the major – for want of a better word – trends in Japan’s defence (though one might well ask in what sense it remains a purely defensive policy, when it is in fact every bit a military one) policy that Tokyo puts forward as guiding principles, and which are reflected in its strategy, are already familiar to the nations of the Asia-Pacific region: anti-China, anti-Russia and anti-North Korea rhetoric; an unwittingly obstinate sighting and unwavering adherence to the tenets of its alliance with the United States (an alliance about which, as Washington itself demonstrates, the US does not give a well-known substance, turning it into an increasingly lopsided structure built on unequal partnerships); and active participation in the American network of military blocs in the region – not only bilaterally, but also through the Quad, and in various military frameworks with Australia, Canada and the Philippines, right up to the current obsession with the anti-China ‘First Island Chain’ concept.

Sanae Takaichi’s administration continues to pursue a policy of raising new generations in the spirit of revanchism and denial of the outcomes of World War II, and is striving to go even further in this regard than her predecessors did

The principal problem with the 2026 White Paper, however, resides in its attempt to shift the focus entirely away from one source of threats to regional security in Pacific Asia onto another. The document presents Japan as a harmless, squeaky-clean nation, facing its gravest threat from none other than the build-up of China’s military power – so grave, in fact, that the former empire apparently has no choice but to arm itself to the teeth.

Chinese observers have already compared the document’s contents to the script of a film in which the People’s Republic of China is cast as the arch-villain, having pointed out the hypocrisy with which Japan’s military establishment presents its own version of the situation in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the Japanese logic, it seems that the presence of the Chinese navy in the Pacific constitutes alarming military activity, whereas American, Japanese and Australian vessels scurrying about the same waters are perfectly unremarkable, as if it went without saying; patrol operations by the Chinese navy are provocations, yet when Japan and the United States do exactly the same thing, it is simply freedom of navigation; China’s routine military exercises pose an existential threat, while the manoeuvres of the US-Japan alliance (involving, for example, B-52 bombers) are merely a pleasant, routine way to spend time together. Japan’s own military build-up, meanwhile, is presented as nothing short of a moral imperative.

Brer Conflict-Monger and Brer Imperialist

Does it ring a bell? It undoubtedly does – it is that very same thuggish ‘rules-based order’ in which some are permitted to stand on their heads, while others are expected, so as to speak, to sit tight and keep their heads down, because the rules were written long ago by the former. At the heart of this approach lies international political segregation, a wholesale violation of human rights and state sovereignty, global inequality, and a nostalgic yearning for a unipolar world. Hence, Japan’s angry condemnations of others, turning a blind eye to its own conduct; its perpetual conflicts with neighbouring states; and its habit of pushing its own position forward while wilfully ignoring its inconsistencies with reality.

But how is this possible? How does a country whose armed forces, less than a century ago, ran amok across the Asia-Pacific region, exterminating, humiliating and brutalizing other peoples, even find the words – let alone the audacity – to express ‘grave concern’ over the militarization of its neighbors? Especially when it has per de embarked on a path of dismantling the restrictions imposed by its pacifist Constitution? Can it actually be possible that Japan’s elderly citizens have such poor memories? Or could it be possible that their memories are perfectly intact, but their capacity to gloss over and falsify history is even more ‘advanced’? Or do the Japanese simply lack regular reminders of the atrocities committed by their imperialist state and its military – atrocities that remain forever etched in the memories of the afflicted nations? Or perhaps the explanation lies in the encouragement provided by Japan’s American ally, its elder Brer Imperialist?

All the three factors are likely to have played their role. And today, on the Japanese islands, we find an exceedingly toxic participant in international affairs, poisoning the global environment far more actively than the notorious water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the discharge of which into the ocean provoked such outrage in the region. That water, you know, can still be purified. While the conscience of today’s Japan, in its current state, cannot.

The Rehabilitation of Nazism and Militarism in Action

We see Tokyo’s military budget breaking all records; we see the Japanese cabinet formally approving, in April 2026, a revision of the ‘Three Principles on Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology’, removing in fact restrictions on arms exports; we see Japan providing aid to Ukrainian neo-Nazis; we see Finance Minister S. Katayama describing ‘support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia’ as the foremost priorities of Japanese foreign policy; we see mentions of ‘comfort women’ in China and Korea, and of the orders that compelled Okinawan residents to carry out mass suicides ahead of the American advance, being expunged from Japanese history textbooks; we see Prime Minister S. Takaichi, without batting an eyelid, declaring that neighbouring countries’ ‘politicisation’ of pilgrimages to the infamous Yasukuni Shrine is ‘unacceptable’ (such a statement, in the Asian context of Second World War history, can only be made by someone who has either never heard of the atrocities committed by Japanese war criminals, or has completely lost their mind and any grip on reality); we see her openly fantasizing about Japan acquiring nuclear submarines, speaking bluntly about the need to abandon the ban on nuclear weapons deployment, and chomping at the bit to intervene as much as possible in the Taiwan Strait conflict; we see Japan voting against the Russian resolution at the United Nations on combating the glorification of Nazism and neo-Nazism… Sanae Takaichi’s administration continues to pursue a policy of raising new generations in the spirit of revanchism and denial of the outcomes of World War II, and is striving to go even further in this regard than her predecessors did.

Taken together, all of Tokyo’s aforementioned moves in recent years constitute a rather alarming trend, one that has been noted by Japan’s nearest neighbours. As the Chinese author Ding Duo puts it in his article “Japan’s neo-militarism seriously threatens regional peace and stability”, ‘Japan is openly violating the restrictions imposed upon it by the international community on the development of its military potential, while playing down the legal and moral responsibilities that should be borne by a defeated country that committed crimes against humanity. It exaggerates security threats and creates an atmosphere of tension in the region.’

It is also significant to mention another point. In its assessment of the White Paper, the Chinese side drew the following conclusion: what Japan is doing today amounts to a ‘monetisation of fear’. Fear, in this regard, is as central an emotion as nostalgia for the fascist era. Nasty but cowardly – these are the two core characteristics of the current generation of Japanese militarists. Like their European counterparts, they have become distinctly diminished figures. Though this has not made them any less detrimental to the surrounding international environment.

The Countess With Her Face Transformed Flees … To Where?

Hand in hand with fear comes another sentiment: humiliation. Recall how Takaichi’s expression changed, how she broke into a strained, awkward smile, in response to Donald Trump’s joke about Pearl Harbor (which, incidentally, showed him himself in a highly unflattering light as well – such matters are simply not the things to joke about), and how she laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, where thousands of American soldiers who fought against Japan are buried. That was the apotheosis of humiliation and of the absence of any self-respect on the part of an occupied territory. Behind such a façade, militarism only grows stronger, becomes channelled and sublimated towards other available targets.

Of course, a country whose greatest enemy is its own Constitution will not go very far in the long run, but it is certainly ready to mess things up in the short term. At the same time, there are still sober forces within Japanese society that understand just how inadmissible and disastrous the path of confrontation in foreign policy is, as well as the path of slavishly toeing the American line; they understand how hazardous nuclear ambitions are, and how necessary – indeed, how literally irreplaceable – a neutral status is for Japan’s security and future. The question, however, is whether anyone is listening to these voices, or whether they will only be heeded when it is already too late. For now, the trajectory of Japanese history points, rather, towards the latter.

 

Ksenia Muratshina, Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of SciencesNEO:

NEO: US Prepares Terrorist Armhy to Expand its Dirty War on China: Brian Berletic: June 23, 2026: ****************

 

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US Prepares Terrorist Army to Expand its Dirty War on China

Brian Berletic, June 23, 2026

The US media has invested in recent years in rehabilitating Uyghur Chinese extremists now based in Syria, depicting them as “freedom fighters” whose ultimate goal is to “liberate” (carve off) territory in western China and are preparing to fight China across Eurasia — adding to an already ongoing dirty war the US has been waging against China over the 20th and 21st centuries.

A Familiar Pattern

From the Cold War to present day, the United States has actively created and used the world’s worst terrorist organizations to advance US geopolitical objectives worldwide. This includes the creation and use of Al Qaeda* (through local chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood) in the 1970s and 1980s in Syria and their export to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet Union until their withdrawal in 1989.

It also includes the use of these same terrorists to divide and disrupt unified resistance to invading US forces in Iraq from 2003 onward and the eventual region-wide US reordering of the Arab World spanning Libya and Egypt in North Africa to Yemen and Syria in the Middle East beginning under the likewise US-engineered “Arab Spring” in 2011.

Uyghur extremists transplanted by the US to topple Syria in West Asia are now openly being prepared by Washington to work their way back east toward China to augment this already ongoing dirty war the US is waging against China

From North Africa to Central Asia, the US has admittedly utilized terrorist organizations listed by the US State Department itself as such to both target nations the US military cannot attack directly and to serve as a pretext for US invasions and occupations in nations the US seeks to attack more directly.

Other episodes in which this US strategy has been employed include against both Russia in its southern Caucasus region and even as far as China in East Asia.

While both Russia and China appear to have successfully neutralized this malicious method of proxy warfare utilized by Washington within their respective borders, the US continues not only arming and building up terrorist forces for future conflicts but is also shaping public perception to depict such use of US-sponsored terrorism as somehow supporting “freedom fighters” against “authoritarian” governments.

US Media Reintroducing Uyghur Terrorists as “Freedom Fighters”

A troubling sign that the US continues seeking to use extremists specifically tailored for attacking China and its investments and projects across Eurasia is a May 2026 National Public Radio (NPR) article titled “The foreign fighters who helped topple Assad — and why China worries about them.”

The article, the latest of many spanning recent years, portrays the largest segment of foreign fighters involved in the US-backed overthrow of Syria in 2024 — Uyghur extremists from China’s western region of Xinjiang — as simply fleeing persecution in China and incidentally ending up aligned with and fighting alongside Al Qaeda*.

The article mentions the previously US State Department-designated foreign terrorist organization (until June 2025), Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS*) Uyghur fighters were recruited as an Al Qaeda* affiliate, which ultimately overran Syrian forces in 2024, toppling the Syrian government.

HTS’ figurehead Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (now referred to as Ahmed al-Sharaa) has even been designated as Syria’s de facto president by the US and its proxies and has even been invited to the White House by current US President Donald Trump despite previously having a 10 million USD reward on his head by the US government itself.

The moral flexibility of the US regarding Al Qaeda* based on whether the US is trying to justify direct military intervention in Syria before the government’s collapse or cement a terrorist-led proxy regime afterward is the central hallmark of the decades-spanning use by Washington of terrorist organizations to target, undermine, topple, then politically capture targeted nations.

It is no coincidence that the US not only recruited thousands of Uyghur extremists to fight alongside HTS* in its proxy war against the Syrian government but now seeks to redeploy this battle-hardened, experienced force of extremists across Eurasia as part of its ongoing dirty war against China.

The NPR article, in regard to thousands of battle-hardened Uyghur extremists, stated:

They say they now hope to preserve their culture and perhaps one day raise an army powerful enough to seize control of Xinjiang, or East Turkestan as the Uyghurs call it, the region that the Uyghurs consider their homeland and that the Chinese Communist Party took control of in 1949.

Of course, Xinjiang had been part of China for centuries and only briefly during the 20th century found itself adrift as part of the US-European imposed “century of humiliation” China experienced before its rise in the late 20th and now 21st century — history Washington finds an inconvenience regarding narratives it is building ahead of justifying the next wave of terrorism being prepared across Eurasia and against China itself.

Radicalizing and Ravaging China’s Xinjiang and Beyond

Today, NPR pretends the circumstances surrounding violence in China’s Xinjiang region involving radicalized Uyghurs is ambiguous, claiming it began with student protests demanding the investigation into clashes between Uyghur and Han factory workers. The article only barely touches on the violent nature of Uyghur extremism in Xinjiang (which radiated far beyond the region in subsequent years).

In reality, the Western media has admitted in past years to a concerted campaign of targeted radicalization of China’s Uyghur population in its western Xinjiang region.

The LA Times, in a 2016 article titled,“In China, the rise of Salafism fosters suspicion and division among Muslims,” indicates the radicalization of Uyghurs not only created tensions with the Chinese government and non-Uyghur ethnic groups in Xinjiang, but also among Uyghur Muslims themselves.

The article describes the process as originating from Washington’s close Persian Gulf ally, Saudi Arabia, claiming:

“Saudi preachers and organizations began traveling to China. Some of them bore gifts: training programs for clerics, Korans for distribution, funding for new “Islamic institutes” and mosques.

“This exposure to Saudi discourses actually caused a momentary implosion within the Salafi community in the 1980s,” said Mohammed Al-Sudairi, a doctoral student at the University of Hong Kong who spent years researching Salafi Muslims in China.

“The new generation, which was much more engaged and influenced by Saudi Arabia, began to contest the knowledge of the older generation. You had a lot of excommunication within the [Muslim] community; people were saying to each other that they were not real Muslims.””

In other words, despite Washington accusing Beijing of “genocide” in Xinjiang, parathetically meaning “cultural genocide” of what Washington claims is Uyghur culture, it was the US, through its Saudi proxies, erasing indigenous Uyghur culture and overwriting it with imported, politically driven Salafist extremism that demonstrably exploded into armed, widespread violence targeting China’s stability.

While this violence is deliberately omitted from Western narratives today regarding Xinjiang — specifically to amplify the illusion Beijing’s subsequent security measures were arbitrary and unwarranted — at the height of the violence between 2009-2015, the Western media eagerly reported on spiraling violence Beijing seemed unable to control.

The BBC, in a 2014 article titled, “Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs?” documented a long list of extremist-driven terrorism both across Xinjiang and wider China.

The article noted:

“…things really escalated in 2009, with large-scale ethnic rioting in the regional capital, Urumqi. Some 200 people were killed in the unrest, most of them Han Chinese, according to officials.

Security was increased, and many Uighurs were detained as suspects. But violence rumbled on as right groups increasingly pointed to tight control by Beijing.

In June 2012, six Uighurs reportedly tried to hijack a plane from Hotan to Urumqi before they were overpowered by passengers and crew.

There was bloodshed in April 2013 and in June that year; 27 people died in Shanshan County after police opened fire on what state media described as a mob armed with knives attacking local government buildings.”

The article then briefly attempted to suggest the details of the attacks were difficult to verify in an attempt to deny Beijing justification for increased security to deal with the violence; however, most of the attacks described in the BBC article had been captured on security cameras, documenting the undeniable brutality of the radicalized violence.

The article continued:

“At least 31 people were killed and more than 90 suffered injuries in May 2014 when two cars crashed through an Urumqi market and explosives were tossed into the crowd. China called it a “violent terrorist incident”.

It followed a bomb and knife attack at Urumqi’s south railway station in April, which killed three and injured 79 others.

In July, authorities said [attacks were carried out on] government offices in Yarkant, leaving 96 dead. The imam of China’s largest mosque, Jume Tahir, was stabbed to death days later.

In September about 50 died in blasts in Luntai county outside police stations, a market and a shop. Details of both incidents are unclear, and activists have contested some accounts of incidents in state media.

Some violence has also spilled out of Xinjiang. A March stabbing spree in Kunming in Yunnan province that killed 29 people was blamed on Xinjiang separatists, as was an October 2013 incident where a car ploughed into a crowd and burst into flames in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.”

The extensive but by no means exhaustive list the BBC published of violence carried out by radicalized Uyghurs left a path of death and destruction from Xinjiang to Beijing — with attacks just as likely to kill fellow Uyghurs as they were other ethnic groups and government employees.

The violence eventually radiated beyond China itself with a bomb blast in 2015 targeting central Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, following the Thai government’s refusal of US government demands that Uyghur terror suspects be allowed to travel onward to Turkey to join US-backed terrorist forces fighting in neighboring Syria instead of being sent back to China to face justice.

Chinese security and development policies successfully managed to bring the cycle of radicalization and violence to an end, rehabilitating and deprograming extremists before providing them job training and allowing them to return to society. China also invested heavily in economic development across Xinjiang to drain the pools of poverty and unemployment that had primed the local population for radicalization in the first place.

However, this did not happen before thousands of Uyghur extremists were transplanted by the US from western China to West Asia where they were armed, trained, and battle-hardened in the US-backed overthrow of Syria spanning 2011-2024, where they now await redeployment against both China itself and Chinese-backed investments, infrastructure projects, and diplomatic missions across Eurasia.

Resurrecting and Rebranding Washington’s Anti-China Terror Front

Just as the US has done with other terrorist organizations, including HTS in Syria and the notorious Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) of Iran, the Uyghur terrorist organization, the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), previously listed by the US State Department as a foreign terrorist organization, has been “delisted” as of 2020.

The DW in their article, “US removes China-condemned group from terror list,” claims, “China regularly points to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement to justify its crackdown in the Muslim majority Xinjiang. The US removed it from the terror list, saying there’s “no credible evidence” that it still exists.”

The article further explains that, “ETIM was removed from the list because, for more than a decade, there has been no credible evidence that ETIM continues to exist,” a State Department spokesperson said, news agency AFP reported.”

Yet, just 2 years earlier — well within “more than a decade”— US Central Command itself admitted to strikes on ETIM terrorists in Afghanistan, which shares a short section of border with neighboring China, exposing the US State Department’s justification for delisting ETIM as a blatant lie.

Just as was the case with HTS and MEK, the Chinese Uyghur terrorist organization ETIM was delisted not because it no longer exists or is no longer engaged in terrorism, but because the US seeks to legitimize that terrorism and more openly aid and abet it.

The US is already waging a dirty war against China across Eurasia, including backing Baluch terrorists in southwest Pakistan and armed militants in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar — both of whom are striking at Chinese-backed infrastructure projects, attacking Chinese investments, and in Pakistan, killing Chinese engineers along with an attempt to kill the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan in 2021.

Uyghur extremists transplanted by the US to topple Syria in West Asia are now openly being prepared by Washington to work their way back east toward China to augment this already ongoing dirty war the US is waging against China, its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), investments, citizens, and diplomatic missions, as well as China’s friends and partners everywhere in between.

Part of these preparations includes the US media itself reinventing previously US-designated terrorists into “freedom fighters” in the hopes of not only building public and political support for Washington’s armed proxies but also depicting China’s inevitable attempts to defend itself against this latest hostility aimed at it as “authoritarianism” and even “aggression.”

Only time will tell if China’s rise and attempts to build up the multipolar world can outpace Washington’s attempts to undermine China and tear the multipolar world down. In the meantime, Washington has readied yet another piece to place upon this global chessboard — one that threatens nations across Eurasia and demands Eurasia-wide security cooperation with China to defend against.

*— terrorist organizations banned in Russia

 

Brian Berletic is a Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher and writer.