Brainsucker
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They want to repeat Qing vs 8 countries long time ago. Maybe not all of them, but Japan surely want. Of course, this QUAD alliance is a fragile one. But if China do some wrong turn, they will have the same fate as the old Qing dynasty.
For one thing, China must not think that this moment is some kind of Qin vs 6 countries alliance. Because China is not today Qin. US is Qin. China is Chu. Qin was a warmongering, with a lot of foreigner talent in the past. Just like US today. While Chu was a big and resilient cultured country in 7 kingdoms era, just like China. That's why to think that China will stand still like Qin is a wrong assessment.
They also should not want to repeat their glorious result in Korea War. Because today situation is different from that old glorious history.
But China is not alone today. And they shouldn't be alone. China is also not Qing and Uni Soviet. United States won the cold war just because of their economy might. Uni Soviet was fragile economically. they lost the support of their people just because they can't match Western economy might. But China today is a giant economy power that capable to match US economically.
The problem is China is lead by Engineers and Scientists, who care only about technology and material matters. While the problem that China must face is a social one. Look at the current situation. US attacks China mostly from social front. And Chinese leaderships care more about hard power rather than soft one. It is because those clever Engineers are not the expert of social matters. They care about how to build rocket, airplane, advanced train, etc (which are material advanced), but don't understand about social problem. Like how to buy people heart. So They can only depend on the old Marxist manual book to handle this matter.
So China needs people with social degree more today. They need people who expert in law, economy, psychology, etc. And they (these leaders) need to be ideologically pragmatic. Don't be idealistic one. Remember, Ideology is only a tool. They shouldn't hinders a country progress. China needs people who know how to buy people heart. not only Chinese citizens, but also global ones. Of course, they also needs clever engineers to support their social warriors struggle in winning the propaganda war.
Remember, hard power has it's upper limit. China is just a single country. They can become a Hercules, but they can't win a fight against another Hercules who have a lot of Meat shield. So China can't entirely depend on their hard power, They also need trusted friends. And only people who is expert in Social Technology know how to play in this game.
For one thing, China must not think that this moment is some kind of Qin vs 6 countries alliance. Because China is not today Qin. US is Qin. China is Chu. Qin was a warmongering, with a lot of foreigner talent in the past. Just like US today. While Chu was a big and resilient cultured country in 7 kingdoms era, just like China. That's why to think that China will stand still like Qin is a wrong assessment.
They also should not want to repeat their glorious result in Korea War. Because today situation is different from that old glorious history.
But China is not alone today. And they shouldn't be alone. China is also not Qing and Uni Soviet. United States won the cold war just because of their economy might. Uni Soviet was fragile economically. they lost the support of their people just because they can't match Western economy might. But China today is a giant economy power that capable to match US economically.
The problem is China is lead by Engineers and Scientists, who care only about technology and material matters. While the problem that China must face is a social one. Look at the current situation. US attacks China mostly from social front. And Chinese leaderships care more about hard power rather than soft one. It is because those clever Engineers are not the expert of social matters. They care about how to build rocket, airplane, advanced train, etc (which are material advanced), but don't understand about social problem. Like how to buy people heart. So They can only depend on the old Marxist manual book to handle this matter.
So China needs people with social degree more today. They need people who expert in law, economy, psychology, etc. And they (these leaders) need to be ideologically pragmatic. Don't be idealistic one. Remember, Ideology is only a tool. They shouldn't hinders a country progress. China needs people who know how to buy people heart. not only Chinese citizens, but also global ones. Of course, they also needs clever engineers to support their social warriors struggle in winning the propaganda war.
Remember, hard power has it's upper limit. China is just a single country. They can become a Hercules, but they can't win a fight against another Hercules who have a lot of Meat shield. So China can't entirely depend on their hard power, They also need trusted friends. And only people who is expert in Social Technology know how to play in this game.
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