Why does China want Biden to Win
Tags: USA, International Relations, Politics, Biden, China

Why is China the way it is today?

The Chinese Communist Party, contrary to popular opinion, is extremely well versed in Politics, Economics and most importantly have a decent understanding of International Relations. The Chinese ever since the century of humiliation which began with the Opium Wars in the 19th century and more or less ended with Mao in the 20th century, has been trying to regain its superpower status in world affairs. The first step for China to ascend was to spread Maoist/Communist ideals around, this however failed, for the most part, granting China only some minor influence in Asia and Africa. The CCP however adapted, and under Deng Xiaoping, China opened its doors and became the world’s factory. Deng Xiaoping focused on improving China in every possible way, increasing not just its economy, but also advancing its technology, modernising its military and improving its foreign relations. This worked wonders. The result of this is what you see today, the worlds most powerful Economy, second only to the US (although they will overtake the US in the coming decade). But, while the US grew slowly over centuries, only taking the mantle of Hegemony when Europeans decided to blow each other up in not 1, but 2 World Wars, China went from the richest State on Earth in the 17oos and for many centuries prior, to an absolute mess in the 19th-20th centuries, to today. These extraordinary shifts in power have made China extremely aware of Grande strategy on the world stage and how to best influence others for Chinas benefit. This accumulated in Xi Jinping’s plan, the Belt and Road Initiative. This Initiative is genius mind you. It combines both the Silk Road route, that made China, as well as all the Nations that were on it, rich and the European strategy of controlling ports and Maritime trade to slowly shift Economic centres in their favour. Now historically, while the Islamic World benefited mostly from the Silk Road and the European World benefited mostly from Maritime Trade, China (as well as India) were at the very centre of both of these economic routes. This means that if Christendom and Islamdom (the two groups of peoples who were closest to world domination) wanted to dominate the world, China and India had to be either under their direct control (India’s fate under the Mughals and Britons) or weakened to such an extent they cannot compete (Chinas fate, weakened by Opium Wars and Sino-Japanese Wars). China understands its history well, and understands that it can, if it wills it, and can be smarter than the Qing Dynasty, become the worlds wealthiest state. China aims to become once again, the Middle Kingdom. This drive to reclaim its former greatness must not be forgotten when analysing China as a Nation-State. The respect that most of the world had for China, including the European powers, was lost in the century following the Opium Wars and has yet to be reclaimed. China is driven to a great extent by the memory of being at the very centre of the world, of when they were the top dog, the Hegemony of East Asia and when the world listened to China, out of fear, or respect.

How does Biden tie into this? Well, Biden, as well as the Democrats, have little to no interest in containing China. They speak of Human Rights abuses, but those have been a common theme in China since before Mao even came to power, to focus on them now is political nonsense and will not change anything. The fact is, China has a very big wall in front of it, the United States of America. Without this wall, China dominates East Asia, and from here it can spread into the rest of the World. China needs a senile old man and a political party that believes in, and values, international organisations and diplomacy. Why? Because it will be easy to play the US, to make the wall focus elsewhere, as China has done since Mao himself. That is how China plays, it relies on others ignoring its actions as it slowly advances itself and its interests to gain power. China does not seek war, that is suicidal, however, China also finds itself ready to take the mantle of Hegemon and take on its rivals, such as India and Japan, the only 2 Nations in Asia that stand a chance of countering Chinese influence. Without the US to block them here, China is guaranteed victory. China will crawl into Hegemony, and America will watch.