All this is a familiar challenge for Washington: As early as 2002, Defense Department official Andrew Marshall channeled Mackinder in writing that America must wage a long competition with China "for influence and position within the Eurasian continent and the Pacific Rimland."

There really is nothing new under the sun.

For years, China skillfully avoided this trap by building economic power while downplaying its geopolitical agenda.

So, it has begun to trigger the type of encirclement the revival of the so-called Quad, the formation of Aukus, the hostility of countries from the Western Pacific to South Asia and beyond Mackinder might have envisioned.

It's no secret that I have always been fascinated by the culture and mentality of the Chinese. Since I am an international student from the United States, I chose this article because it discusses both China and the United States.It wasn't so long ago that China was also considered a third world country. Now, China has become one of the world's leading economies and must contend with the Western world.Recent events have seen China and the USA at odds, especially with the Trump administration in charge.

The possibility of a war with China, an open war, may seem like the far end of the possible spectrum, but it is not impossible. In the end, the war will not arise from Western outrage over human rights violations, nor will it rise from Chinese outrage over Western outrage, nor will it arise from cybercrime or technology theft, nor from currency manipulation, nor from Filipinos and Vietnamese suffering indignities. As a result of United States' efforts to deny China the most significant physical resource of the 21st century: semiconductors, China will suffer economically. Chinese companies could become global superpowers if they had access to Eurasia's resources. Due to this, the United States has strengthened its barriers to trade. Chinese companies could become global superpowers if they had access to Eurasia's resources. Due to this, the United States has strengthened its barriers to trade. The cost of labor in China is significantly lower than in the U.S., which led to many industries outsourcing to China. Labor laws and political factors play a part in this phenomenon. To find alternatives to items Americans purchase daily from China, the U.S. must strengthen its barriers to China. Compared to other countries, China offers Americans a lot of items at a much cheaper price point, and if items are produced there moving forward, American consumers may have to pay a larger price tag since the U.S. has a higher minimum wage law than China. The U.S. might suffer in its strategy of cost management if this happens.

Questions:

• Does the US have a strong stance toward China, knowing that China is the biggest lender?
• Rather than outsourcing to China, the United States might want to consider Africa, which has an open market?
• In this economic battle between these two powers, who has the most to lose?

China's Rise Is a Threat the U.S. Has Faced for a Century. (2021, October 24). Bloomberg. Retrieved October 24, 2021, from https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-24/china-s-rise-is-a-threat-the-u-s-has-faced-for-a-century