Are China and US Rivals or Partners?
Sun 11:06 pm +00:00, 1 Mar 2026 3What if the supposed geopolitical clash between the United States and China is less a march toward war and more a high-stakes negotiation over the future of the global financial system? In this analysis, Prof Jiang Xueqin argues that Washington and Beijing are economically symbiotic. The trade war is framed not as existential rivalry but as leverage politics: the U.S. seeking greater access to China’s financial system to reinforce dollar hegemony under the weight of mounting debt, and China resisting to preserve monetary sovereignty and avoid the fate of countries caught in past dollar crises. Beneath the rhetoric, interdependence persists—American naval power still underwrites the global trade routes that Chinese exports rely on. While U.S.–China tensions may ultimately yield compromise, Prof Jiang foresees intensifying conflict elsewhere.
The war in Ukraine could escalate as NATO deepens its confrontation with Russia, and a widening clash between Israel and Iran risks drawing in the United States directly. Yet Beijing, he contends, remains a status quo power—focused on trade stability, reluctant to project force, and more likely to pursue rapprochement with Washington than military adventurism. The result is a stark forecast: escalating wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, but strategic accommodation between the world’s two largest economies.
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TAP – If China is really a partner of the US/Israel, Iran and Russia face a much harder future. He’s wrong about Iran not attacking the Gulf States. Maybe he’s wrong about the rest.
The Yanks have been involved everywhere since WW2. China is no different
Anthony Sutton said that Chinese Communism was the same as Russian Communism and German Fascism, ie created and funded by Wall Street. Sounds about right
After Mao then, Deng “Liberalised” China. The key issue being that they adopted the Western Legal Code for business ie the legal person corporation. Yanks couldn’t risk the old Chinese code, it didn’t protect the US corporations well enough
Not only that, the Western super rich Elites became hidden holders of Chinese equity under nominee accounts
Can anyone seriously believe that the US oligarchs transferred all their factories to China but didn’t retain control?
Modern China is surely a US construct
Btw, I asked AI about Mao and Yale a while back
Deepseek [Chinese] refused to comment saying it was beyond it’s scope
GTP [US] said:
“📌 Relationship with “Yale-in-China”
Between 1919–1920, Mao had some contact with institutions associated with the Yale-China Association (also known historically as “Yale-in-China”), a Sino-American educational and medical mission founded by Yale alumni.
During this period Mao edited a student-oriented journal and rented space in a building connected to Yale-China’s Xiangya Medical College in Changsha. This involvement was informal and limited, not equivalent to being a student, enrolled participant, or graduate of Yale University in the United States”
So the opportunity was there
Russian propagandist claims Ukrainian battlefieldcommunication systems are superior and that Russia might have to fight China one day and should be independent. Will Russia and Iran face a war on two fronts? Are Iran and Russia the natural allies against the rest? Quite an undertaking. Is the BRICS really substantial enough to resist the hegemon?
Putin’s propagandist threatens war with China – Moments later he is pulled off air
Putin’s propagandist threatens war with China – Moments later he is pulled off air
The remarks, aired on a flagship pro-Kremlin programme, quickly triggered backlash.
Not outnumbered
Kirill Fedorov appeared on the show hosted by Vladimir Solovyov, one of the most prominent figures in Russian state media.
According to dialog.ua, the discussion departed from the usual official narrative praising Russia’s military capabilities.
During the exchange, one participant stated:
“My personal opinion is that they (no, Ukraine ) are outnumbering us. We have problems with communications, historically our army has had problems with communications.”
Admitting weaknesses
The conversation moved into technical detail, with acknowledgements that Ukraine has strengthened its drone operations and battlefield communications.
“And there, unfortunately, they are very good,” Fedorov said, referring to Ukrainian capabilities.
He also commented on the performance of Ukrainian equipment:
“Look how the image is maintained on them. The image on their radio drones is practically maintained until close to the ground… They have better developed repeaters, they have much better resistance to electronic warfare. They have a base station on which fiber optics and FPV drones operate simultaneously.”
Satellite systems were also discussed. One participant noted: “Starlink has been widely used… The advantage of these communication systems is their long range and very low weight – they can be hidden anywhere.”
China remark sparks fallout
The discussion later shifted to potential technological partnerships. Fedorov then said:
“We need to associate with those countries with whom we will not end up in conflict regarding the use of the same satellites, for example. Obviously, not with close neighbors. I do not rule out a war with China.”
The comment appeared to contradict the Kremlin’s portrayal of China as a stable and strategic partner.
According to dialog.ua, Fedorov was subsequently removed from the programme. Ukrainian blogger Denis Kazansky shared clips of the exchange online, highlighting what he described as an unusual moment of candor on Russian state television.
There has been no official comment from Russian authorities regarding the incident.
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Very interesting
That seems to support the views of bloggers like ♱ Rurik Christwalker ♱ of
The Slavland Chronicles
He is scathing about Putin and his real role, says that he’s an intelligence asset, once of the KGB but now CIA/MI6/Mossad
They are likely the same entity in reality, how to tell them apart? Surely they share everything? They work for the global money powers don’t they, certainly NOT the “people”