If you were China or Russia or the entire BRICs cotillion, would you pick a fight with the West generally and the US particularly? Or would you seek some asymmetric means of taking your opponent down before engaging?
The answer is obvious; you weaken your opponent as much as possible first.
The good news for them is the West is busy with a very active program of self-harm. But sooner or later you have to pull the plug and get on with the larger project of picking up after the West has fallen.
But how to engineer that fall?
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