It could start by learning that the US hunts down, destroys or destabilises everywhere China make investments into hoping to reshape to its favour. Why bother investing in US backyard without ensuring survival of those investment and better coordinating and planning for contingencies. Why not create opportunities in these. This is where China is hopelessly outwitted by west. They are exceptionally machiavellian and deceitful. Start by learning about/understanding yourself and your enemy. Isn't that standard warfare?
We have another thread of China's wins. They are great. But we don't consider the cost of those wins because there are.
For instance when it comes to the car industry. China makes huge losses too by offering too much for the money. With every win, we should consider the price paid for the win and whether the net effect is worth it. Can we achieve the ultimate goals with those sacrifices? China is the one that is working honestly and working its ass off but being paid a pittance. The US is the one scamming everyone and getting away with fortunes. It's able to devote its excess time and effort in other areas.
While the nation is being rejuvenated and the military progress is astounding, the quality of life and overall wealth of people hasn't seen a commensurate improvement. Americans are just printing non stop and benefiting from initial access to all that printed wealth before the inflation kicks in and even after it does, the rest of the world shoulder a share of that pain anyway.
The US isn't stupid and its leaders are arguably more cunning and capable of understanding this grand calculation. They are worried but they aren't necessarily doomed. Certainly not if China can't figure this one out. It needs to act out sometimes and like the US placing stumbling blocks in front of China at every opportunity, China must take advantage of opportunities too.
Trump is all too conveniently blamed whenever the US acts against the "rules based order". He is the US. He is the west. This is how it's always been. Different face, new excuses and distractions. Epstein files, drugs, MAGA ... everything's a distraction from the actual game. It's only ever been about hegemonic power and the exploitation that comes with it.
China shows itself to be quite passive and unwilling to do anything outside of managing its own affairs and making progress. Western leaders come from a history of colonial/imperial thinking. If not for the capability and talent of Chinese people, this competition would have been over long ago. Where Chinese people actually excel in engineering and innovation (historically), Western people have also excelled in this too but they also have far superior EQ and ability to manipulate and exercise control over others.
What can China do? If I had definitive answers, I would be able to advise on this but I don't lol. It clearly also doesn't know.
The China does nothing, win meme is built on the back of Chinese sweat and labour. Meanwhile, the West can simply steal it all whenever they please. What can China do?
