How the U.S. Is Countering China's Global Push
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Five years into China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative, the U.S. is trying to respond to Xi Jinping’s infrastructure-building spree. Illustration: Crystal Tai
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Why does media keeps telling its China vs USA and forgetting the interest of actual countries.
Because it is WSJ .
Sorry, China and the United States are not actual countries?
As long as China asserts itself in Global Domination. No good will happen
Joshua Castillo well Trup push Mexico to the hands of China and other Countries
I think u missed the importance of this video and how real China is a threat right now
There is a lot of hypocrisy in the West,
1. When USA was afraid of an anthrax outbreak in 2001 they manufactured anthrax medication in violation of a patent owned by Bayer. Then when South Africa, India and other countries were worried about anti-retro-vials for HIV, the medicine was too expensive America was busy threatening them with sanctions if they produced a cheaper generic version of the drugs. Did you remember how the Americans discovered a medication for Ebola once an American citizen was infected. This was 40 days after the epidemic was discovered.
2. When Rwanda wanted to develop a domestic textile industry they banned 2nd hand clothing and now the Americans want to throw Rwanda out of AGOA. It means Rwandans will be unable to sell vegetables and fruits to American unless they agree to wear 2nd hand clothing.
3.After European banks had lent Greece billions and couldn't repay Greece has been forced to sell its assets to Germany. German companies now own 15 airports and 1 port in Greece. They still want Greece to sell its post office, the power supply company, smaller ports along the coast and various Islands. The same thing they accuse China of doing.
When you deal with a Chinese they are direct we shall give you a loan to build a railway and you will repay with 2% interest for 25 years. When you deal with the West they tell you if you want a loan to build your railway you need to open your markets to ensure our farmers in America can sell their dairy and other products, we also want you allow our airline land in your airports. When dealing with the West they tell you that if you don't hold elections we will not give you money for a water project as if water and election are somehow co-related.
It’s to encourage democratic reform for our aid....
"Pushing poor countries into debt traps" You mean like how the IMF and World Bank do?
With GMO
3:44 100 million vs 155 billion? Is that even comparable?
Lul
US-China issue,
indian journalist
Savage...
And it’s only just begun
us of Power
India is not a superpower in 2020, however it is growing very fast and it's economy is rising as well as living standards
@@pavan923 pagal hai??
@@none.4836 nice yar koi kapil sharma ke show pe bhejo isko
Let’s talk about USA debt to GDP first
usa debt to gdp 1 to 1 china 3 to 1
Have you seen Chinese Debt?
It's low in comparison to alot of the world, still too high though
Compared to China’s 300% private debt? It’s bad in the US but not a central talking point.
@@johnmiller9681If you are only counting public debt, which is money borrowed by the government, US have a debt to gdp ratio of 125%, while the Chinese number is 47.6%.
If US sees China as an enemy, China will be an enemy; if US sees China as a business partner, China will be the most important business partner. Whether to constantly live in fear or cooperate and build friendship as during WW2, US this is your call.
Have you ever dealt with the Chinese mentally in business?
Well that would be wonderful if that was the case, unfortunately however China is the one who desires to start a war with Taiwan, and because the US will defend it China sees America as its enemy.
You realize China still has slavery. We used to, but in todays day we can’t cooperate with that. Several human rights abuses. Persistent threats of the us, and 60 million Muslims in “re-education” (concentration) camps. You really don’t see china’s bubblez
US had no money.
Thy are bankrupt!!!
Ok "Chen" and China stole ideas and debt diplomacy to get money
China is doing a lot good in Africa
We have here in South Africa and yes I'm not benefiting. I'll probably go unemployed when I finish varsity.
Hahahahaha yea being china is working in their country and not the african people
Chinese are racist to Africans. So racist that the Chinese bring other Chinese to work for them instead of hiring Africans
@Vlad the guru They don't hire African in their constructions dealings. It's part of the contract/deal, that they doing the construction with their people.
You borrow from China, the only thing you need to worry: pay in time.
If you borrow from USA, except above, you have to worry: how to avoid to be controlled by USA.
everyone here is brainwashed into thinking China = Nazi Germany
@@importantguycommenting8156
China has concentration camps. China has a surveillance state set up. China has annexed and suppressed a formerly free nation (Tibet). The comparisons are there.
Christopher Scott you got brain washed too much by US , go to china then can see the truth.
@@christopherscott1336 --- enough of your American propaganda, the Global South is NOT buying.
hey america follows their own interests too
no country does something for nothing
at the moment im cool with the chinese investors in my country
helped build a lot of new things that all help the country economically
Aokiji - so sad but true, there is a reason they are doing this, I just hope the people will not be so naive and have back up plans to help themselves be independant.
China wants America to pay the *Hundreds of trillions of dollars they owe to Africa over centuries of Slavery* , and colonization of India, and it cannot be let off the hook by print paper money as the US has done in the past. It has to be done in either RMB or Gold, (this is *the Fundamental difference between China and US* Pence was talking about.)
China wants Africa to be paid in gold or RMB, not in the worthless paper.
Except China’s interest are communism. And America’s interests are ... democracy.
America doesn't owe anything to Africa.
@@YuvrajSingh-ng9py Haha haha! RIGHT! Cause overthrowing democratically elected governments is TOTALLY for democracy!!
Finally USA realizes that not only flaunting military power is the most effective way to gain “World Dominance” but it is the Economic Power which China is very good at and has already a headstart.
This didn’t age well lol
Hawaii belong to polynesian and the native tribe FREE HAWAII
Uhmmm actually hawaiins like the us. Is the 50st state of america u dumgmfaq
free america！
people in hawaii need freedom. US should give them the chance to choose their life
While US palys Call of Duty, China is playing Civilization.
I'd collect havy loans instead of cluster bombs any day of year.
Peace and development is a security threat to the United States
@Nuidog11 is it because Chinese government perform better than US government?
They had the same kind of peace in the USSR that China conveys.
No. Communist domination is a threat to the world. Communism killed millions of people in WW2 and afterwards. Mao (the first Communist leader of China) literally killed innocent Chinese farmers because of his hatred for capitalism.
China plans to dominate Africa in some ways the Europeans did to our ancestors. First they act like they're looking for good relations. Then when they know they have you tightly in their grasp, they make unexpected demands that come out ad troubling.
The US is the one with the head start from the Bretton Woods system and the Marshall plan. America doesn't really have an interest investing in the infrastructure developing countries since their industrial base is not as heavily reliant on raw materials compared with China, which this piece seems to leave out.
It really does not matter who wins between the two as long as the developing countries get to offer their citizens a better standard of living.
That's what our African ancestors thought. We all saw how that went.
No, it matters who wins. This might seem very nice at first, but it's actually really alarming. China wants to influence everyone so in times when China is in deep trouble and put on the court, everyone will vote that China not be prosecuted.
Tell that to the people in Hong Kong. British lease expired and now the people have no freedom.
I wish you had a brain
China is threat
Why are Chinese hating indians in comments ??? We don't hate you.. We are on Your Side.. We admire your success and would love to replicate that in india
Don't be fooled by this propaganda fake news and comment. The US just want these two nations to fight each other
We are talking 1.3 billion people not counting those overseas. So do expect we got all kind of people. There are Chinese idiots, but not all we Chinese are idiots. They bark the loudest, doesn't mean they are the majority. So if you see hateful comments, just ignore it or make fun of them if you few like it. It is RUclips man, if you take it too serious, you lose. Lol
This is a competition China need not to win. As long as the West follows and invests in undeveloped region, even by an initiative to counter China's influence, globalization will never stop and China will still benefit from it.
I am from China. My English is not good enough. I hope it will not bring you too much in convenience.
As a Chinese, we are taught that we could benefit ourselver only by benefiting others. We benefit from the business with other countries, including countries in Africa, Asia. But we do hope these business will benefit you as well.
Human is facing very seirous problems, like pollution, famine, and wars. We, Chines, hope that, poor countries could have great industries, research groups.
Let's solve the problems together.
USA, once WAS a great country. She lead us for human's benefit. However, it changed. I love this USA.
USA, she just never care about others. she stop paying attention to solving problem of this planet. She, is just watching our of other people, and if one of other countries develop fast, she just stop that country.
@The Nose Behind the Curtain China is helping impoverished nations improve their own homeland so those impoverished people can thrive and find prosperity in their own homeland! Instead of occupying other nations' lands which would create a great deal of social unrest and friction! Europe should thank China for improving Africa for Africans!
@The Nose Behind the Curtain Thank you for your reply! China has already accept the most refugee in history since 1949. Boom a country, kill millions of people and then accept hundreds of refugee is not the solution. We should build peace in Syria and other countries.
Be reasonable, if the USA wanted to stop china's development, it could have. It was many times more powerful just a couple decades ago. It didn't though, in fact it did a lot to speed it along the past few decades.
@@ssssaa2 USA WAS a great country. In China, many company are from the USA or controled by fund from USA. it is a win-win game. Like what China is doing in Africa.
@@s._3560 what about their millions of Muslims/minorities in concentration camps.
1:47 Montenegro on the left side as separate from what reporter calls "Europe" thinking on "European union" 2:20 showing European union and its members (Hungary, Greece and Czechia) with Serbia. (Serbia is not in EU) Where is logic in that? This is not the first time WSJ messed up countries.
The video is not made by American instead of Indians, all the white people u saw in the video ate the lobbies of Indian government and those who studied India China competition u can look it up, that's why the video seemingly encourage the US to fight against China
Yu Zihao, obviously u r chinese. There’s nothing wrong with that. There r two thing about china. Chinese people n chinese regime. Love chinese people but not so much with them regime. What U fail to realize is that chinese regime is reluctant to give freedom even to its own people. The oppression is unreal. Imagine if chinese regime gets control of all these 3rd world countries... it would b like north korea... mr Yu, I believe u r a smart person. U dont have to listen to me or other people. What I would like u to do is for u to do your own research about chinese regime. I really would like to hear from u your own unbiased answer. I did many research of my own and came to conclusions that the regime can not b trusted....
propaganda
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@@chriss7196 What's your opinion on Tienanmen Square?
Indian followed their white master since aryan invaded.
They have been the British lieutenants, doing their White man's dirty work in subjugation of other Asian nations since colonial times. It is hard for them to change overnight from flattery and sycophantic behaviour and find new moral purposes in life.
Rico just save it, Indian is trying so hard pretending like white people, when Nazi German claimed they're aryan, Indian immediately send army to Europe to help Nazi, but hilter didn't trust them and those Indian didn't nothing but raped lots French ladies.
@@AlmightyAaron0423 hahahaha you are a simple misinformed ignorant westerner like any other xD
Real Aryan are Indians are Iranians, Period. Indo-Perisans have shared history and culture (Hinduism-Zoroastrianism dating back to 4000 BCE) back then Europe was in dark ages, Nazis and Caucasian people are simple Aryan Wannabes xD
Wy123
She maybe an Indian-American isn't it???
She is just reading the script it is not what she thinks.
But People get so offended that they stop using brains at once.
And Aryan invaded us 😂😂😂😂😂
You stupid we are Aryans
@@indianball7869 The Indo-European are divided into 5 categories
Germanic (most of western european countries),
Hellenic (southern european countries),
Aryan (India-Persian),
Slavic (Eastern european and Russian) etc.
The whole migration theory followed in the europe is just 1 out of 5 proposed models, there is also an OIT (out of india theory) as well because sanskrit is the oldest language in that family & there's also an Armenian migration theory as well. These europeans are just aryan wannabes. But hardly any of that matters because whole human race migrated from Africa.
Japan: 230 Billion
China: 155 Bilion
USA: 100 Milion
Do you even journalist?
China is trying to build infrastructures in the world while America is concerned in destroying infrastructures with bombs for their benefit. No matter if it is a debt trap or anything, building infrastructure always contribute for the economic prosperity.
And the reporter is an Indian..🤷♂️
*America Export Terrorism, Wars and Poverty in Different parts of the world. While, China Export Infrastructure, Prosperity and other Benefits.*
*Iraq, Libya & Syria were developed and richest countries but in past few years they had become poor countries because of American terrorism and wars.*
*Pakistan has lost 125 Billions $ in economy because of US war on so called terror. Afghanistan has become more poor country then before and is in war from 80s because of US, Iran currency had fallen dramatically because of US. whole world has become worst place to live because of US oil prices and other Goods prices are rising day-day in whole world because of US trade wars. Even in US Ally France worst protest had taken place because of continuous rise in oil prices.*
*Throughout, American History on 1 country was benefited by US and that's Israel, when Israel gain independence they were poor but with US 100 of billions $ investment they had become a developed country today.*
*America itself has become a worst place for Americans because of their continuous wars & terrorism promotion and US is now largest depth holder in the world.*
I see, and where were the fine upstanding leaders of those Middle Eastern countries?
We must all thanks to China, at least it make US pay more attention to the poorer countries.
I would like to politely point out that the IMF has loaned African & Asian countries in debt trap that Beijing alleviated. Now, if the IMF actually did its stated mission, China would have but a very small window of opportunity.
And « giving aid » to poor country through loans that in turn benefit American companies, is not going to be the solution.
*India itself has largest number of poor people in the whole world and In India more than 600 Million people are Toiletless. How will India help US?*
Read this article completely-www.cnn.com/2019/10/05/asia/india-modi-open-defecation-free-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
Read this too-www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/07/12/report-india-lifted-271-million-people-out-of-poverty-in-a-decade-infographic/
I guess you're probably from Pakistan and If I am right then you can't build your country's infrastructure. If you think you are better then why do you need China's help to develop your country why don't you do this on your own.
Without infrastructure poor countries remain in a Poverty Trap of stagnation.
Infrastructure is the essential platform for countries to grow and modernize.
we are arguably witnessing the start of the decline of the American empire, much like Great Britain's decline following WW2. America is losing its influence, slowly but surely. It is being overtaken and this loss of influence isn't being helped by the current US government. Much like Britain following WW2, America is becoming heavily distracted by issues inside its own borders and society, and so its influence outside of the US is slipping. It will inevitably slip from its position as the world's most powerful country in the coming decade.
America was never supposed to be an Empire. I'm fine if we lose our hegemony.
@@ryankaible2811 and who exactly are you? & how are your imp to that decision?
0:47 China map without Taiwan lol typical
Andy L China doesn’t own Taiwan so
Hong Kong and Tibet should not be there...
tiwain i part of hindu....jai hind
China has military and strategical interest , that's the only reason China is pouring so much money for into poor countries. for instance the Sri Lankan port. China spent a billion dollars on rebuilding the port which critics say was not required coz, the traffic at the port is nill. And now Sri Lanka had to lease out the port to China coz it couldn't repay the loan.
Why China is interested in that Sri Lankan port?
Well, the port is strategically important for China's domination on the Indian Ocean as it is close to southern india.
China also tried to deploy submarines, and Chinese vessels near the port. But Sri Lanka declined it for now.
As per normal the western press is always biased.
American media seemed to suggest loans from China are bad and US and western loans are good.
With more loans the debt to GDP ratio of course went up whether they were from China or US. Simple maths.
The fact US and other western media refused to clarify was that for many countries the China debt constituted a much smaller portion of the total debts than those provided by the IMF and US or western loans. The same went to Sri Lanka as well as other African countries.
For the argument that countries taking dept from China went up in dept to GDP ratio.
Isn't that true with all kinds of depts ?
The benefits of infrastructure are not supposed to show off promptly. These are long term projects that were most needed and very hard to achieve. Untill ...... Yes, you guessed it ..... China stepped up and in.
Wow a country cannot pay a debt of 1 billion dollars 💵 couldn’t even call Microsoft for help smh 🤦♂️
@kojitha mandanayake how much did trump pay you to say that????
If China's one belt one road is so called by the west as China colonialism, bring it on!
So much infrastructure improvements done fast and with favourable loans with it.
If US can just mind it’s own business, not always create troubles around the world, that will count as a positive step towards world peace.
From China love Africa. You guys deserve a better life!
One country offers economic prosperity of ur own choosing and another offers their way or the highway(War/Sanctions). I think the race was over before it began.
Why doesn’t the US offer taxpayer money to get these countries out of the debt trap if it is so concerned?
It’s evident the US just wants to stay as the sole big superpower that commands respect from everyone. While some of its qualities are respectable, ie. technology, its soft power, etc. trying to contain China’s rise because it doesn’t want to be knocked off the pinnacle are not one of those qualities I admire. Countries should band together to help each other, not trying to outmaneuver each other.
Dudes and dudettes. We saved you from Communism. Nuff said
Before the USA India has the biggest economy for 2000 years.
No it did not, it India was never a monolithic entity like china , so its no surprise that india only became the 2nd largest world economy during the delhi sultanate and Mughal rule
😍😍😍😍🤗 An indian in an US Channel 😘🇮🇳
And very well Explained kiddo God bless u
China helping Africa alot
ZULU Z false
PROPAGANDA
Yeah yeah, guys from now on anything true about the USA will be named as propoganda
China is doing what the US did in the 1900s. Nowadays we haven’t been active on international infrastructure projects, except USAID, which is about 50-60 billion annually. Between 1945-1961, the US spent around 700 billion dollars into rebuilding the world, or the nations aligned with the US.
When my ancestors came to Africa as part of the French colonial Empire, they did a lot of good.
My Great uncle was an engineer in the french army and built several roads, bridges, railroads, ports for sub-saharan africa. He also participated in the massive construction of schools everywhere in Africa. Others in the family worked in building "dispensaires" which basically were small pharmacy and vaccinated kids. France spent the equivalent of 5 times the Marshall Plan in 100 years for Africa.
China is ripping off Africa and for some weird fucked up reasons, Africans let them rip them off and we, the europeans, are accused of all the misery of the world.
*INCOMING CHINESE WAVE*
MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR POCKETS AND WALLETS .
Look at all the russian and chinese bots.
anyone noticed the host of the show is not of western race, coincidence or media manipulation ?
what else is new? Media bias has always been there demonising countries they don't like.
Dude in usa only 40% of population Is White
So America expects countries always to be under herself forever and ever.... never move globally as US did.... Hypocrisy as its peak
As an American , I don’t like it. But I see it is as a necessity to maintain to maintain peace in the civilized world.
You don’t know the truth of the matter and discredit China.
Everyone loves America, and wants more USA bases to promote their economy
China is a good country. im not Chinese but i hope you try to research more.. dont spread fake news.
RUclips title " SHORT: Debt Trap Diplomacy - Who Really Owns Sri Lanka's Debt? "
If only the red Indians had a colonial power that actually helped them build infrastrucuture for the betterment of their lives...instead of killing them and robbing them of their land.
ohhhhh nooooo.... this sounds an awful lot like a cold war scenario
That's what I'm also thinking. But this one is different. It is more like an economic war.
At least it's not as bad as the actual cold war got (yet). The one good thing is that the USA and China are not trying to export opposing systems to the same countries, so maybe it won't be as bad.
My favourite countries Russia, China,North Korea....... 😈😈😈
Roksana Kakoly communism has killed over 100 million in these countries alone
US and China trade war explained by an (American) indian.
LOL
China isn't forcibly occupying the countries where they have trade. The U.S. has been fighting proxy wars since the world war, to first weaken the country then take over it, just like Iraq. China isn't trying to takeover these countries. China has given them funds to build infrastructure that is beneficial for both parties. But, isn't it obvious that in case of a inability to repay makes them take up the resource, but here they are just having it for years of lease. The U.S. is afraid of losing its competitive edge and world leadership.
These Americans are just Jealous of China's Success..
China vs USA: *duking it out*
India: *whistle* I'm just gonna keep growing my economy
Capitalist propaganda
Some nice reporting of the situation and potential solution from WSJ.
President Trump and the worlds should call for a total economic boycott of red China .....
"We must take strong defensive actions to protect America's leadership in technology and innovation against the unprecedented threat posed by China's theft of our intellectual property, the forced transfer of American technology and its cyber attacks on our computer networks,"
"These tariffs are essential to preventing further unfair transfers of American technology and intellectual property to red China,"
Thank you, President Trump, for making America great again
Good luck . Tariffs are simply reflected in higher prices for all things made in China. Good luck with Christmas shopping !!
@@zohan20001 Evil red China Will Eventually Destroy Itself
I am a Chinese junior high school student. I >>>> VPN >>>>Here. I'm disappointed. Everyone here English pronunciation is not pure
West an " Empire of Shameless Lies "
60 yrs ago China and Africa shared the same poverty rate. Now China is rich and Africa still the same. Why is that?
1939: "Hello? Stalin? This is Hitler. I understand your infrastructure isn't great and the Russian roads get very muddy in the spring and autumn. We'd like to lend you a billion reichmarks to construct modern autobahns from the German border all the way to Moscow. Wide enough for several panz- I mean, trucks, at a time."
China is the best thing ever happened to poor countries... They actually try to lift them instead of destroying them beyond repair like USA does
UPDATE: you are now wrong, Malaysia changed its mind, renegotiated and pushed through with it's infrastructure deals from China
Why dont the USA invest more in the northern powerhouse and facilitate a interest for the UK concerning its relationship with the UK, the special relationship.
in order to deliver quality information WSJ should stop being biased towards the West and take a neutral stance
The Thumbnail looks like a 1960s James Bond Poster
$340 Billion to help build infrastructure. America should learn from that.
8 trillion in Afghanistan and Iraq.
@@miciboo9993 8? I thought it was more like 3 which is also a huge number considering the state of America's infrastructure
@@zohan20001 ruclips.net/video/H4ThZcq1oJQ/видео.html
@@zohan20001 this one is very impressive and detailed, explains all:
ruclips.net/video/GfD-4vX-Zcs/видео.html
54 000 bridges about to come down.
Dismantling and reassembling loads of products on the water at each dam.
Ecc ecc. Kinda scary to be honest.
@@zohan20001 George noticing the decay 28 years ago: ruclips.net/video/egRgweL12Uc/видео.html
Shoo, chinese trolls, shoo!
Your father is a Chinese
Whenever foreigners come to Africa "with goodies", it never ends well for us.
1. The Arabs and the slave trade
2. The Europeans and the trans - atlantic slave trade
3. The Europeans and colonialism
and now the Chinese with their infranstructure on loans.
We really need to learn from history
Pakistan is with you China. You helped us in improving our economy, infrastructure and social sector.
while america was too busy messing with middle east and pakistan, china went ahead
In the war between US and China in the comments section, people still manage to bring India into it
boy this woman is gorgeous
So China is investing 155 billion dollars in SEA, while Japan is pouring 230 billion $. And the US wants to change the geopolitical landscape of influence by investing ... One hundred ... Millions $... in digital communication... Kudos to the Wall Street Journal who dares to go ahead with this kind of information... 🐒
RIP aims of those Kissinger era strategic thinkers who tought that they can change china if it adopts capitalism.Now it became master of it and posing an existential threat to usa itself.
China 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇵🇰 🇵🇰 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 Africa 🌍 🌍 one people one love.
Oh.. Forgot about South America!! 👍
Let's talk about how much US owes China...
Couldn't agree more with Mike Pompeo. With American private companies, what you see is what you get.
America wants to build infrastructure in other nations to serve a existing purpose, but better. Short cuts over land and sea and air. If it saves time it saves money...💰💵📮💷💶
We should focus on China thread rather than Russia thread.
Wow after all they did to Latin America and Africa yet they have the nerve to say they can do better than what they did before? The hypocrisy ....
Nothing is free in this world but I rather owe the US than China 🇨🇳
US dominance being challenged as China works with smaller countries, instead of bullying others ... WSJ is also a mouth piece for American Domination ...
what difference do you expect to get with some pocket changes....
This is a great topic to cover. Please post more like this in the future. Excellent!!!
America thinks people are stupid. And can't see. China 🇨🇳 has done well in international aid and help.
Let me tell the truth about China. Without the US Dollar China is a failed State. Nobody in the world, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE want to sell crude oil to the Chinese currency. The paper currency is worthless. Even tourist are banned bringing Chinese currency for shopping in China. Only enter with US dollars. All having Chinese paper are confiscated on the spot. China sells only in US dollars all their export. Check Alibaba site says all exports Letters of Credit must in US dollar. No other currency. Not even if you have tons of Chinese paper currency. Not interested. Can you believe it, if you have Chinese notes, Chinese banks will not accept their own printed money to buy Chinese made goods? Only US dollars. With US$ China is a failed beggar State. President Trump has put heavy tariffs 200% on all China export to the US paid in US dollars. China has been fooling the world for a long time by selling fake goods for US$. All made in China last for only a month. Cheap quality for your dollar. Stop buying Made in China copied from the US patented stolen by Chinese.
By using it's military....more bases, more freedom of navigation.