The tussle between Eagle, Dragon, Tiger and Bear known as world diplomacy. And the new world order establishing with time.
Anaconda is the world’s largest snake, But it isn’t venomous. It kills its prey by curbing it slowly sine death. It seems like Dragon is adapting the methods of Anaconda. Not only adapting, but achieving expertise. China gives out hefty loans, then demands repayment with even hefty interest. The Dragon targets small countries, which are unable to repay loans. Then it cleverly curbs the ports, mines, rail projects, dams, bridges and military bases of these countries as a mortgage.
With 1.4 billion people, China is the most populous nation worldwide. Thus they’ve got a large workforce to work in factories. There is no doubt that China is a success story, in terms of economics. According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook of October 2021, the Per Capita Income of China in 1952 was 54 USD. Today it stands at 12552 USD. This change heavily attributes to the industrial policy of China which made it the production house of the whole world. But one thing is certain, China is a golden cage, with a lot of money and no liberty. Money costs liberty in China.
In December 2021, the worldwide Chinese export surplus rose to 676 billion USD. The Dragon has got a lot of money, but now he is thirsty for becoming a superpower. China wants to replace the United States as the new world leader. They want to trigger a new round of economic colonialism. And for that, they are using a money trap. There are plenty of examples already – Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Malaysia, Angola, Ethiopia and many more. As termed by Indian academic Brahma Chellaney, this is Dragon’s “Debt – trap Diplomacy”.
The United States of America, the land of the free, has been the world’s superpower for the last century. But the throne is shaking now. Russia and China are coming closer and that’s an alarm for the US. China is an economic monster and Russia is a military superpower. Communism acts as a common ground for both nations. This creates a deadly combination. The US is trailing with Dragon to defend its economic might. On another front, they are engaged in a tussle with Kremlin over Ukraine and Crimea.
Once Steve Maraboli said – “Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; Instead they require maturity to outgrow them.” That’s the solution for the rising China problem. We don’t have to shorten China’s line and lead to the third world war. Instead, we have to draw a line bigger than China so it outgrows Dragon. There is definitely a hope. There is definitely a land of hope. And it is not in the west, it lies in the east, right at the doorstep of Dragon – India. World’s 2nd most populous country, 6th largest economy and the largest democracy of the whole world. No land has so much potential as India has.
After the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and the mayhem between Sino – Indian armies in the Himalayas, a strong sense of opposition towards the Chinese have developed in India. This skirmish was a setback for the Chinese government as they were not hoping for such a strong response from the Indian side. According to the Australian newspaper The Klaxon, there were at least 41 fatalities on the Chinese side. After that Indian government launched the” Aatmnirbhar Bharat” initiative to minimise the Chinese profits from Indian markets.
India isn’t perfect, but it has the ability to change history. The scars of the 1962 Sino – Indian War aren’t gone yet. India is the nation that for a long time accounted for a fourth of the whole world trade. If the US wants to tackle China, then India is their best resort. India is the world’s largest democracy and the United States of America is the oldest democracy. By joining hands they can change the course of history and move ahead to a more free world.
John F. Kennedy said, “Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future.”
