How To Slay the Dragon and Wrestle the Bear

Why China is a 10x greater threat than Russia, the MSM pushes the opposite narrative that Russia is a 10x greater threat than China, and how America can prevail over both while avoiding World War 3

Comrades: The CCP is 10x more dangerous than Russia, yet American “elites” behave as though the opposite is true.

Since World War 2, China and Russia have taken turns as America’s most formidable competitor. Both possess massive territories, economies, and militaries. After the Soviet Union lost the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Chinese Communist Party has risen as the top rival contesting Cold War 2. In 2024, China presents a 10x larger threat across multiple dimensions. America must be vigilant against both threats, while avoiding World War 3. What better person to break this down than a Chinese-American writing under a Russian pseudonym who has visited both countries?

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Economy

China’s GDP is $19 trillion for a population of 1.4 billion. Russia’s GDP is $2 trillion for a population of 145 million. That is almost exactly a 10x difference, resulting in similar per capita GDP of ~$14,000. The US is 5x higher at $70,000 per capita for a population of 350 million. China’s economy has a strong foundation in the world’s largest manufacturing base, thanks to greedy American elites profiting from offshoring and globalization. It has diversified over time as a real estate and tech, leading the world in e-commerce market share, whereas Russia is mostly dependent on oil and gas. China is home 14 of the world’s 100 largest companies by market cap, while Russia has none.

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Military

The CCP’s People’s Liberation Army commands the world’s largest active military with ~2 million troops and the third largest nuclear arsenal. Russia has the fourth largest with ~1 million troops and the largest nuclear arsenal. Aside from aircraft, they are each at parity with the US on heavy weaponry. They are both aggressively enhancing their cyber, space, and drone capabilities. Russia is tangled in a proxy war with the US in Ukraine, which has sapped its strength. Yet it is demonstrating flexibility in tactics and resourcefulness in weapons production. China is flexing its muscles across Asia, especially the South China Sea. It is building bases and airstrips on small reefs that have been artificially enlarged. Taiwan has been in the crosshairs since 1949 and American weakness has left it at its most vulnerable position in decades.

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Infiltration and subversion of America

This is the area of largest distortion by the American corporate media. They have bludgeoned the public with the false Russia collusion narrative, which has convinced millions of Democrat AWFL NPCs that Putin owns Trump. Meanwhile, the CCP has fully infiltrated the DNC. There are too many cases to list here, but the MSM always memory holes them to protect the narrative. Weaponzied CCP fentanyl and digital opium TikTok ruins the bodies and minds of millions of Americans every day. Democrat VP baizuo manchurian candidate Tim Walz is an open admirer of the CCP. The most prominent CCP spies are Senator Diane Feinstein’s driver for 20 years, Rep Eric Swalwell’s honeypot Fang Fang, and NY Gov Kathy Hochul’s Deputy Chief of Staff. Several covert CCP police stations were discovered in cities like NYC. As

N.S. Lyons

noted in The China Convergence”, last year’s banger of the year, American elite behave quite like CCP princelings.

For every one CCP subverter discovered, there are dozens still roaming the country. The CCP has stolen billions worth of intellectual property over decades. Confucius Institute and Thousand Talents programs targeted our universities. There are ~5 million Chinese in America, 10x more than Russians. I have no doubt that the vast majority are loyal to America, but a dangerous minority are loyal to the CCP. All it takes is a few to do lasting damage. Many leftist NGOs such as Stop Asian Hate are likely funded by dark foreign money seeking to shield the CCP from criticism. It is a clever rhetorical tactic that CCP employed that any criticism against them equates to an attack on all Asians (racism). That cleverly reduces all attacks from outside and trivializes the fact that Asians themselves loathe the CCP more than anyone else. I routinely encounter racial smears because people think I’m Russian through my pseudonym; the left is openly anti-Russian and anti-white. If I changed my handle to my real name or “Yu Li”, they would never call me a Chinese bot or troll who deserves to censored or imprisoned. The Democrat gods of open borders, anti-racism, and equity make it impossible to ensure that people of any nationality who enter our country are not seeking to do harm.

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Leadership and stability

Xi and Putin are cunning, ruthless, and battle tested 71-year-old dictators who have solidified their grips on absolute power. They have walked the tightrope of simultaneously purging their rivals, while maintaining popular support because they have lifted many of their citizens out of poverty during their decades-long reigns. People can forgive 10% for the big guy if their country is headed in the right direction, unlike in America. By some estimates, they are the two richest men in the world. They are mentally sharp and think many moves ahead with a long-term orientation. In terms of IQ and EQ, they are miles ahead of American uniparty politicians. It is near impossible to predict what happens to their countries if they died or were usurped. The deep state will continue their regime change operations against both leaders, but their countries are so scarred from histories full of bloody civil wars that it is highly unlikely the populations will want to fracture their nations. The people are not our adversaries, but the military industrial complex profits from destabilization.

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Culture and demographics

Both countries are founded on distinct cultures that have been contiguous over a millennium. They have endured many periods of turmoil and hardship from invasions and revolutions. In the 20th century alone, they have each lost over 50 million people to war and the scourge of Communism - a staggering figure. Today, both stand strong with deep pride in their identities. Yet they are suffering from the same demographic maladies as the West. Their fertility rates are well below replacement, China at 1.2 and Russia at 1.5. Many young people are demoralized by lack of freedom and opportunity.

China is facing an unprecedented demographic crisis thanks to the disastrous One Child Policy. Not only is the population shrinking, but birth rates have remained low following the end of the policy. Gender imbalance is unprecedented collateral damage due to the cultural preference for boys. There are 40 million excess men who are “bare branches” and mathematically will not be able to find a wife. All unrest across history and societies have come from frustrated young men. The CCP appears to be managing this issue by importing brides from neighboring countries and sending men abroad to conduct One Belt One Road imperialism.

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How America can win against both

China and Russia share a long border as well as historical distrust. While they have never fought a war directly, relations have never been warm. American hubris has driven them together, but they can easily be wedged apart. Their vulnerabilities from within are even more dangerous than America’s. However, the “expert adults in charge” have made us weaker and our adversaries stronger. The best case scenario is that shared prosperity and level headed diplomacy avoid bloodshed. Prudently applied tariffs, strong allies, and leadership with resolve can contain the dragon and the bear. The American people will always innovate and rise to any challenge as long as they remain free and unshackled. That is the most critical piece. If we get out of our own way, we are head and shoulders above the rest no matter how hard our enemies try. I will explore this topic more in depth in a future post.

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What do you think are the best ways to mitigate the danger of the dragon and the bear?

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