China sees Europe not as a power, but as a market. A European Union in name only—from China’s perspective, the old Common Market name is more fitting—it is certainly not a serious rival to either China or the United States for international influence and prestige.
Tony Barber in the Financial Times writes a first-rate report on China’s view of Europe as a “mere pawn” in a global chess game. His analysis is timely and important with regard to understanding China’s changing posture in the context of the worldwide recession.
Destined to be Overwhelmed
Barber’s provocative piece is on target with regard to Beijing’s take on Europe; but China Confidential analysts, including intelligence experts who monitor Chinese think tanks, are even more provocative than Barber.
China Confidential analysts say the PLA, in particular, is convinced that Europe is destined to be overwhelmed and irreversibly transformed by its Muslim minorities, especially if Turkey’s bid for EU membership (which U.S. President Barack Obama has endorsed) proves successful.
In contrast with Europe, the United States. clearly has a long way to go before it is Islamized. In terms of importance, Detroit, for example, can’t be compared with Londonistan.
But Beijing, according to China Confidential analysts, believes that the continuing Muslim influx into the United States and rise in Muslim supremacist groups combined with the ceaseless flood of illegal immigrants from Latin America—capable of turning overnight into a human tidal wave if Mexico collapses into chaos and anarchy—will eventually overwhelm and ultimately bury the Hegemon.
Chinese Communist Party economic advisers also believe the U.S. economy is doomed as a result of years of hollowing-out and outsourcing, incapable of being revived without a radical restructuring. A slow death is foreseen; hence, the need to diversify out of the dollar in an orderly fashion—without killing China’s stake.
There is more to the story. China’s military strategists are said to be convinced that the United States is dangerously vulnerable to asymmetric warfare, including Islamist terrorist attacks. Another mega-attack, the Chinese believe, could be fatal for the United States. A series of Mumbai-style, swarming attacks on so-called soft targets—schools, hospitals, commercial buildings and shopping centers—could prolong the recession or turn it into a full-blown depression.
Several Chinese asymmetric warfare experts believe it is only a matter of time before the United States is hit by nuclear terrorism.
Copyright Andre Pachter. Published with permission. Andre Pachter’s blog, China Confidential may be read at: http://chinaconfidential.blogspot.com/
