Chinese General Says ‘Contain the United States’ by Attacking Its Finances

Qiao and Wang promoted the use of terrorism, cyberattacks, and economic warfare against the United States...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on Oct. 17, 2014. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

A major general in the Chinese military is calling for China to contain the United States by attacking its finances.

“That’s the way to control America’s lifeblood,” writes Maj. Gen. Qiao Liang, a professor at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) National Defense University, in an op-ed published in China Military Online, the official mouthpiece of the PLA.

“To effectively contain the United States, other countries shall think more about how to cut off the capital flow to the United States while formulating their strategies,” he writes.

Qiao then praises the economic impact on the United States caused by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He states, “Apart from political and mental impact, a much heavier blow was that it drove more than US$300 billion out of the country within a month.”

The U.S. has been in a protracted economic war that includes information war and financial war—and it's increasing.

— Casey Fleming, CEO, BLACKOPS Partners Corporation