The US Strategic Withdrawal and China’s Opportunity
According to the “chaos theory” advocated by American neoconservatism in the post-Cold War era, hegemons must introduce a series of “strange attractors,” – based on the characteristics of the target region – to consolidate power and gain more benefits in the new era, such as ethnic or religious conflicts, terrorism, and territorial disputes. These goals are aimed at causing turmoil, thereby weakening, dismembering, and atomizing their opponents. At the same time, Western leaders do recognize the fragility of democracy and religious beliefs. So, how to implement this successfully? Firstly, by using the pretext of “clash of civilizations,” the Anglo-Saxon Protestant…