King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer
Chapter 946 - 850: Means of Control_2

It's not simply about money, but rather through the Israel-Palestine conflict, Lebanese civil unrest, and Kurdish independence, they aim to tear apart the entire Arab World, so as to conveniently intervene at any time under the so-called democratic regulation.

Whenever they need it, those hot spots can explode in an instant!

Ethnic splits, racial antagonism, bipartisanship, ideological differences...

This seemingly democratic political framework is a trap set by the Western world for developing countries.

Only when you have internal contradictions do they have the opportunity to intervene, and then by using international discourse to support one side, they can reap huge political and economic benefits.

This approach has been tried and tested, with many countries in Western Europe suffering greatly from it.

America's intervention in European elections is no secret, and Europe is not inherently full of yes-men.

But if you accept their help, you have to cede domestic economic interests, such as easing competition in certain projects, or opening up specific niche markets.

That's not enough; they also demand you to take sides at critical moments, or else you face the risk of being ousted.

The reason why Europe and America always bring up China is that they haven't found a suitable proxy to support.

The Chinese know a saying, "Within the party, there are all sorts of factions," but foreigners don't buy that, or they're not satisfied with just a group of public intellectuals and vested interests doing their bidding.

They believe there must be an opposing political party that can compete, in order for it to be considered 'democratic and free.'

Just relying on those paid public intellectuals and guide parties to shout slogans in the media doesn't allow them to deeply intervene in China's political strategy, let alone achieve control.

'The path of **** with Chinese characteristics' really is a great concept that fits the current national conditions.

Even if someone thinks this is not good, please be patient. After China's economy, politics, military, per capita income enter the world's top three, it won't be too late to consider changes.

And if you really can't stand it, you can target those who create problems, rather than trying to upend everything in one fell swoop.

The lessons of history lie in front of us...

Many people don't realize that the world's trade benefit curve is shaped like a smile.

One end is relatively low, like Russia, the Middle East, large commodity exporting countries that rely on abundant resources.

With their rich resources, they can ensure their people are well-fed and well-clothed.

The other end is higher, like Europe and America, countries that export resources, technology, capital, and regulations.

They maintain high political costs with diversified incomes, standing at the top of the food chain.

East Asia, especially China, is actually at the bottom of the smile curve.

Despite completing industrialization, limited by the lack of resources, if you want to do business, you need to import raw materials and energy from abroad and then make a profit through production and export.

China is actually at the bottom of the trade chain because bulk commodities are controlled by others, and there's too much instability.

Those who have run factories know how difficult it is for factories to survive when competition is fierce or buyers are powerful!

The remarkable thing about China is that, relying on the legacy from the Soviet Union and leveraging its own market, it has made substantial concessions in profits. With the sacrifice of tens of millions of migrant workers separated from their families and the hard work of all people, China has completed the upgrade of the entire industrial chain in 20 years.

It has become a true world factory and an indispensable part of international trade!

Then, Europe and America turned around and found out, damn, it seems they can no longer suppress it!

But what's the cost of this achievement?

The Chinese have ceded their own market!

Daily chemical products hold a monopoly; the edible oil market has been dominated by 'some dragon fish' for over a decade, even grains and meats rely on imports...

Cars, consumer electronics, and other goods closely related to life, the revenues at the top aren't in the hands of the Chinese.

Even the beer you drink, except for Qingdao and Yanjing and some other unknown local brands, all other brands you can name are controlled by foreign capital.

They are manufactured in your home, but the money doesn't end up in your pocket, the industrial capital still belongs to others.

At the peak, over 60% of China's industrial capital belonged to foreign investors.

Why China's per capita income can't climb higher is because the industrial structure is set, and they only want you to be workers.

A Yiwu magnate once said, I also want to raise wages for workers, but I'm dealing with business where the unit price is just a few cents. If I add 500 yuan to each worker's salary, my factory will close next month.

This is not a capitalist's complaint, this is the reality!

You are at the lower end of the industrial chain, you don't even have full pricing power!

When you haven't proven your irreplaceability, you can't stand tall.

This is the price. If you want to develop with the help of others, let them invest in you, provide technology, you have to pay a huge cost.

Now, China has stood up and begun to reverse this situation through various supports for local enterprises or simply by policy measures.

(I won't go into details about this, those interested can look it up themselves, it's quite interesting.)

So, Europe and America, when suffering losses, panicked, and to suppress, control, or even retaliate against China, they painted China's foreign investments as debt traps or investment traps.

They 'criminalized' what they themselves had done in China, in order to restrain China's market expansion, resulting in vast losses in China's foreign investments.

They then started to stir up trouble, instigating your internal contradictions, using all sorts of tactics to force you to comply, to settle for the status of the past decade, to continue allowing them to occupy your market, and to provide them with cheap goods to help suppress inflation at home.

Europe and America's past investments in China have created a large group of pro-American vested interests.

They are the forerunners resisting policy changes!

(These can be checked, such as those who advocated abandoning the research of indigenous aircraft in the 90s, those who insisted on giving up the development of indigenous chips, those who argued for opening up the financial markets.)

And now France, as NATO's number three, is playing a similar role.

To maintain overall political and economic interests, and to shift some domestic contradictions, France has taken on the mess in Syria, acting as the main force to stay and stir the pot.

Joe Ga really didn't expect France to do this, but suddenly he began to enjoy the turn of events...

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