U.S.A.'s Global Games: The Emerging Cold War with China (Part 3)

Send us a text We’re so busy arguing about culture wars and who’s tweeting what that we’re missing the forest for the burning internet. While we’re distracted, a cold war is solidifying in Asia, and the script is being written by forces far bigger than any single election. It’s a story of fading empires, rising powers, and the stubborn human habit of repeating the same damn mistakes, just with fancier technology. Forget Europe’s “nuisance” Russia problem. According to the players in Trump’s inner circle, the real game is in Asia, specifically the containment of China. It’s not just a Republican talking point either. Whether they frame it as a matter of power or values, there’s a bipartisan consensus in Washington that China is a competitor, a threat to American supremacy. This isn’t some fleeting political fad; it’s a deeply ingrained geopolitical analysis that stretches back through Obama’s “pivot to Asia” and continues under Biden. The names change, the rhetoric shifts, but the underlying strategy of pushing back against China’s growing influence remains remarkably consistent. For decades, the American narrative was one of fostering China’s growth, hoping it would somehow morph into a “pillar of a broadly liberal world order”. Oops.  ... continue reading the article This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter.  Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas. Thanks for listening today! Four recurring narratives underlie every episode: boundary dissolution, adaptive complexity, embodied knowledge, and quantum-like uncertainty. These aren’t just philosophical musings but frameworks for understanding our modern world. We hope you continue exploring our other podcasts, responding to the content, and checking out our related articles on the Heliox Podcast on Substack. Support the show About SCZoomers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1632045180447285 https://x.com/SCZoomers https://mstdn.ca/@SCZoomers https://bsky.app/profile/safety.bsky.app Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat. http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs Curated, independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidenced-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19. Since 2017, it has focused on Covid since Feb 2020, with Multiple Stores per day, hence a large searchable base of stories to date. More than 4000 stories on COVID-19 alone. Hundreds of stories on Climate Change. Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast is a news organization with the advantages of deeply rooted connections within our local community, combined with a provincial, national and global following and exposure. In written form, audio, and video, we provide evidence-based and referenced stories interspersed with curated commentary, satire and humour. We reference where our stories come from and who wrote, published, and even inspired them. Using a social media platform means we have a much higher degree of interaction with our readers than conventional media and provides a significant amplification effect, positively. We expect the same courtesy of other media referencing our stories.