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China plans to restructure global commerce around itself through a massive effort called the "One Belt, One Road" initiative:
Belt and Road Initiative: China Plans $1 Trillion New '''Silk Road''' - NBC News
China does indeed seek to overturn the US-established world order and replace it with its own China-centric world order that will have China as its economic and political Center of Gravity.
One of the key developments that led to the general ascendancy of the West in the global sphere was the advent of maritime commerce as the dominant form of international trade among nations.
China's sweeping "One Belt, One Road" land corridor may succeed in overturning that, thereby fundamentally reshaping the global balance of power.
Every dominant empire/power/superpower has a life-cycle - a birth, a rise, a plateau, a decline, and a death. The Romans were once a dominant empire, but are no more. The British were once the world's dominant power, but are now middling has-beens. The time may soon be coming where America's reign as the world's dominant superpower is ended.
Belt and Road Initiative: China Plans $1 Trillion New '''Silk Road''' - NBC News
BEIJING — China is aiming to re-create Marco Polo's ancient "Silk Road" that connected Europe to Asia.
But instead of the camels and caravans that transported spices and silk hundreds of years ago, a $1.4 trillion network of modern trading routes would be built.
On Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping will host 28 heads of state at the opening of a two-day summit focusing on the so-called "Belt and Road" initiative.
Analysts suggest the project could shift the center of global economy and challenge the U.S.-led world order.
China does indeed seek to overturn the US-established world order and replace it with its own China-centric world order that will have China as its economic and political Center of Gravity.
One of the key developments that led to the general ascendancy of the West in the global sphere was the advent of maritime commerce as the dominant form of international trade among nations.
China's sweeping "One Belt, One Road" land corridor may succeed in overturning that, thereby fundamentally reshaping the global balance of power.
Every dominant empire/power/superpower has a life-cycle - a birth, a rise, a plateau, a decline, and a death. The Romans were once a dominant empire, but are no more. The British were once the world's dominant power, but are now middling has-beens. The time may soon be coming where America's reign as the world's dominant superpower is ended.