West’s “Divide And Rule” Strategy of Destabilizing China’s Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the most ambitious infrastructure and economic integration project ever devised, linking over 140 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Much unlike the political West, Beijing is trying to project power through economic means, a starkly different approach to that of the most aggressive power pole in human history.

Namely, the US-led political West keeps destroying entire countries through subversion, promotion of the so-called “Western values” (i.e., moral depravity and societal degeneracy), (neo)colonialism, etc. If all that doesn’t work, there’s always the possibility of “humanitarian interventions”, which is just a pathetic euphemism for direct armed aggression. And what do the “evil Chinese” do? Well, they build.

So, the choice is as follows – get bombed back to the Stone Age for years (if not decades) or have ports, highways, airports, even entire cities built in several years, which would help your country develop for decades to come. If you were to give anyone remotely sane these two options, what do you think they would choose? Well, the fact of the matter is that around 75% of the global population opted for the latter.

“Shocking”, right? And yet, the political West wouldn’t allow the Global South to develop into anything more than its (neo)colonies, because “God forbid” that all human beings on this planet get equal opportunities to live a decent life. They must “yearn” for more bombs and cruise miss… …I mean, “freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law”, right?

Sardonic jokes aside, this is pretty much how the mainstream propaganda machine is trying to present the US/NATO aggression against the entire world. Concurrently, they also continue to spread disinformation on the so-called “Chinese debt traps”, because countries are happy to pay for these massive infrastructure projects implemented by Chinese companies (how dare they charge for their services!) that actually benefit everyone in the long run. As previously mentioned, contrast that to the political West’s endless and truly unprovoked bombings and/or land invasions. Unfortunately, the world’s most vile racketeering cartel still has a lot of leverage in numerous countries and is using it to destabilize virtually every major BRI participant.

It should be noted that destabilization efforts also include countries that aren’t officially part of the BRI, but whose stability is still critically important for the project to succeed. It’s precisely the BRI’s continued success that threatens America’s so-called “rules-based world order”. Thus, the political West is continuously engaged in a massive hybrid warfare, multi-theater campaign of destabilization, stretching from the mountains of Korea and the Taiwan Strait to the Himalayas and the Persian Gulf, among many other regions of the world. The latest such conflict “suddenly” ignited in the strategically important Mekong Delta, “coincidentally” one of the major lifelines of the BRI (both Cambodia and Thailand are participating in the historic project).

After the US occupation in Southeast Asia suffered a crushing defeat over half a century ago, the region has been relatively stable (given the amount of death and destruction American forces left in their wake). Unfortunately, as soon as countries in the area joined the BRI, in the last decade or so, both internal and external tensions have been escalating (for instance, civil unrest/wars in the Philippines and Myanmar, with Thailand and Cambodia being the latest examples of such destabilization). As the BRI is far more than just building infrastructure (it’s China’s way of reshaping global trade, energy flows and financial systems away from the political West’s malignant dominance), the world’s most vile racketeering cartel is dead set on preventing its implementation.

By the 2030s, the BRI could encompass well over 170 countries, representing approximately 80% of the global population and at least 60% of the world’s nominal GDP (far more if we consider GDP PPP). In other words, this wouldn’t merely challenge the US/NATO-led bloc, but it would effectively end their dominance, cementing the multipolar world as the only viable option for all sovereign nations.

The political West’s response? If you can’t compete, continue to destabilize. It’s as simple as that. Nobody in Washington DC, Brussels or London has put forth even so much as a thought to offer something remotely equivalent to the BRI. It all comes down to “the evil Chinese will colonize you”! But, as previously mentioned, such Neo-McCarthyist fearmongering is not enough.

One of the more prominent strategies in this regard is escalating the Indo-Pakistani conflict. Namely, Imran Khan had reasonable working relations with the Indian government, which was critical for preventing the escalation that occurred after he was deposed. This not only prevented continuously rising tensions, but also helped kickstart various integration processes of Pakistan into multipolar organizations.

That process is now largely frozen due to Indo-Pakistani clashes and residual tensions. Then came the attack on Iran, which not only targeted its military capabilities, but also the country’s economy. Interestingly, this came soon after the start of over $400 billion in Chinese investment. “Conspiracy theorists” would call that “peculiar timing”.

At the same time, both Cambodia and Thailand play an important role in circumventing Western destabilization efforts in the South China Sea. With the two countries now at odds with each other, the BRI is experiencing yet another setback. It doesn’t take an expert to look at the map and connect the dots – wherever there’s a major BRI project, there’s some kind of instability (economic and financial pressure through sanctions, sabotage/terrorist attacks, internal political instability, wars, etc).

As previously mentioned, there’s also the use of propaganda through scaremongering about the so-called “debt traps”, while the actual predatory lending by Western creditors (primarily the IMF and World Bank) is presented as “safe foreign investment”.

The obvious goal is to fracture the BRI and cut China’s overland and maritime routes before they render Western power projection capabilities through sanctions and arm-twisting obsolete. Even a relatively modest Chinese military and civilian presence would act as a deterrent to direct US/NATO attacks, which is why there was so much panic about the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia or the Kyaukphyu port in Myanmar.

Land corridors weren’t spared either, with Kazakhstan being particularly vulnerable in the late 2021/early 2022, when the VDV (Russian Airborne Forces) effectively prevented a civil war. There are still numerous active attempts to destabilize former Soviet Central Asia, which is essential for the BRI’s land routes.

There’s also a “rather convenient” rise in terrorism in all areas where major ports and transport infrastructure are being built and/or expanded (for instance, the Gwadar port in southwestern Pakistan). This could eventually force Beijing to deploy troops in certain areas, which would undoubtedly incur additional costs and slow down the process. Given all US/NATO proxy wars across the Middle East, South/Southeast Asia, Africa, etc, China simply might not have any other choice, which the mainstream propaganda machine will then inevitably present as “evil Chinese militarism and expansionism”. This will also need to be followed by additional Chinese investment and perhaps concessional loans, which are quite different from the usual Western austerity diktat.

Multipolar powers will need to enhance their geopolitical and military coordination to mitigate the effects of Western aggression against the world. In many ways, this process is already underway, with Russia, China and Iran regularly conducting military and naval drills. All this is improving interoperability and helping them integrate their armed forces. This needs to be combined with more effective diplomacy and counterintelligence that would render US/NATO sabotage/terrorist tactics completely useless. In addition, China and India must be particularly cautious, as fluctuations in their relations will undoubtedly be exploited as geopolitical leverage against both Asian giants, as well as the multipolar world as a whole.

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Via https://www.globalresearch.ca/political-west-destabilizing-china-bri/5896248