Myth 1: China, like the Soviet Union, is run by a rigid sclerotic communist party that remains in power only through suppressing its own population. Both countries have no choice but to head for a complete confrontation Myth 3: America and China have absolutely opposing interests and values.Myth 2: American society, based on democratic accountability and capitalism, will always be supple and flexible.Myth 1: China, like the Soviet Union, is run by a rigid sclerotic communist party that remains in power only through suppressing its own population.My intent with this book is to expose those myths. Instead of policies based on cool and hard-headed realistic analyses, American policies are based on myths. No such wisdom can be found in America’s policies towards China. He provided wise counsel on how to handle a powerful adversary: persuade the people of the world that America enjoyed a “spiritual vitality”, cultivate long-term friends, avoid insulting the Soviet Union.
George Kennan, the master strategist who formulated America’s long-term strategy against the once-mighty Soviet Union, would disapprove of America’s lack of long-term strategic thinking, if he were alive. And it’s doing so without first working out a comprehensive long-term strategy. But future historians will be puzzled: a young republic, barely 250 years old, with one quarter the population of China, is taking on the world’s oldest and most resilient civilization.
Behind “ Has China Won?” (which it hasn’t) lurks a more important question: “Can America lose?” This question seems inconceivable.
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