The Gathering Storm Series: Part 3 – The Red Dragon’s Detour
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Beijing blinked.
Tariffs are biting, and China is looking for a workaround. Not a trade deal. A disguise.
As reported by The Wright Report, Chinese exporters are now offering licensing deals to Indian manufacturers to build and ship goods to the U.S., with China quietly collecting fees behind the scenes. Same goods. Different label. It’s not a competition. It’s concealment. And yes, just another shade of Chinese Communist Party theft like stealing intellectual property, trade secrets, and who knows what else (maybe our intelligence “community” has a clue but are keeping it close to the vest for reasons I only suspect).
The Red Dragon is trying to sneak past the fire line. And it proves one thing: the pressure is working.
Bryan Wright called it weeks ago—watch for China to move through proxies. And here we are. Indian companies are being offered broker fees and contract work to get Chinese products past U.S. tariffs. It’s not a partnership. It’s misdirection. And it should not be tolerated.
This isn’t a new game. It’s an old one.
Imperial powers have long used intermediaries when the front door closes—Spain, Britain, even Soviet Russia. Today, China joins that tradition, dressing its ambitions in the garb of convenience.
But the disguise is wearing thin.
Recent reports from Indian export leaders confirm it. At major trade shows, Chinese businesses are openly seeking Indian fronts for U.S.-bound goods. This isn’t theory—it’s happening.
And while some in Washington call for “relief” from tariffs, the rest of us should recognize the stakes.
This isn’t about inflation. It’s about control.
It took forty years to hollow out America’s manufacturing base.
We won’t win it back with politics as usual or deals made in backrooms overseas.
“They lost the advantage. Now they’re losing the disguise.”
There is an opportunity here—if we take it.
India has the talent. Let them build here. In our towns. In our factories. Not as a loophole, but as a partner. Bring the jobs. Raise the flag. But stop pretending that Chinese goods in Indian boxes serve American interests.
The Wright Report has been sounding this alarm faithfully.
And the pattern is clear. A dragon, wounded, doesn’t flee. It changes shape.
But if we keep the light on, if we call their bluff, it has nowhere left to run.
We are in an economic war.
The battlefield spans ports, policies, and production lines.
And history reminds us: soft hands never win hard fights.
The red dragon is bleeding.
Press on.
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