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Economic Warfare: America’s Quiet Siege of Communist China How tariff clauses, chip control, and trade pressure are closing in on the Red Dragon—and why Red China is absolutely livid. We’re not dropping bombs. We’re using trade clauses. Hidden in the U.S.–U.K. trade deal is a provision that allows the President…
Red Dragon Files: Trump’s Retreat on Chinese Tariffs — May Embolden China to Screw Us, Again Wall Street might have surged on the news. But if you’re standing on the factory floor, running a mining site, or trying to build anything in America — the mood is very different. This…
The Illusion of Success: Why the China Tariff Pause Is Not a Victory Red Dragon Files Op-Ed Thought Brief | May 2025 In geopolitics, outcomes matter more than optics. The public may be distracted by headlines and slogans, but markets, manufacturers, and adversaries are watching something else: the numbers. In…
The Gathering Storm Series: Epilogue: The World Reconsiders Empires often fall behind closed doors. This one is breaking in the open. For decades, China promised partnership but delivered control. It sold growth, but extracted dependency. Nations signed the deals. China wrote the terms. One-sided trade. Lopsided influence. A slow erosion…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 10 – The Dragon’s Cracked Scales: Xi Jinping’s Waning Grip Empires don’t fall with a bang. They rot from within.Today’s China—bloated with debt, braced by propaganda, and bruised by unrest—carries all the signs. The illusion of strength endures. But behind the red banners and state…
The Red Dragon Files – Introduction to Updates on Red China’s Global Threats (This is an ongoing posts from future news or old revelations) (400 words) From Storm to Surveillance: The Struggle Continues The Gathering Storm mapped the rise of Communist China—its reach, methods, and ambitions. What began as trade…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 8 – Rebuilding the Arsenal of DemocracyReading Time: 5–6 minutes A Time to Rebuild When tyrants rise, the free world must answer. In the 1940s, we rose from the shadows of a deep depression with a singular resolve: We turned our factories into fortresses and…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 7 – The Dragon’s Fire: China’s Militarization and the New Pacific Front The Fire Ignites China no longer hides its ambitions behind trade deals or borrowed rhetoric. The dragon now breathes fire—across sea lanes, through satellites, and into sovereign airspace. What was once influence now…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 6 – The Dragon’s Reach: China’s Global Coercion Tactics Word Count: 800 | Reading Time: ~5 minutes Extending the Dragon’s Reach China’s grip no longer ends at its borders. It threads through embassies, satellite offices, academic exchanges, apps, and influence operations. Its ambition is global—not…
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 4 – Digging Deeper into the Dragon’s Veins Word Count: 900 | Reading Time: 5 minutes The Dragon Tightens Its Grip In April 2025, the Chinese Communist Party imposed export controls on seven rare earth elements. These materials—samarium, neodymium, dysprosium, and others—are unfamiliar to most…
