China has inherited the confidence of Khrushchev’s famous declaration to the West: “We will bury you.”
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January 09, 2021
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In my previous interview with Juan Zhang and Shannon Tiezzi, published by The Diplomat, I used suits of playing cards as metaphors for understanding the importance that Beijing assigns to different types of national power. In so doing, I built upon Samuel Huntington’s insight many years ago in “Political Order in Changing Societies” that the military could seize power in uninstitutionalized and unstable developing countries because in such societies, “clubs are trumps.” I suggested that China overvalues both clubs (military force and other forms of coercion) and diamonds (providing access to China’s markets and, increasingly, investment capital), while undervaluing hearts (appeals to values and identities). In other words, I suggested that Beijing mistakenly believes clubs and diamonds will always be its winning suits and fail
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