SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Without China, the arsenal of democracy does not have the materials to build a single advanced wing-flap, let alone sustain a global empire.

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Trump began this tariff war with a level of confidence that suggested he could break the Chinese economy overnight. 
He was dead wrong of course and, it failed and backfired because China is not an external rival. 
It is a structural pillar of the US led trans-Atlantic empire. You cannot decapitate the body and expect the head to keep talking.

Europe and America are pathetically dependent on China for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. China controls 70 to 80 percent of global antibiotics. They own the supply chain for generic essentials like ibuprofen and blood pressure medication. 
A sudden halt in Chinese supplies would trigger a total public health collapse within weeks.
The hypocrisy is even worse in the so-called green energy transition.

Washington and Brussels preach about a carbon-free future while standing on a foundation built entirely in China. Over 90% of the world’s solar panels are Chinese. Without Beijing’s factories, the West’s green revolution is nothing more than a PowerPoint presentation.

Furthermore, the American military is the iron fist of this empire, but it is hollow without Chinese industry. Modern weaponry like F-35 fighter jets and precision-guided missiles require rare earth minerals like neodymium for high-performance magnets. They also require gallium and germanium for advanced radar and refined graphite for battery anodes. China holds a 90% monopoly on the refining capacity required to make these elements usable. 
Without China, the arsenal of democracy does not have the materials to build a single advanced wing-flap, let alone sustain a global empire.

Financially, the situation is suicidal for the West. China is a titan in the US Treasury market and a primary creditor to a bankrupt American government. If Beijing initiates a total fire sale of these bonds, it will force the Federal Reserve in New York to print trillions in trash cash just to cover the deficit. This would ignite hyper-inflation, send interest rates into the stratosphere, and make the US national debt impossible to service. The dollar would be vaporized.

This is why it is a Sisyphean task for the US to bully China with tariffs or empty threats of secondary sanctions. You cannot sanction your own heart. China is an inseparable part of the trans-Atlantic empire. It provides the manufacturing muscle, the logistical backbone, and the industrial scalability that allows this entire global system to function.

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