The Chinese "Super Bastion" and "Fake toward Taiwan, move right toward Australia" strategies.
U.S. Dollar displacement: Check; Energy: Check; what Xi needs is food.
China wants to win without conflict, through their strategy of Unrestricted Warfare. China needs three things to move the US toward fealty: Displacement of the US Dollar as the Reserve Currency, Energy, and Food. With Durban in August, China has stripped off key, former US centric partners such as Saudi Arabia, so the beginning of the displacement of the Dollar is likely. China has resolved the energy issue with deals with Saudi Arabia, and the Iran to China pipeline. The one thing Xi can't resolve is food. 50% is imported.
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