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China’s Chernobyl: COVID-19 Narratives of Collapse and Global Domination / Sautman, Barry

Sautman, Barry	Journal Article
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In COVID-19’s first months, US politicians and media forecast that a contrast between Chinese deception and incapability and Western success against the pandemic might fatally sink internal confidence in China’s party-state. It would also diminish China externally, as it came to be seen as endangering the world by spreading biological pollution. A “China’s Chernobyl” prediction became the latest “China collapse” wish-fulfilment. This rests on two contradictory yet co-existing Yellow Peril tropes: “deceit and incompetence” and “world domination.” However, no empirical basis exists for either notion: China prevailed against the pandemic and lacks the capacity for global hegemony. “China’s Chernobyl” is most relevant then as a wish that creates a belief, that China should and could collapse. That in turn bolsters the US-led mobilization to counter China as a “strong competitor” and frames China as the common enemy, thereby promoting Western transnational and US internal cohesion.

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Global Domination ; Collapse ; Chin ; Yellow Peril ; COVID-19

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Hegemonic quicksand / Brzezinski, Zbigniew

Winter 2003-04 Journal Article

Brzezinski, Zbigniew	Journal Article
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Winter 2003-04.

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National Security ; International Security ; Global Leadership ; Global Domination ; Self-Defeating

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U.S. in a time of change: internal transformations and relations with Russia / Migranyan, Andranik

Migranyan, Andranik	Journal Article
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Publication	2013.
Summary/Abstract	The U.S. is going through a painful process of shifting from unilateral global domination towards creating a balance of power in various regions of the world in order to preserve its presence and influence. This means that, as before, we can expect ups and downs in U.S.-Russian relations.

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Balance of power ; United States ; Russia ; Global Domination ; Global Financial Crisis ; US - Russian Relations ;
Global Superpower ; US Economic Model

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