Dear Daily Disaster Diary, July 12 2025

 

"In war, truth is the first casualty."

— Aeschylus
(Applies perfectly to China's image as a 'peace broker' while quietly funding war.)

🧨 China Containment Playbook: What We Can Actually Do Next

A Hard Power and Soft Resistance Guide to Unhooking the West from Made-in-China Dependence and Ending the Silent Alliance Fueling War

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📍 Section 1: Know the Terrain — Why China Holds the Cards

Before you plan resistance, you need to understand the battlefield. Here's what you're really up against:

• China controls over 70% of the global rare earth supply chain.

• China manufactures 30–40% of global electronics, and over 80% of the world’s solar panels.

• China owns or operates major ports in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

• Most Western pharmaceuticals rely on Chinese precursors or processing.

• Every major Western economy has deep exposure to the Chinese consumer market and investment flows.

That means China isn’t just a trade partner — it’s a system dependency.

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🔧 Section 2: Economic Leverage Points — Use Pressure Wisely

1. Secondary Sanctions That Bite

• Target Chinese firms involved in dual-use exports to Russia.

• Freeze global assets of these companies and blacklist their Western partners.

• Publicly list known companies aiding the Russian war economy (e.g. drone components, semiconductor firms).

Example: A sanction on DJI (drone supplier to Russia) must be matched with bans on Western distributors selling their products.

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2. Energy Diplomacy

• Flood the global oil market via U.S. and Gulf production partnerships.

• Undercut Russia’s energy revenues, which China relies on for cheap supply.

• Invest in African and Latin American energy infrastructure to diversify global flow.

A $10 drop in oil price = billions less in war fuel for Russia.

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3. Supply Chain Disentanglement

• Audit and map your national dependence on Chinese components in:

  • Semiconductors

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Renewable energy

  • Automotive electronics

Goal: Cut dependence by 50% in five years through reshoring, friend-shoring, or stockpiling.

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💥 Section 3: Media & Narrative Warfare

The battlefield isn't just economic — it’s psychological. Here’s how to seize the narrative.

1. Expose China's War Profiteering

• Commission or crowdsource investigations into how Chinese firms profit from Russian warfare.

• Launch a global "China Funds War" awareness campaign — print, digital, and social media.

• Demand transparency from companies on their supply chains.

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2. End the 'Peace Broker' Myth

• Call out the hypocrisy: Xi can end the war with a phone call — he chooses not to.

• Highlight China's military drills near Taiwan and tech exports to autocracies.

• Use direct messaging to fracture the illusion of Chinese neutrality in global conflicts.

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🛠 Section 4: Tactical Moves for Governments & Citizens

For Governments:

• Create “Red Line” legislation: Mandate sanctions if evidence of war-enabling trade is found.

• Incentivize Western companies to exit China with tax breaks, grants, or legal protection.

• Ban surveillance and biometric tech from Chinese firms in public infrastructure.

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For Citizens & Consumers:

• Boycott strategic Chinese products: drones, surveillance gear, cheap electronics, solar panels.

• Support brands using India, Vietnam, Eastern Europe, or domestic supply chains.

• Share investigative journalism — make economic complicity go viral.

Don't wait for your government. Be the decoupling.

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🔒 Section 5: Contingency & Survival

Build Local Economic Resilience:

• Support local and regional manufacturing co-ops.

• Form community resilience groups around critical infrastructure (energy, health, tech).

• Promote circular economies and repair culture to reduce foreign tech dependency.

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Prep for the Blowback:

• China will retaliate against any pressure campaign: through rare earth controls, market denial, or cyberattacks.

• Western states must have strategic reserves, cyber shields, and mutual aid systems ready.

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📣 Final Message

You want to stop the Ukraine war?
You want to slow the rise of authoritarian tech empires?
You want to preserve democratic resilience in the face of economic blackmail?

Then China must be confronted — not politely, but decisively.

Xi Jinping’s war economy thrives because we keep buying.

Containment starts not with tanks or tariffs, but with refusal. Refusal to fund, to excuse, to comply.
Refusal to play by rules written in Beijing.

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