BRI is the opposite of doing nothing. China has been proactively building up south-south economic ties and building up infrastructure and productive forces to enable the global south to break free of neocolonialism. We shouldn’t make it seem like the Chinese are just sitting on their asses doing nothing because that is not at all the case. They just haven’t been going to war, funding terrorists or overthrowing governments like the West does. This can look like “doing nothing” if you are used to the imperialist MO, but actually it’s far more productive than the conflict strategy.
Bombing was never part of the plan… the plan has always been, and continues to be:
BRI is the opposite of doing nothing. China has been proactively building up south-south economic ties and building up infrastructure and productive forces to enable the global south to break free of neocolonialism. We shouldn’t make it seem like the Chinese are just sitting on their asses doing nothing because that is not at all the case. They just haven’t been going to war, funding terrorists or overthrowing governments like the West does. This can look like “doing nothing” if you are used to the imperialist MO, but actually it’s far more productive than the conflict strategy.