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The Decoupling That Arrogance Has Blinded the US and Europe To: We Don't Need You—We Already Left, But You Haven't Noticed In the shadow of escalating tariffs and rhetorical broadsides, the West clings to an outdated script: China as the indispensable workshop, forever hooked on American markets and European tech. But as Sun Tzu warned, "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." Beijing has internalized this ancient wisdom, executing a masterful, multi-decade pivot that's rendered the U.S. and EU economically peripheral—not through dramatic rupture, but via quiet, relentless fortification. By October 2025, China's decoupling isn't a future threat; it's a fait accompli, masked by the arrogance of assuming perpetual leverage. U.S. imports from China may have dipped to 13.4% of total (from 21.6% in 2018), but that's mere optics—Beijing's true genius lies in redesigning its economy to thrive withou...

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