What should we do for countering Chinese strategy? We have to know and use Sun Tzu against China. Sun Tzu stated, The first five of the fundamental factors is moral influence which causes the people to be in harmony with their leaders. (AoW, Chapter 1) In order to disintegrate Chinese moral influence we must reveal their leaders true activities such as New York Times did in October 2012 when reporting that Wen Jiabaos relatives had tremendous financial assets in the U.S. This transparency damaged the legitimacy of the Communist party through the Social Network Service, the reversed Media Warfare and Chinese weakness to strike. As a result the PLA cyber force, namely Unit 61398 in Shanghaiwanted to disturb the article by all means[2]. Dividing between rich and poor, urban and rural, majorities and minorities such as the Tibetans Uyghurians, Mongolians is to disrupt internal solidarity (AoW, Chapter 3). Sun Tzu also stated in Chapter 3 (Offensive Strategy) “ Next best is to disrupt his alliance.” In order to counter Chinese maritime aggression like water (AoW, Chapter 6), all maritime/democratic nations should bind together and create a strong hedge against that. Not to mention the United States, all victims for Chinese assertiveness such as Japan, Philippines, Vietnam and in some extent Indonesia, Malaysia, India should cooperate together to cope against China. Sun Tzu is a double-edged sword, very effective to opponents but able to be boomeranged back upon herself whoever exercising her strategy. Indeed, He who is not sage and wise, humane and just, cannot use secret agents. (AoW, Chapter 13) Aqab Malik Ar Rehman
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