The Red Dragon Rises: Why America Is Losing the Economic War with China

The Empire of Debt vs. the Empire of Production Let’s not sugarcoat this: the United States is no longer the world's economic superpower. That title is slipping — fast — and falling into the iron grip of the Chinese Communist Party. While Americans gorge themselves on imported luxuries bought with borrowed money, China is manufacturing the world’s future. They produce more, consume less, and export like their survival depends on it — because it does. We, meanwhile, import more, produce less, and fund our lifestyles with debt printed out of thin air. This isn’t capitalism. This is a suicide pact. And the data is in: China’s trade surplus just blew past $1 trillion for the first time in history. That’s…