Great game-II: anti-China nexus-I

By Shakeel Ahmad Ramay
November 03, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2022.— Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2022.— Reuters

Since the rapprochement with the USA and the West, China has consistently faced pressure to divorce its socialist ideology and embrace liberal ideology. China resisted the pressure and continued to devise its own path of development. The path is characterized by learning from the world, tailoring it according to needs and ground reality, and implementing it through the socialist system. It was not in line with the Western goal. Thus, they targeted common people and preached to them the self-assumed righteous values and virtues of liberal ideology and system. It resulted in the Tiananmen Square incident. China absorbed the shock and continued to move forward.

However, it did not stop the West from rebranding and relaunching the anti-socialist wave after the launch of China’s Go Global Policy and its accession to the WTO. After joining the WTO, it began to grow by leaps and bounds, a development the West did not expect. They were waiting for the expansion of Western products into China, but it never happened. China also started to enhance its reach and invest in international markets and economies. Thus, the West began organizing efforts to contain China, and the USA launched the Pivot to Asia. It was aimed at containing China’s rise by erecting economic, trade, and technological barriers through building anti-China alliances, such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

They also continued to support separatists and terrorists aimed at disintegrating China. Their focus was on the Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang regions. They tried to incite the people there against China and demand separation from China. They orchestrated the liberal democracy movement in Hong Kong and supported the anti-state elements. The anti-state elements funded by the West caused widespread violent riots in Hong Kong in the name of democracy. Western countries and media portrayed them as heroes of democracy. Simultaneously, expedited their efforts to destabilize the Xinjiang region. They used individuals from Xinjiang and outside to carry out terrorism to create fear among people and criticize China. Human rights abuses, and the self-assumed genocide of Muslims slogan were drafted to undermine China and make a bad image of China. They also urged, rather than pushed, the Dalai Lama to resurface and target the sovereignty of Tibet.

Despite efforts and tricks, China remained calm and continued to focus on its development and the well-being of its people. However, with President Xi’s rise to leadership, the dynamics have changed. China has entered a new league of development, challenging the existing powers and power structures. Chinese companies, including tech firms, began strengthening their positions on the world stage. President Xi launched BRI to enhance linkage with the world further and play a proactive and prominent role. Western powers could not absorb this development and launched new campaigns to undermine China. The USA launched trade wars, imposed sanctions on Chinese companies, and threatened countries to abandon their cooperation with China.

China responded by emphasizing its development, the prosperity of its people, and its global partnerships. It achieved its first-century goal and became a new center for innovation and technology. President Xi launched four initiatives — GDI, GSI, GCI, and GGI — to play a more prominent and proactive role on the international stage. This further angered the West, which shed its gloves and aimed to undermine China in every area. President Trump imposed tariffs and targeted Chinese companies, while President Biden escalated the confrontation with the CHIPS and Science Act. Trump resumed where Biden left off, pursuing a full-scale conflict.

However, the West failed to understand the new China, which no longer tolerates any foul play. They didn’t realize that President Xi was preparing the country for new challenges and building its capacity and mechanisms to handle retaliatory shocks. Now, China has many cards that could impose greater costs on the West, but it’s holding back to maintain the global order. The control measures on rare earth metals are just a preview.

On the other hand, China’s approach and philosophy of resolving conflicts peacefully through dialogue were not well received. The rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East further antagonized the Western powers. They began building an anti-China alliance, sparking the Great Game II. This resulted in another opponent of China, Israel, being added. Great Game-II is entirely focused on China.

In new dynamics, China needs to stay alert because Israel has been orchestrating Great Game-II. Israel is pulling strings behind the scenes, while the USA and the rest of the West act in public. Israel is a more dangerous enemy because of its dominance over the modern economic and financial systems, especially the financial systems, which are controlled and run by Israeli Jews.

The question is: why is Israel leading the Great Game-II against China? Israel considers China a threat to its three-border policy. The physical border is the first element of policy, which Israel has never defined and will define after achieving its goals, according to Greater Israel. It means Israel will continue to annex cities and country one by one. However, China is a staunch supporter of the two-state solution of Palestine. China’s calls for a fair solution to the Palestinian issue and its support for the two-state solution. Therefore, Israel sees China as the only obstacle to its goal of establishing Greater Israel and achieving global dominance.

To counter Chinese support for the just cause of the people of Palestine, Israel has started to target China. Thus, it began to create challenges in Taiwan. First, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu blamed China for supporting Hamas. Recently, a delegation from visited Taiwan to show their support for Taiwan. The government of Taiwan is portraying it as a great success. However, it did not affect the Chinese determination for reunification or its support for Palestine. It has further antagonized Israel.

The second border is the security border, which Israel extends to the entire Gulf and the Middle East. For that purpose, it is creating, promoting, and supporting conflicts and terrorism in the region. On the contrary, China is working to bring sustainable peace to the Middle East, which is not in Israel’s interest. For example, it disapproves of the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran and China’s firm stance on Palestine. China is also fostering development in the region, according to its philosophy, “development holds the master key to all problems”. The strategy is working, and many countries in the area have joined BRI. The experts believe that the success of BRI in the region and greater connectivity among nations will pave the way for sustainable peace, which Israel does not want……..continue