China Is Winning the Cold War

The Cold War never ended—it shifted. The U.S. no longer fights the Soviet Union, but it wages a new cold war against China, not because of “human rights” or “democracy,” but because China threatens U.S. global dominance. This is a conflict between a declining capitalist empire and a rising socialist-oriented state that refuses to be subordinate.

China’s rise is rooted in planning, not profit. It used socialist state power to lift hundreds of millions from poverty, build world-class infrastructure, and become the manufacturing center of the planet. While the U.S. hollowed out its own economy chasing short-term returns for the capitalist class, China invested in production, science, and the future. The result is clear: the U.S. exports war; China exports high-speed rail.

The U.S. lashes out with sanctions, military encirclement, and propaganda because it cannot offer a real alternative. Washington doesn’t fear dictatorship—it arms dictators daily. What it fears is sovereignty, stability, and success outside its control. China’s global partnerships threaten U.S. hegemony not through domination, but by giving the Global South a choice beyond the IMF, NATO, and endless debt.

China is not above critique, and it faces contradictions of its own. But in this cold war, the aggressor is the U.S.—the same empire that toppled governments from Chile to Libya, waged war from Vietnam to Iraq, and installed a global system of corporate rule backed by force. It is that system China now challenges, and that is why the U.S. is on the attack.

This is not a neutral rivalry between powers—it is a struggle over what kind of world we will live in. One led by capital, war, and imperialism—or one shaped by sovereignty, development, and resistance. China’s success is not final victory, but it is a blow against empire. Revolutionaries must understand this moment and act accordingly.