The true frontline of U.S.-China rivalry is the American stock market, the core of U.S. wealth, consumer confidence, and political legitimacy. Beijing views Wall Street as a strategic vulnerability and seeks to crash it through asymmetric means: leveraging Iranian proxies to spike oil prices, reignite inflation, force higher interest rates, and amplify panic via financial intermediaries. Yet the campaign fails. Proxies prioritize their own interests—mirroring a real 2013 Guangxi hitman case where successive subcontractors diluted a contract until it collapsed. China spends heavily for only temporary market dips, accelerating its own fiscal strains while creating discounted buying opportunities for U.S. investors. American market depth and corporate resilience consistently absorb the shocks and rebound, turning Beijing’s costly effort into an unintended subsidy for Wall Street.
Source: The Ultimate Backfire: Why China’s Financial Warfare Is Bleeding Its Own Treasury
