Indeed they play the long game....(the sand thingy)..and their history of doing so in war and peace goes back centuries actually..and of course they infiltrate and ˜grind” the outer parameters from all sides continually.. The Chinese and US cultures are certainly at the opposite ends of the spectrum and diametrically opposed.
One thing I also noticed about the Chinese is their oppression of their people also includes this fairy tale childish propaganda where cartoon characters, flowers everywhere, and ‘happy happy’ people is constant. There teenagers and kids are kept in this perpetual state of childlike development.....music , dance and happy times don’t seem to enlarge to actual adulthood. And they spend a lot of money ‘entertaining’ their people in this way.
I hope this Administration reads this thread. Some excellent points made.