A US Perspective on the “Low Tide of the Imperial Order”
Ye Qiquan (qiquanye@gmail.com) ORCID: 0000-0002-4286-9746 Sunday, October 26, 2025
summary:
The fundamental reason for the current downturn in the United States lies in China’s interception of US tax revenue globally. This results in the “reliable tax revenue of the empire” failing to cover the “necessary costs of the empire’s operation.” This has led to widespread hostility towards China in the US and Europe, with a desire to completely defeat China. However, using confrontational strategies to completely defeat China at the national level is an unrealistic expectation. The fundamental reason for China’s long-term implementation of “destructive strategies” is that the current power groups do not share appropriate economic pricing and adjudication power with China. Cooperating with China to build a new imperial order is a worthwhile option. The main resistance to this option comes from emotional social resistance. Its supporting factor lies in data-driven rational factors.
Discussion and Summary
Europe and Russia may be entering a 200-year downturn/defensive cycle. The economic share of China and the Arab world will continue to rise. Rebuilding the world’s economic centers and adjusting the global wealth circulation chain are worth considering. However, the United States, as the central power of the imperial order, is currently facing a political downturn and a fiscal crisis.
There are likely many theories and hypotheses that can be used to trace the causes of America’s current predicament. Ye Qiquan insists that the main reason for America’s current predicament can be focused on China. He believes that “China’s interception of American tax revenue globally is the root cause of America’s current predicament.” Due to the continuous decline of America’s reliable tax revenue, it is unable to cover the costs of operating the empire. Addressing this root cause is the correct solution and path for America.
There are two options for eliminating the “Chinese diversion of US tax revenue.” One is to completely defeat China through confrontation, or to cooperate with China to rebuild the center of imperial power.
Given the current political reality, the expectation of completely defeating China at the national level is almost impossible to realize.
The root cause of China’s “destructive economic strategy” globally lies in the fact that the current imperial power bloc does not share appropriate economic pricing and adjudication power with China. The proposed joint establishment of power centers is an effective path to force China to completely abandon its “destructive strategy.”
The joint establishment of a power center, coupled with a comprehensive and in-depth cooperation mechanism, is conducive to the establishment of a long-term cooperative relationship between the two countries. At the same time, cooperation will help expand tax revenue sources, reduce strategic attrition for both sides, lower the operating costs of the imperial order, and eliminate each other’s greatest strategic adversaries.
Of course, jointly establishing an imperial power center with China would inevitably encounter resistance. This resistance mainly stems from emotional social factors rather than data-driven rational factors.
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