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With that being said, I am not a big believer in sanctions as they often don't work ([https://www.piie.com/commentary/testimonies/evidence-costs-and-benefits-economic-sanctions like 35% success rate under certain conditions]) and they and also have unintended consequences (Often don't work as intended).[https://washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/do-sanctions-actually-work-experts-evaluate-the-efficacy-of-this-widely-used-foreign-policy-tool/][https://www.hoover.org/research/why-economic-sanctions-dont-work]

With that being said, I am not a big believer in sanctions as they often don't work ([https://www.piie.com/commentary/testimonies/evidence-costs-and-benefits-economic-sanctions like 35% success rate under certain conditions]) and they and also have unintended consequences (Often don't work as intended).[https://washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/do-sanctions-actually-work-experts-evaluate-the-efficacy-of-this-widely-used-foreign-policy-tool/][https://www.hoover.org/research/why-economic-sanctions-dont-work]

My past experience with Cyrus Jansenn is that he attempts to promote the idea that things are going great in China which is simply not true (High youth unemployment; real estate crisis, Chinese stock market has lost 7 trillion dollars  in 3 years). See: [[Essay: It's time to be very bearish about China's long-term economy]]  

My past experience with Cyrus Jansenn is that he attempts to promote the idea that things are going great in China which is simply not true (High youth unemployment; real estate crisis, Chinese stock market has lost 7 trillion dollars  in 3 years). See: <nowiki>[[Essay: It's time to be very bearish about China's long-term economy]] </nowiki>

The Chinese have been using stealth methods to undermine opponents and their morale for thousands of years and are still doing it today ([https://www.amazon.com/Stealth-War-China-While-Americas/dp/0593084349 Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept by Robert Spalding]).

The Chinese have been using stealth methods to undermine opponents and their morale for thousands of years and are still doing it today ([https://www.amazon.com/Stealth-War-China-While-Americas/dp/0593084349 Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept by Robert Spalding]).

"Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate." (An alternative translation: "Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus, he is master of his enemy's fate.")." - Sun Tzu [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:53, May 8, 2024 (EDT)

"Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate." (An alternative translation: "Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus, he is master of his enemy's fate.")." - Sun Tzu [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 12:53, May 8, 2024 (EDT)