| | ::*''After [[World War II]], the United States led efforts to set up the [[Bretton Woods]] System, the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[World Bank]], which, together with the [[Marshall Plan]], formed the international monetary system centered around the U.S. [[dollar]]. In addition, the United States has also established institutional hegemony in the international economic and [[financial]] sector by manipulating the weighted voting systems, rules and arrangements of international organizations including "approval by 85 percent majority," and its domestic trade laws and regulations. By taking advantage of the dollar's status as the major international reserve currency, the United States is basically collecting "seigniorage" from around the world; and using its control over international organizations, it coerces other countries into serving America's political and economic strategy... | | ::*''After [[World War II]], the United States led efforts to set up the [[Bretton Woods]] System, the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[World Bank]], which, together with the [[Marshall Plan]], formed the international monetary system centered around the U.S. [[dollar]]. In addition, the United States has also established institutional hegemony in the international economic and [[financial]] sector by manipulating the weighted voting systems, rules and arrangements of international organizations including "approval by 85 percent majority," and its domestic trade laws and regulations. By taking advantage of the dollar's status as the major international reserve currency, the United States is basically collecting "seigniorage" from around the world; and using its control over international organizations, it coerces other countries into serving America's political and economic strategy... |
| − | ::"*''The United States seeks to deter other countries' [[scientific]], [[technology|technological]] and [[economic]] development by wielding [[monopoly]] power, suppression measures and technology restrictions in [[high-tech]] fields... | + | ::*''The United States seeks to deter other countries' [[scientific]], [[technology|technological]] and [[economic]] development by wielding [[monopoly]] power, suppression measures and technology restrictions in [[high-tech]] fields... |
| | ::*''U.S. [[surveillance]] is indiscriminate. All can be targets of its surveillance, be they rivals or allies, even leaders of allied countries such as former German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and several French Presidents. Cyber surveillance and attacks launched by the United States such as "Prism," "Dirtbox," "Irritant Horn" and "Telescreen Operation" are all proof that the United States is closely monitoring its allies and partners. Such eavesdropping on allies and partners has already caused worldwide outrage. [[Julian Assange]], the founder of [[Wikileaks]], a website that has exposed U.S. surveillance programs, said that "do not expect a global surveillance superpower to act with honor or respect. There is only one rule: there are no rules." | | ::*''U.S. [[surveillance]] is indiscriminate. All can be targets of its surveillance, be they rivals or allies, even leaders of allied countries such as former German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and several French Presidents. Cyber surveillance and attacks launched by the United States such as "Prism," "Dirtbox," "Irritant Horn" and "Telescreen Operation" are all proof that the United States is closely monitoring its allies and partners. Such eavesdropping on allies and partners has already caused worldwide outrage. [[Julian Assange]], the founder of [[Wikileaks]], a website that has exposed U.S. surveillance programs, said that "do not expect a global surveillance superpower to act with honor or respect. There is only one rule: there are no rules." |