Time for a cold, hard truth: the global economic chessboard has been re-arranged, and the dragon is rising.

That “Made in China” tag - once shorthand for “cheap and disposable”- has quietly transformed into a badge of precision and prestige before anyone noticed.

Much ink has been spilled debating the why, how, and fairness of China’s rise.

Yes, Western trade policy built the runway.

Yes, state power and industrial espionage fueled the takeoff.

But those are rear-view mirror debates.

The reality is this: China’s ascent is the most sweeping economic, military, and national brand reinvention in modern history - and it’s rewriting the global power playbook in real time.

The board has been reset.

For the United States, it means facing its first true peer competitor since the Cold War -

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