Michael Pillsbury wrote about the uniquely Chinese concept of shi in his brilliant book, “The Hundred-Year Marathon.” Although impossible to translate exactly, as Pillsbury explains it, shi has to with properly understanding and seizing strategic advantage from the flow of events, especially in warfare.
There’s a line in Michael Pillsbury’s The Hundred-Year Marathon that reads, “It’s easy to win a race when you’re the only one who knows it has begun.” Sam, the Red Chinese know we’re in a conflict; do you?
Other ideas are also being discussed, said Michael Pillsbury, a Trump adviser and director of the Hudson Institute’s Center on Chinese Strategy, including whether Chinese access to the big American platforms of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook could be limited. (The platforms are blocked in China, but are powerful vehicles for Chinese propaganda globally.)