The book "China/United States: Capitalism Against Globalization" by economic author Benjamin Borbaumer, published by the French publishing house "La Decouverte", presents a very important and intellectually profound thesis about the nature of the current conflict between the two superpowers. In this work, which has received notable honors and awards such as the “Reading Economics” award for high school students and the Torgo Award for Young Talents, the writer moves away from the prevailing superficial analyzes to delve into the structural roots of the crisis, considering that what we are witnessing todayIt is not just fleeting trade disputes or merely hostile policies associated with a particular presidential term, but rather an inevitable confrontation over global hegemony from which neither party can retreat.
What is new and striking in this analysis is the way in which Burbaumer links the rise of capitalism with the disintegration of globalization; The book explains how, in its beginnings, China relied on the globalization system designed and managed by the United States to serve its own capitalist interests and to provide cheap goods that support Western consumption. However, China’s integration and transformation...To a major capitalist power that was ultimately forced to challenge this system and dismantle it from within. The author explains that China, after a long period of dependency and secondary position, is building a real and powerful alternative that threatens the control of transnational capitalism led by Washington, which has put the two parties in a state of cold structural war to control the basic rules and infrastructure that govern the global economy and determine who has the power to shape the geopolitical future.
