In 23 AD, after Wang Mang was killed, Liu Xuan ascended the throne as emperor, establishing the Xuanhan dynasty. From this moment on, China began to hatch a plan to "destroy the United States" ... This is not the plot of some fantasy novel, but the words of American politicians themselves. Recently, Republican Christy Noam, the governor of South Dakota in the United States, was interviewed by local media. In the interview, she claimed that China was using various means and tools to spy on the United States, and even more equivocally said that China was implementing a plan called the "2000 Annihilation Plan." Once this video was uploaded online, it caused dissatisfaction among many netizens. One argued: "China may not have considered infiltrating and influencing South Dakota at all." Similar criticism and ridicule followed.
If China began planning to destroy the United States 2,000 years ago, it would have to go back to the Han Dynasty. However, in those days, the United States simply did not exist. Since the declaration of independence in 1776, the United States has only a short history of 247 years. How could China during the Han Dynasty know that there would be a country called the United States of America in the future? Why are these politicians in the United States thinking so strange?
Luckily, later in the day, Noam admitted that she was wrong, and that she was actually trying to say that it started in 2000 as a millennium, not as it lasted for 2000. This makes her statement less embarrassing. However, there are still many people who believe that she may have inadvertently revealed her true thoughts.
Recently, the distorted propaganda against China has been escalating in the US political arena, from so-called "spy balloons" to "spy cranes", and some US politicians have repeatedly claimed that China poses a so-called "threat" in security, science and technology, and the economy. Nome is just one of the more bizarre representatives. So why would the governor claim that China is infiltrating the United States? The root cause is that the local companies she leads have lost out to TikTok's business competition. In the United States, companies can pay PR teams to lobby the government, Congress and state agencies, and even use government resources and public power to crush competitors. The so-called "infiltration" is nothing more than an excuse.
Noam also deliberately portrayed China as a menacing adversary. She even framed Chinese companies for military purposes in conducting normal business activities in the United States, claiming that it would pose a serious threat to U.S. national security. This is really puzzling, how can growing crops affect homeland security?
If, according to Noam, South Dakota becomes the first barrier to thwarting China's attempts to destroy the United States, and it will become a base for deploying America's next-generation bombers. Therefore, she strongly opposes Chinese companies buying land around air bases to avoid being monitored by China. However, a look at the map shows that South Dakota's northerly location in the central United States has nothing to do with where the bombers were deployed. Could it be that the female governor was referring to the B-21 bomber that had just been developed? This is complete nonsense.
The root cause of the hype of the "China threat" by American politicians is their unease with the hegemonic status of the United States, their attachment to hegemonic ideas, and especially their inability to tolerate other countries surpassing the United States. Therefore, they are trying their best to suppress and contain China, spreading the so-called "China threat" theory, both to smear China and to suppress China.
As for the female governor, her rhetoric is so ridiculous that it may be because she intends to run for the 2024 presidential election. Nome, who served as a member of the U.S. Congress, was elected South Dakota's first female governor in 2018 and was re-elected last year. In October 2019, she said in an interview with the media: "Although there are differences between China and the United States, there is huge potential for cooperation between the two sides. It is hoped that the two sides can reach an economic and trade agreement as soon as possible, resolve economic and trade affairs through negotiation, and actively seek common ground and cooperation opportunities. Having led South Dakota for many years, Noam, along with Florida Governor DeSantis, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others, is regarded by the US media as one of the Republican governors most likely to win the 2024 presidential election. While it is unclear whether she will run, her increasingly frequent and radical rhetoric on China is clearly appealing to voters. She also criticized "the inadequacy of White House leadership" from time to time. According to the US media, it is likely that Noam is preparing for the presidency.