“China
is playing the classic game of weiqi, wherein it slowly expands influence
through steps that are not a threshold to violence and do not trigger a
forcible response,” Paal said, referring to the strategic board game known as
Go in English.
Douglas
Paal, quoted in “China
Adopts Board-Game Strategy to Blunt U.S. Pivot to Asia”
By
Bloomberg News Dec 10, 2013 3:42 PM
GMT+0900
It’s
easy to tell that Paal has never played weiqi/Go. Go, in fact, is like war in
all its permutations. An entire game can be played with little overt conflict,
capped by a long and arduous stretch in which the two players meticulously
settle borders to the last point. Then again,
an early skirmish can blow up into a relentless battle encompassing the entire
board that only ends with one player falling in utter defeat. And everything in
between.
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