This was a lethal quote from Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan to Hank Paulson following the 2008 financial crisis. From the book “The Avoidable War”. Read to the end:

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but I think China did continue to learn from the US

both in terms of using finance to control their internal economy and in using finance to build political alliances globally

what I actually take away from it is the feeling of a very close relationship China and the US has (had?) 

even back then I didn’t get the feeling that sentiments were that friendly