How many people are aware that Iran backs one of the strongest groups operating in Iraq and that the oilfields are mostly operated now by Chinese engineers? China won the trade war by building the most efficient mercantile economy the world has ever seen. It dominates commodity markets and manufactured goods that nearly all nations depend upon in trade. Few if any nations can cease trade with China without serious consequences- the same is no longer true for the US. Chinese are moving to displace the US global monetary hegemony that the US has become dependent upon. China is fighting multiple proxy wars via Russia and Iran and N.Korea, all of whom are now dependents and tribute states to China.