Coiled Dragon: From Soccer to AI, China's Upcoming War With America

by Darril Fosty, George Fosty

Overview

Since the 1950s, China has used the gifting of soccer stadiums throughout the world (known as stadium diplomacy) as a means of propaganda and influence peddling. This is especially the case on the continent of Africa. The practice has largely been overlooked as a curiosity until recently when it was linked to the People's Republic of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Chinese Soccer Stadium Diplomacy is used to export the game's virtue while creating debt traps and concessions where strongarmed leaders have photo ops with soccer stars all the while being forced to give up their country's resources, sovereignty, and deep water ports. Sold as 'economic aid, ' China's BRI bridge has larger economic and military implications throughout the world as the PRC strives to supplant the United States in a new bipolarity wherein Beijing sits at the center of the seat of global economic and military power through the establishment of a global network of economic, political, and military enslaved vassal states.

A key economic and military piece in China's quest for global dominance is Artificial Intelligence. In 2024, China aggressively "scrubbed" the Internet to prepare itself for the "training" of its rival AI technology. The use of mined behavioral data from social media to train AI is an instrumental component in advancing China's AI-driven propaganda including micro-propaganda targeting specific demographics in focused regions including the potential targeting of cities. The move has forced the U.S. and the West into a race against China and her allies in what promises to redefine 21st-century economics and the global power structure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798893792768
Publisher:	Stryker-Indigo Media New York
Publication date:	05/20/2024
Pages:	546
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

Darril Fosty is a Canadian-born military and sports historian, documentary filmmaker, and media publisher. The co-author/author of eight books, Darril Fosty is the founder and President of the Boxscore World Newswire (www.boxscorenews.com) as well as the Vice-President of Stryker-Indigo New York. In 2008, Darril was honored by the Shaka Franklin Foundation for efforts in the preservation of Black hockey history and the creation of "The Black Ice Project." In 2011, he received an honorary Teaching Award from George Washington University's Jackie Robinson Society (Washington, DC) for the promotion of black history. In 2019, Book Authority selected "Black Ice" as one of the top 37 (#28) ice hockey books of all time. In 2020, he was awarded the John G. Dennison Award for excellence in the promotion of Canadian black history and culture.

George Fosty is a Canadian-born military and sports historian, documentary filmmaker, and publisher. In 1983 George earned an Associate of Arts degree in American History from Western Wyoming College, Phi Theta Kappa Honors, National Register of Outstanding U.S. Junior and Community College Students. In 1985, he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in American History from the University of Hawaii at Hilo (Phi Alpha Theta Honors). He received his Master of Arts in American History from MSU-Texas, Phi Alpha Theta Honors, in 1991. During the First Gulf War (1990-1992) he was employed as a Military Historian (Print Media Specialist/GS-7) on contract to the USOPM and USAF, Sheppard AFB, Texas, for documenting and preserving North Texas USAAS, USAAC, USAAF, and USAF aviation history. He holds a Diploma in International Law, from London City Polytechnic, London, England (1980) and a Legal Generalist Certificate, from Adelphi University, New York (1994). In 2022, he worked as a historical consultant/associate producer in the award-winning UNINTERRUPTED documentary "Black Ice," winner of the 2022 People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.