China’s Marshall Plan Is Running on Batteries

>The US is increasingly resembling [a steampunk relic](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-30/gop-tax-bill-will-destabilize-tomorrow-s-grid-during-ai-era) still dependent on 19th century furnace-and-turbine technology to fuel its dreams of artificial intelligence.

>Right now, Beijing is offering cheap, clean power, employment, trade and a route to prosperity. Washington is offering tariffs, policy chaos, [White nationalist memes](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/dhs-x-account-report-all-foreign-invaders-nazi-n-word-mr-robert/) and South Korean [workers in shackles](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-08/ice-raid-at-hyundai-plant-exposes-key-visa-flaws-in-trump-s-made-in-america-push) after a raid on an EV battery factory. This is no way to win the grand strategic contest of the 21st century.