Lame duck out of the Silk Road caravan

``Beijing has clearly identified Washington/Wall Street fighting to the death to preserve the short unipolar moment. China -- and the BRICS -- is working towards what Xi defined as a "new model of great power relations." The Washington/Wall Street mindset is "either/or" instead of "win-win"; the self-appointed Masters of the Universe believe they can always monopolize the loot because Russia -- and then China - eventually will back down to avoid confrontation. This is the key aspect of Asia-Pacific today somewhat resembling 1914 Europe.''