Chinese paramilitary police officers patrol on Tiananmen Square before the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2025. Pedro Pardo / AFP via Getty Images
Commentary
The Chinese general and military theorist Sun Tzu is known for a lot of short phrases on strategy, including: “To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill.”
