Pinkerton describes a scenario in which China quietly moves small nuclear charges into appartments located in major cities in the US. This is a process that may take decades, but finally results in a situation where China can push one button and instantly blows up half of the US.
Heleen Mees believes Pinkerton is exaggerating on the nuclear warfare bit and believes the Chinese are playing Go already. For example by loaning almost 1000 billion dollar to the US, which gives them the ability to throw the US into a financial crisis whenever they like. But China is betting on more horses; they are in the middle of setting up extensive bilateral relationships with countries in Africa and Latin-America. They take an unique soft approach. They are entering without expectations - no strings, no small print; they are accumulating a reserve of credits in good will. The Chinese are looking to the future for its return, to the long term, not to short term gains.China is also strategically investing in or acquiring Western companies (like the acquisition of the IBM computer division). The advantage of the Chinese is that they are very patient. Remember: the Chinese worked on their Great Wall, on and off, from the 7th century BC to the 17th century AD.

The Chinese are waging a multi front, non-military war while the US is obsessed with extending its domain by threat, and military coercion; seemingly incapable of the multi tasking necessary to look after its global interests. The US is investing several hundred billion dollars in a war, which in the end will bring not benefit to the United States, only grief and increasing, unsustainable debt. In the meanwhile, the Chinese are accumulating trade surpluses, over $900 billion in credit from the United States in the form of Treasury Notes and political and trade alliances.

Here a little more on GO:

Weiqi/GO is the world’s oldest strategic board game. The origin of Chess being circa 600 AD, considerably later than Weiqi/GO.

Militarily, Chess is a single battle; Go is a multi-front war. The former is conducted on an 8×8 board; the latter on one of 19×19 squares or 361 interstices. Chess is a game that relies entirely on the left hemisphere of our brain, the analytical function; Weiqi requires the employment of both left and right brain hemispheres – analytical and perception of spatial patterns respectively. Chess is designed for short term engagement and Weiqi for the long term.

Object Of The Game
Chess: Checkmate Opposing King = Total Victory
Weiqi: Obtain Larger Territory = Greater “market share”

Brain Functions Used In Playing
Chess: Almost Entirely Analytical (left brain).
Weiqi: Fully utilizes/integrates analytic (left brain) and artistic/pattern recognition (right brain) functions. Intuitive analysis. One requiring multi-tasking.

Number of possible First Moves.
Chess: 20 White x 20 Black = 400.
Weiqi: 361 Black x 360 White = 129960, although symmetry reduces this number to an effective 32,490.

Estimated Number of Possible Board Configurations
Chess: 10 to the 120th power
Weiqi: OMNI Magazine in June, 1991 proposed 10 to the 761th, but most believe that the correct figure is really on the order of 10 to the 174th.

Military Analogy
Chess: A single battle.
Weiqi: An entire multi-front war.

The Nature of Play
Chess: Primarily tactical, with only a modest strategic component.
Weiqi: Profoundly strategic, but with incisive, complex, integral tactics.

Countries Using This Kind Of Thinking In Their Political Decision Making.
Chess: US, Western Democracies, Russia, and Eastern European Nations.
Weiqi: China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore.