# China gave the United States the same response that Britain heard in 1956.Six weeks ago, the United States threatened…
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Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-10-08 · read 2026-10-08

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/1x0rfr5/

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## Who is named (13)

- [International Monetary Fund](https://truthscore.com/entity/00e48ba9)
- [Xi Jinping](https://truthscore.com/entity/0399822f)
- [Britain](https://truthscore.com/entity/288ea05f)
- [Suez Canal](https://truthscore.com/entity/325a581c)
- [Scott Bessent](https://truthscore.com/entity/552d2ed5)
- [UAE](https://truthscore.com/entity/5b929309)
- [China](https://truthscore.com/entity/84a7edc4)
- [Ray Dalio](https://truthscore.com/entity/970f56d5)
- [Egypt](https://truthscore.com/entity/c0838437)
- [Pakistan](https://truthscore.com/entity/c7088b1c)
- [Iran](https://truthscore.com/entity/cdc97f9c)
- [Strait of Hormuz](https://truthscore.com/entity/ce739370)
- [United States](https://truthscore.com/entity/f6d3f5b6)

## What it added

- [The United States threatened all countries doing business with Iran with sanctions.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b678bf60)
  > Six weeks ago, the United States threatened all countries doing business with Iran with sanctions.
- [China said no to this, loud and clear.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5a40a990)
  > China said no to this, loud and clear.
- [Britain threatened Egypt in 1956 and heard the same response from the United States.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c6b72cde)
  > When Britain threatened Egypt in 1956, it had heard the same response from the United States.
- [This event is considered the end of Britain's imperial era.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1092416b)
  > This event is considered the end of Britain's imperial era.
- [The country hearing the no is the United States.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3063a810)
  > Today, the country hearing the no is the United States.
- [The person drawing a parallel between Britain's and the United States' situations is Ray Dalio.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4dd876ce)
  > The person drawing a parallel between Britain's and the United States' situations is Ray Dalio.
- [We should look at three questions to see how this will end.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9e948a6e)
  > Dalio says we should look at three questions to see how this will end.
- [Ray Dalio founded one of the world's largest hedge funds and wrote a book examining 500 years of imperial history.](https://truthscore.com/claim/bd8be04d)
  > Ray Dalio founded one of the world's largest hedge funds and wrote a book examining 500 years of imperial history.
- [The United States is facing a classic great power test.](https://truthscore.com/claim/dba0efbc)
  > Dalio's article published at the end of August says the United States is facing a classic great power test.
- [This test resembles the one Britain entered and lost in Suez in 1956.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f3f672ab)
  > According to the article, this test resembles the one Britain entered and lost in Suez in 1956.
- [The United States' plan is to squeeze Iran economically and force it to open the Strait of Hormuz.](https://truthscore.com/claim/bbb3e8bf)
  > The United States' plan is to squeeze Iran economically and force it to open the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Countries not joining the plan are being threatened with sanctions.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b1e5a43c)
  > Countries not joining the plan are being threatened with sanctions.
- [Countries have two paths ahead of them.](https://truthscore.com/claim/16b9171a)
  > Dalio writes that countries have two paths ahead of them.
- [If most countries join the plan and it works, this would be a big and clear win for the United States.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7ed0b540)
  > If most countries join the plan and it works, this would be a big and clear win for the United States.
- [If countries challenge the threat and the strait remains under Iran's control, this would be a big and clear failure for the United States.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7c05497a)
  > If countries challenge the threat and the strait remains under Iran's control, this would be a big and clear failure for the United States.
- [We can wait and see which one happens, and lists the three questions to watch.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0c390aa4)
  > Dalio says we can wait and see which one happens, and lists the three questions to watch.
- [China and Pakistan had announced they wouldn't join, while the United Arab Emirates said it would.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6025e2a5)
  > When the article was published, China and Pakistan had announced they wouldn't join, while the United Arab Emirates said it would.
- [If the United States doesn't follow through on its threat, it will be caught bluffing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e16afc3e)
  > According to Dalio, if the United States doesn't follow through on its threat, it will be caught bluffing.
- [Six weeks have passed since the threat, and answers to these three questions have started to come in.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5c5fed07)
  > Six weeks have passed since the threat, and answers to these three questions have started to come in.
- [The United Arab Emirates had stopped trading with Iran five days before the United States' threat.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a9f34fdd)
  > The United Arab Emirates, which joined the plan, had stopped trading with Iran five days before the United States' threat.
- [China announced in August that it wouldn't comply with the sanctions and hasn't changed its stance.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d05cea83)
  > China, which didn't join the plan, announced in August that it wouldn't comply with the sanctions and hasn't changed its stance.
- [China buys more than 80% of the oil Iran sells by sea, so the plan can't work without China.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e467bf0c)
  > Since China buys more than 80% of the oil Iran sells by sea, the plan can't work without China.
- [On the first day, the United States punished about 60 people, companies, and ships, and in the following weeks, a few banks outside China.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b45ff661)
  > On the first day, the United States punished about 60 people, companies, and ships, and in the following weeks, a few banks outside China.
- [Among those punished are Chinese companies, but none of China's major banks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7ec01036)
  > Among those punished are Chinese companies, but none of China's major banks.
- [Scott Bessent explained why the penalties wouldn't be applied immediately and asked why would I want to blow up the global financial system.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4115f3a8)
  > On the day U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the sanctions, he explained why the penalties wouldn't be applied immediately and asked this question.
- [Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the United States and the two countries extended their trade truce.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6e8679cb)
  > At the end of September, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the United States, and the two countries extended their trade truce.
- [The Strait of Hormuz has been largely closed for seven months, and Iran says it won't open it without meeting its conditions.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ed99bb62)
  > The Strait of Hormuz, however, has been largely closed for seven months, and Iran says it won't open it without meeting its conditions.
- [The United States blocked the money Britain wanted from the International Monetary Fund and didn't support the pound.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d20d56c5)
  > The United States blocked the money Britain wanted from the International Monetary Fund and didn't support the pound.
- [A ceasefire was accepted within a few days, and British troops withdrew before the year ended.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4a2f7577)
  > A ceasefire was accepted within a few days, and British troops withdrew before the year ended.
- [Britain didn't lose that war on the battlefield, but the whole world saw it couldn't follow through on its threat.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d5979929)
  > Britain didn't lose that war on the battlefield, but the whole world saw it couldn't follow through on its threat.
- [Dalio doesn't see today's event as a separate crisis either.](https://truthscore.com/claim/59c4f7a6)
  > Dalio doesn't see today's event as a separate crisis either.
- [What's happening is the current version of a classic conflict seen repeatedly in history between great powers.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8a557784)
  > According to Dalio, what's happening is the current version of a classic conflict seen repeatedly in history between great powers.
- [This conflict is driven by changes in countries' power in money, domestic politics, geopolitics, and technology relative to each other.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ca2ca94d)
  > This conflict is driven by changes in countries' power in money, domestic politics, geopolitics, and technology relative to each other.
- [These powers can be measured, so we can track where they're headed.](https://truthscore.com/claim/25ac8d33)
  > Dalio writes that these powers can be measured, so we can track where they're headed.
- [No form of government, no economic system, no currency, and no empire lasts forever. Yet when they collapse, almost everyone is surprised and suffers the…](https://truthscore.com/claim/34e47e5e)
  > No form of government, no economic system, no currency, and no empire lasts forever.
  > Yet when they collapse, almost everyone is surprised and suffers the consequences.
- [Britain experienced this after Suez; the United States' test is still ongoing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/70794750)
  > Britain experienced this after Suez; the United States' test is still ongoing.

## Where it collides

- [China said no to this, loud and clear.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5a40a990) — collides with [Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told lawmakers that Russia and China, at different levels, are enabling what Iran is doing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0ff2ffd0) ([Trump says Russia, China not ‘participating’ in Iran war ‘in my opinion’](https://truthscore.com/source/c71da34c))
- [Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the United States and the two countries extended their trade truce.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6e8679cb) — collides with [Xi Jinping will visit the United States on September 24, 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/cd043362) ([Trump said that Putin and Xi promised not to supply weapons to Iran](https://truthscore.com/source/340e09d2))

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