define "Eastern tactics"

my point was that they're not spoiling for a war, rather they have used soft power just like Belt and Road, just like infiltrating and stealing technology from Big corporations, just like putting dirty dollars in the politicians pockets. I'm not saying they're not a threat at all, it's just that I listen to a few thinkers who strongly believe that the push for military confrontation with China is a construct of forces outside the US who want to see both parties weakened