a metaphor

if you take country as a runner:
us lead the world although under crisis

jp follow

uk gm fr follow

china chase after

then,

1、us cound come back ,kick china's ass, then china will decline,but the fight exhaust us simultaneously

2、us continuely improve itself regardless of china

3、someday, china will outrun us, someday us will outrun china

4、we all have high-power weapons, someday ,if us outrun by china, will us fire a war;just like a man outrun by another, he is very angry and shame, he fight