Commentary Two well-publicized major strategic initiatives were announced with Xi Jinping’s ascension to power: the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also known as “One Belt, One Road”) and Made in China 2025. These initiatives subsequently spawned a mosaic of intertwined secondary efforts that together comprise a veritable, ever-expanding spiderweb aimed at entangling the rest of the world in order to achieve Chinese dominance and control in virtually all spheres of human endeavors. This article is the first of three parts that briefly summarize many of the Spider Dragon’s secondary goals and objectives, all of which are synergistic and mutually supporting. Move Toward a Chinese ‘New World Order’ The Chinese Communists (ChiComs) seek to persuade, influence, and bully the international community by penetrating and ultimately controlling international economic institutions like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The goal is to supplant the U.S.-dominated world …