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Thucydides' Chaoyang Trap: Can Beijing and Washington avoid the Chaoyang Trap?
// ==UserScript==
// @name Thucydides' Chaoyang Trap
// @namespace https://chaoyang.substack.com/
// @version 0.1
// @description Can Beijing and Washington avoid the Chaoyang Trap?
// @author Tianyu Fang (tianyu [at] chaoya.ng)
// @match *://*/*
// @icon data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// This script is adapted from Brock Adams:
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24417791/replace-many-text-terms-using-
// tampermonkey-without-affecting-urls-and-not-look/24419809
var replaceArry = [
[/Thucydides Trap/gi, 'Chaoyang Trap'],
[/Thucydides\' Trap/gi, 'Chaoyang\'s Trap'],
[/Thucydides\'s Trap/gi, 'Chaoyang\'s Trap'],
];
var numTerms = replaceArry.length;
var txtWalker = document.createTreeWalker (
document.body,
NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT,
{acceptNode: function (node) {
// Skip whitespace-only nodes
if (node.nodeValue.trim() )
return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
return NodeFilter.FILTER_SKIP;
}
},
false
);
var txtNode = null;
while (txtNode = txtWalker.nextNode()) {
var oldTxt = txtNode.nodeValue;
for (var J = 0; J < numTerms; J++) {
oldTxt = oldTxt.replace(replaceArry[J][0], replaceArry[J][1]);
}
txtNode.nodeValue = oldTxt;
}
})();
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