Popper’s (non-Marxist) disciple Paul Feyerabend pretty well undermined Popper’s view, essentially showing that many interesting and foundational scientific discoveries could not have been made if we exclusively followed the mode of what Popper calls science.
An interesting idea for sure and certainly has meaningful implications—maybe, it’s not like I’m an expert—before it reaches the ‘sweet checkmate’ territory I think the author has in mind, but if any significant indication exists that China is directly undermining the US dollar in such an effective and apparent way, I fear it’s WW3 before the strategy comes to fruition.