There is still much work to be done and some re-thinking needed among the West’s political elites about how to create a stable and peaceful world. While the Xi-Biden meeting proved to break the ice, we still have a way to go before we experience a real thaw in the China-U.S. relationship.
In the 19th century, social justice reformers had a famous rallying cry: ‘eight hours’ labor, eight hours’ recreation, eight hours’ rest.’ In the 21st century, there is no reason to go backwards.
The meeting was a positive step, but no indication of real change.
While the atmospherics of the Xi-Biden meeting in Bali are pleasant enough, it remains to be seen what the U.S. side will do in terms of concrete actions to reduce tensions and improve relations.
The West seems to be regressing to the mercantilist bloc system of the colonial era. This time, however, there is only one bloc, where the former colonial masters have assembled as vassals of a single hegemon, with the rest of the world looking on from the outside.
If the key players fail to sit down together and talk things over for a peaceful world, it would be a ‘gross betrayal of the next generations to come and none of us would want that on our conscience.’
There are indeed serious deviations in the American policymakers’ understanding of the current international situation, the U.S. status in the world, China-U.S. relations and other major issues.
On the one hand, this is an existential defense mechanism, psychologically speaking. On the other hand, many Americans understand their interests align substantially with American hegemony, and therefore, there is an anti-China alignment.
Washington’s Cold War mentality and policy of confrontation, rejection of international law, and rejection of diplomacy wreaks global havoc economically, politically, and militarily.
Sci-tech progress, either on the part of the U.S. or China, will help drive society’s evolution.
Germany and China will both benefit from each other if the two sides continue to engage in open dialogue and pursue pragmatic cooperation.
China has become a truly geo-economic meridian of the globe, reverberating in practically all fields. And the 20th CPC National Congress showed an accordingly self-confident spirit ahead.
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