The US Goal of Weaponizing Hong Kong as a Trojan Horse
China sees the return of Hong Kong as the correction of a longstanding historical injustice and will not compromise on any attempts by U.S. politicians to try and meddle with that again.
China sees the return of Hong Kong as the correction of a longstanding historical injustice and will not compromise on any attempts by U.S. politicians to try and meddle with that again.
The constructive re-engagement of the U.S. and China would be important not only to the two world powers, but for the world at large, and Biden has the mindset and experience to make important strides in this direction.
It’s hoped that the new U.S. administration will respect the Chinese people’s rights to pursue a better life, and choose to move closer toward China for the interests of its own people. Win-win is surely better than lose-lose.
U.S. policymakers should recognize that the concept of “decoupling” from China ultimately lacks feasibility and is expensive, and will only serve to isolate America in the long run.
While the US government has aggressively fought to limit Huawei’s global reach, it has been China’s smartphone brands that have taken an increasingly large share of the global smartphone market.
The world cannot be divided into Cold War blocs again, where ideology and mutual suspicion cuts through the international community and thwarts common prosperity and development. It’s time to reset.
The new U.S. government under the leadership of Joe Biden will implement different domestic and foreign policies. China hopes that it will abandon the idea of decoupling, so that both sides can promote cooperation and exchanges, and work together more closely on the global stage.
China’s support for RCEP and CPTPP is a clear signal to President-elect Biden that China wants to join the table and engage in a higher-level trans-Pacific trade agreement.
While we Chinese scholars could do more to elaborate on China’s peaceful development and its foreign policy, our American counterparts may help Washington make the choice of living peacefully with a modernized, strong and prosperous China, a major country with a different culture and a different political and economic system.
The future competition between China and the United States may be decided by the country that can continue to grow its middle class and expand the market.
One shudders to think where the U.S. will be in five, 15 or 30 years—even if Biden is able to govern effectively for the next four.
However, its true intention: provocation intended to interfere in China’s internal affairs through Taiwan as a means to contain China’s continuing development.