Ties Mend Between the World’s Two Largest Economies
As two major countries in the world, whether China and the U.S. can find a right path of state-to-state interaction bears on world peace and development, and the future of humanity.
As two major countries in the world, whether China and the U.S. can find a right path of state-to-state interaction bears on world peace and development, and the future of humanity.
Whereas the West largely ignores suffering caused by increased global economic inequality, China’s Belt and Road Initiative provides a proactive solution.
The Chinese often say that there are 1,000 reasons for a good Sino-American rapport and not one for a bad relationship. The same should be true on the U.S. side.
To make the American vision for the new era, whereby ‘every nation can choose its own path and its own partners’ a reality, the United States must put down its cudgel and show true respect for the development path of other countries.
Given the U.S. has made too many empty promises about global governance in recent years, the IMEC’s ‘balancing’ ideology perhaps actually deepen the divide instead of bridging it.
Perhaps it’s time for Western politicians to ponder this question: If China is already a giant dragon, who is forcing it to keep growing?
The bipartisan consensus on China is not an internal unity under the praised democratic system, but merely a strategy for each party to secure greater political interests in their respective constituencies.
The United States has been seeking to maintain its dominant position in the Indo-Pacific region and the world, and indulged in intensifying strategic competition against China.
The United States alone will not own the 21st century, and it might not own it at all.
That the ruckus at the U.S. Congress about Taiwan-related issues has triggered a race to the bottom is alarming. It testifies to the relentless degradation of the political environment and the U.S.’s growing anxiety about losing its hegemony.
Amidst the rising tensions of a potential new Cold War and the revival of McCarthyism today, Americans should pause to contemplate the real consequences of confrontations masked as competition for themselves and their communities.
The U.S Congress’ negative ‘decoupling’ efforts are being questioned by multiple parties.