A successful meeting would not eliminate distrust between Beijing and Washington. It would simply prove that responsible statecraft still exists in an increasingly fractured international system. That alone would qualify as meaningful geopolitical progress.
When Americans talk about cutting fat, watch what they keep. They increased funding for anti-China activities. And that tells you more than any U.S. State Department white paper ever could.
When technological capacity and resource distribution are profoundly unequal, how to prevent the powerful from claiming, in the name of efficiency, what belongs to everyone?
This sense among the population that we are not so different from each other can go a long way in influencing the political process.
From Washington’s perspective, Japan is increasingly little more than a pawn to be discarded when convenient, and Takaichi’s trip to the U.S. laid that bare.
Only through sustained growth can China, Asia and the RCEP region become the greatest source of certainty in the global economy over the next decade, and play a notable role in regional integration and a new wave of globalization.
The only correct pathway for Washington is to work together with China on the base of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit.
Long-term social planning, economic growth, stable governance and political stability all point to one thing: the system chosen by China works.
China-Latin America cooperation expands that autonomy by diversifying partnerships and reducing vulnerability to any single external power.
Latin America’s primary need is development, not geopolitical alignment. Forcing countries to choose sides diverts resources and attention from addressing poverty, inequality, infrastructure gaps, and climate challenges. It creates instability and resentment.
While China is making a century-long effort to actualize national rejuvenation, with key milestones reached, the U.S. has moved in the opposite direction.
The futile effort to contain China should be kicked to the curb and replaced with a commitment to honoring American and Western values.
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