The key to security and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region is win-win cooperation, and not zero-sum games or confrontation. In this regard, the region should become an area for peaceful development, instead of an arena for playing up geopolitics.
It seems American leaders continue to believe Shangri-La actually exists, and it is a place where peace and tranquility can be found only if the U.S. is in control.
Most countries in the world, and developing countries in particular, support China’s approach toward international rules and orders.
The U.S. narrative about China and human rights aims to demonize China—also a human rights concern—while distracting others from America’s painful record at home and abroad.
Attempting to split, isolate, and erect behaviors throughout the region of Asia poses a critical threat toward longstanding growth, prosperity, and regional cooperation.
Mr. Blinken again spoke publicly about the two countries, and he again left a clear impression that the White House has no plan for improving diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing.
The Biden administration has given up the unrealistic notion of bringing China to its knees in the short term; instead, it wants to enter a long-term competition with China.
If the U.S., by constantly criticizing Chinese efforts, actually was to get China to give up its anti-pandemic strategy, would that really narrow the existing divide?
America’s constant rhetorical blasts directed at China about Taiwan are an attempt to hide the reality that the U.S. considers a military battle with China to be a losing proposition.
America’s priorities in Asia could not be clearer: Military sales trump economic deals.
The United States believes it can dictate the future of a region while exempting itself from making serious economic commitments in the name of self-interest. That’s not how things work.
The American opening gambit in this game of geopolitics is a fact. Now, it’s China’s turn to make a move. Or not.
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