Identifying the Underlying Causes of Sino-U.S. Frictions
To treat China as a partner will do the U.S. and its people much more good than to look at China as a competitor.
To treat China as a partner will do the U.S. and its people much more good than to look at China as a competitor.
The orgy of gun violence is a tragic consequence of this broken system.
These are the sorts of things the world would like to see the U.S. and China take on together, because they want them to not just focus on zero-sum competition, but also work together on managing global challenges.
The meeting between the two leaders, rationally speaking, is more a gesture of mutual goodwill to improve their relations rather than anything else.
In a manner disturbingly similar to the weeks and months before the invasion of Iraq, Western media are again parroting official narratives and questionable claims. This time the target is China.
The time calls for the U.S. to make atonement for the greenhouse gases it has emitted over the past 100 years and hopefully the Biden administration will truly honor its promises through demonstrable action, rather than verbal ambition.
The U.S.-China joint statement on climate change is a demonstration that by working together, the two countries are very much capable of yielding results that are beneficial not only to themselves but the world at large.
The acknowledgement that a small number of U.S. military personnel are on the island provides another example that the Biden administration is playing with fire.