Biden’s Anti-China Crusade Is a Policy Dead End
Washington must overcome its prevailing Cold War mindset. Reviving Yellow Peril propaganda and past anti-Communist crusades is a policy dead end.
Washington must overcome its prevailing Cold War mindset. Reviving Yellow Peril propaganda and past anti-Communist crusades is a policy dead end.
If you missed Shenzhen and Shanghai, you can’t miss Horgos. Mega infrastructure projects have transformed this once forgotten baron land into a beacon of trade and commercial activity once again.
Washington is confronting a dilemma with Beijing. Do they seek to mend ties with China after Former US President Donald J. Trump launched trade wars against Beijing?
China’s Greater Bay Area continues to thrive, thanks in part to favourable policies that have helped attract the best talent.
The unique feature of SCO is that instead of forcing on alliance, the organization has based its entire thematic essence on building alliance and sharing cooperation mechanism, consensus building and avoiding mutual conflicts.
To date, the words of fair-minded philosophers have been drowned out by the hubbub of ideological, economic, and regional differences that has prevented an effective global response to Covid-19.
While the Chinese model might not be suitable for our 330 million Americans, it does suit the vast majority of China’s 1.4 billion citizens as evidenced by independent public opinion polling, both long term and focused on the global pandemic still ongoing in much of the rest of the world.
It should seem ironic to those leaders that the White House is eager to protect its citizens from the alleged prying eyes of the Chinese while it apologizes for spying on its allies.
The myriad of climate change consequences on international security and stability will increasingly become visible in the coming decade.
The Biden administration must reflect carefully on the direction in which it appears to be heading. Confrontation with China is not in the US national interest.
While intellectually Biden may not wish to blame China for Covid19, politically he needs to do so. Otherwise, he risks being blamed for letting China go again. Being ‘soft on China’ could easily allow Republicans to take back control of the Senate.
China is certainly complex, but understanding some of its key achievements, and key challenges, is essential if we are to make progress on the questions ahead of us.