How to Lessen Mistrust
Ultimately mistrust can be lessened to a degree by more communication and reinvigorating people-to-people exchanges. Hopefully, we can still imagine a restart as we emerge from this period of darkness.
Ultimately mistrust can be lessened to a degree by more communication and reinvigorating people-to-people exchanges. Hopefully, we can still imagine a restart as we emerge from this period of darkness.
The motto ‘community with a shared future for mankind’ serves as a core value driving China’s international relations and affirms the country’s opposition to hegemonism and unilateralism, highlighting its commitment to unity among the peoples of the world.
U.S. Congress stands intent on blocking TikTok and if they succeed the country will take another step forward on trade protectionism and increasing censorship on the American public.
This is why China’s role in restoring Saudi-Iran ties may well be the harbinger of a new dawn in West Asia and a new era in international relations.
Democracy is a value shared by all mankind, and it should not be used as a tool to advance geostrategy.
If people view the world as a community with a shared future, then openness, cooperation and win-win outcomes will be the fruits of their choice.
Democracy is a pluralistic concept. People should practice it in light of their country’s social conditions. There is not just one form of democracy in the world. As long as people support it, all forms of democracy should be respected.
The SVB failure and its massive reaction has revealed three major systemic risks and lessons.
Democracy is diverse. The fundamental premise of democracy should be safeguarding the maximum benefit of people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political opinion or class.
China and the United States have contributed two types of democracies to humanity. It’s utterly wrong to insist that Western democracy is the only right democracy model and willingly impose such democracy on other countries.
Quantitative easing (QE) has painted the Fed into a corner by keeping stock, bond and real estate prices inflated for over a decade that any attempt to cool the economy and address inflation will have negative consequences for financial markets.
For the international community, the AUKUS submarine deal sets a very dangerous precedent. Once this Pandora’s box is opened, it will seriously impact regional and global peace and security.