Simple, imho: China should concentrate on itself (including Taiwan) and Global South countries strong mutual development and forget about the United States.
Perhaps help create a New United Nations without Israel and the US where the Rule of Laws imposed by its Security Council (No Vetoes) is such that any nation not accepting its Resolutions would mean automatic expulsion.
A Coalition of the Willing to Abide by International Law Forever.
China would do better to prepare for the U.S. reactionary attempts at the ongoing China-led global governance reforms, in my opinion.. Has not Trump evidenced that he is anything but realistic?
Fanaticism reigns supreme in the Western world at the moment, on both sides of the political spectrum.
It can be hard for someone such as Mr. Wu Xinbo, living far away and in very different conditions, to fully grasp how serious the fanaticism is. But he's unfortunately incorrect in his forecast of growing acceptance of mutual coexistence. China must not fall for Trump's occasional seemingly conciliatory speeches.
I find it hard to believe any scholarly observation of the U.S. would conclude Trump's policy toward China aligns with ones of previous administrations or represents any cohesive, strategic approach by the current administration. Trump's interests extend to flattery and making money. That's it. His advisers are white nationalist who simultaneously want to isolate the U.S. and spread white supremacy globally. Further, Trump only knows zero sum. He never wants to share -- anything, and definitely not global power. Mr. Wu is right about nearly everything with China-U.S. relations, at least, in what's best for both countries and the world. But while previous U.S. administrations may have held faulty policies on China, the Trump administration has NO policy on China. That's worth keeping in mind. Trump will threaten China or play nice or use "the threat of China" as a tool against others (Greenland) to get resources he wants from where ever he wants. That's not a policy. That's just greed. And just to be clear, the Trump administration's approach to China does not reflect the will of a majority of the U.S. population.
This looks like wishful thinking to me. The driver of US foreign policy at the moment is Trump, and he is motivated only be personal interest. He is also quite mercurial and in cognitive decline. And when he leaves power it’s almost certain that there will be a push to reverse everything he has done. In other words, it seems difficult to deduce any long term strategy from what the US is doing right now, especially as regards topics such as Taiwan.
Under Trump, Republicans have smoked the weed of fascism; it’s unlikely a future (R) administration would dramatically change course… even if the hawks would let them. A future (D) administration might attempt to reverse course, but that ship has sailed. This is Trump’s second attempt (45 then 47). Burned a second time, why would world leaders trust that the ship can be turned around? ‘Middle powers are on the menu’… long term strategy is to diversify, forge alignments with other powers… or be eaten. The sign has been taken out of the window.
Simple, imho: China should concentrate on itself (including Taiwan) and Global South countries strong mutual development and forget about the United States.
Perhaps help create a New United Nations without Israel and the US where the Rule of Laws imposed by its Security Council (No Vetoes) is such that any nation not accepting its Resolutions would mean automatic expulsion.
A Coalition of the Willing to Abide by International Law Forever.
China would do better to prepare for the U.S. reactionary attempts at the ongoing China-led global governance reforms, in my opinion.. Has not Trump evidenced that he is anything but realistic?
Fanaticism reigns supreme in the Western world at the moment, on both sides of the political spectrum.
It can be hard for someone such as Mr. Wu Xinbo, living far away and in very different conditions, to fully grasp how serious the fanaticism is. But he's unfortunately incorrect in his forecast of growing acceptance of mutual coexistence. China must not fall for Trump's occasional seemingly conciliatory speeches.
I find it hard to believe any scholarly observation of the U.S. would conclude Trump's policy toward China aligns with ones of previous administrations or represents any cohesive, strategic approach by the current administration. Trump's interests extend to flattery and making money. That's it. His advisers are white nationalist who simultaneously want to isolate the U.S. and spread white supremacy globally. Further, Trump only knows zero sum. He never wants to share -- anything, and definitely not global power. Mr. Wu is right about nearly everything with China-U.S. relations, at least, in what's best for both countries and the world. But while previous U.S. administrations may have held faulty policies on China, the Trump administration has NO policy on China. That's worth keeping in mind. Trump will threaten China or play nice or use "the threat of China" as a tool against others (Greenland) to get resources he wants from where ever he wants. That's not a policy. That's just greed. And just to be clear, the Trump administration's approach to China does not reflect the will of a majority of the U.S. population.
The value here isn’t whether Wu is correct. It’s what this says about limits being acknowledged.
Pressure hasn’t disappeared but confidence in controlling outcomes clearly has.
These moments don’t resolve anything. They mark where leverage stops working.
This looks like wishful thinking to me. The driver of US foreign policy at the moment is Trump, and he is motivated only be personal interest. He is also quite mercurial and in cognitive decline. And when he leaves power it’s almost certain that there will be a push to reverse everything he has done. In other words, it seems difficult to deduce any long term strategy from what the US is doing right now, especially as regards topics such as Taiwan.
Under Trump, Republicans have smoked the weed of fascism; it’s unlikely a future (R) administration would dramatically change course… even if the hawks would let them. A future (D) administration might attempt to reverse course, but that ship has sailed. This is Trump’s second attempt (45 then 47). Burned a second time, why would world leaders trust that the ship can be turned around? ‘Middle powers are on the menu’… long term strategy is to diversify, forge alignments with other powers… or be eaten. The sign has been taken out of the window.