The U.S. is Making a Gigantic Mistake!
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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/08/asia/us-ambassador-japan-emanuel-interview-intl-hnk/index.html
Exclusive: China’s ‘attacks’ unite region against Beijing, US ambassador to Japan says
Exclusive: China’s ‘attacks’ unite region against Beijing, US ambassador to Japan says
The US is guilty of making those bullied hate their bully and find common ground just like it's guilty of making those bullied in EU hate their Russian bully and find common ground and shelter in NATO you see?
I commented months ago that Biden was making a mistake to create an enemy out of China at a time when we could use China's help. And up to now they have been helpful by refraining from supplying military assistance to Russia.
This current wave of China bashing got its start under the previous administration when the President started referring to the Covid virus as the "China virus". The relationship between China and the U.S. has been downhill since. Although China is a competitor, and we have strong disagreement with China on a number of issues, absolutely nothing can be gained and much can be lost by making an enemy out of China. China is not our enemy. But we are going to insist on making an enemy out of China. I have lived a long time and I have seen this before. I can't emphasize enough how dangerous current U.S. rhetoric toward China is.
Below I have excerpted the first part of an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal... The entire article can be accessed here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-xi-jinping-takes-rare-direct-aim-at-u-s-in-speech-5d8fde1a
I do not think it is behind a pay wall.
China’s Xi Jinping Takes Rare Direct Aim at U.S. in Speech
Leader blames Washington-led ‘containment, encirclement and suppression’ for challenges at home
House Committee Warns of Beijing’s Threat to U.S. Interests and Values
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A new House committee focused on China held its first hearing on Feb. 28, calling for a concerted government response to the threat it says the Chinese Communist Party poses to the U.S. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
By Chun Han Wong, Keith Zhai and James T. Areddy
Updated March 6, 2023 6:47 pm ET
Chinese leader Xi Jinping issued an unusually blunt rebuke of U.S. policy on Monday, blaming what he termed a Washington-led campaign to suppress China for recent challenges facing his country.
“Western countries—led by the U.S.—have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression against us, bringing unprecedentedly severe challenges to our country’s development,” Mr. Xi was quoted by state media as saying on Monday.
Mr. Xi’s comments marked an unusual departure for a leader who has generally refrained from directly criticizing the U.S. in public remarks—even as his decadelong leadership has demonstrated a pessimistic view of the bilateral relationship.
The accusation of U.S. suppression of China’s development over the past five years comes as Mr. Xi faces charges from investors that China’s economy has been damaged by his policies, including the emphasis on national security.
The comments were part of a speech to members of China’s top political advisory body during an annual legislative session in Beijing, according to a Chinese-language readout published by the official Xinhua News Agency.
While Mr. Xi has mentioned the U.S. in critical tones during internal speeches, such remarks have often filtered out through subordinates relaying his messages for broader audiences, within the party and beyond. In statements made in public settings or directly reported by state media, Mr. Xi has typically been more measured and vague regarding the U.S. and other Western countries, referring to them as “certain” countries rather than naming them explicitly.
Now by directly accusing the U.S. of seeking containment, a term loaded with Cold War meaning, Mr. Xi appears to be associating himself more closely with nationalist rhetoric—widely used by lower-ranking officials and state media—that attacks Washington, at a time when bilateral tensions continue to simmer over trade, technology, geopolitical influence and discordant views on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The English-language version of Mr. Xi’s speech reported by Xinhua didn’t refer to containment or the U.S. Instead, it quoted him telling fellow officials to “have the courage to fight as the country faces profound and complex changes in both the domestic and international landscape.”
President Biden says the U.S. competes with China but doesn’t want conflict, though Beijing worries that an emphasis in his national-security strategy on historic rivalry between democracies and autocracies is a sign Washington seeks regime change in Beijing. “We’re not looking for a new Cold War,” Mr. Biden said last month.
The escalatory spiral makes it hard to cool tensions but both China and the U.S. have room to tame the rhetoric, Jessica Chen Weiss, a Cornell University professor and former State Department adviser, told an online conference hosted by Foreign Policy magazine on Monday. “The current tit-for-tat spiral serves no one,” she said.
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The US is a failing state. There is a similarity of US Corporate managerial style and US foreign policy: "If you want to play in our sandbox, you'll have to play by our rules". The issue is the world is not, in fact, our sand box. The US enjoyed a productivity and technology advantage in value added industries many years ago, but that advantage has been dwindling. The US consumer was the prize, but increasing standard of living in other countries are creating alternative markets. I personally have resented corporate management style for years and know many others who feel the same way. I can imagine how soverign country leadership feels when facing US foreign policy.
As the third world continues to develop and major countries legal systems mature, there will be viable alternatives to doing business with the US on US terms. As it is, the US has been becoming an increasingly unreliable trade partner.
If the US is looking to get "physical" in an attempt to retain disportionate control in global markets, a rude awakening is in store, just like it was for Nazi germany. Hopefully the US will fade from the global scene like Great Britain has without trying to instigate a global war.
While Trump's policies were designed to level the playing field in trade and address intellectual policy issues, US corporate imperatives have been influencing US foreign policy for a long time. Notably, Biden is not only continuing Trump's policies, but he is expanding on them with his recent efforts at denying US market access to foreign competitors. Balance is key, in my opinion. Any unjustifiable and unreasonable policies will cause backlash. Unfortunately, it seems the Biden administration is unable to do that calculus.
We should be in agreement that corpocracy in the US is increasing and this harms US workers, US consumers, and foreign relations.
we should but you support the party of Corporate welfare and cronyism.
Not exactly. What I should do instead of posting here is join a law firm and help go after the many large corporate miscrents that are hurting, even ruining lives.
Exactly
Bullshit
Bashing China was warranted. They new they created a virus and they lied and never told us.
We dont need china.
Bashing China was warranted. They new they created a virus and they lied and never told us.
We dont need china.