From Chinese perspective, US wantInteresting. Could you expand on the idea of G2, I vaguely remember that initiative but I didn't give it too much thought then
Why would China disagree with that?
- China to be the number 2 of a US world, so US remains number 1, the ultimate goal of US. There is never going to be a equal G2. Obama made that loud and clear in his UN speech.
- China will be shielding the the blames aimed at US for being the "walking dog" lieutenant. US can then pretend to be the "nice" guy.
- Number 3, 4 and so on will all target number 2 first before they target number 1 in their raising. This will cost all except number 1. Simple math.
- China walks away from the position of leading challenger to the US led system that need to be changed. This will leave China isolated from everybody from the other western countries, the countries in the middle and the countries that are suffering in a US world order.
There is an exact ploy of this kind in 288 BC in the last days of warring state China (Proposal that Kings of Qing and Qi claiming to be emperors of the west and east). And another good listen is that almost no crown prince in China had a good ending. The Chinese leadership has abundant experience to draw from its thousands of years history which the American leadership has no clue. It is as if a baby trying to play a trick with an adult.