and if china becomes a democracy like germany and starts to build a UE like co-prosperity sphere in asia (where vietnam, indonesia philippines etc reach a target of 2000 usd billions gdp each?). Ideally interiorizing Biden's message? What will be left of USA ecomic and political power?
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
So I'm seeing on the news the spin of this meeting in Alaska as being about the US confronting China and then is not important to the US. But having them having to say it says a lot. This is the Secretary of State not the President. This is probably how it's always been. In the past which country a new administration talks to first is a big deal which countries they don't talk to send a larger message. Look at how Biden said he felt no need to talk to Xi and the next day he was talking to Xi. Biden or his staff were worried that if the US saw China's concerns as not important, then China might start doing things without concern for the US. They set up this showing of supporting allies as important but that's what secretaries of state do but then they even bothered to have meeting with China shows how they're worried how this spin will be interpreted in China. They're even making a big deal about how it's in Alaska because they have to make it look that was a victory in itself. If China isn't important then don't talk to China at all but then know what will happen after that the US doesn't control. It's really more about making Japan and South Korea feel good about themselves.
escobar
Brigadier
The new sanctions on Chinese officials, QUAD meeting, Campbell statement on AU and the sub tech export to TW are not surprising but the timing is. US state department could have waited til after the Alaska meeting, but daring CN to cancel this meeting. Wang Yi presence there will show how much CN want this useless meeting.
Accurate analysis.
The US contrary to what the wishful western media and think-tanks are saying, has a weak hand on this game.
To show you the delusion, I think it was on Bloomberg, they hailed having Alaska as the meeting place, a win for the US and it showed how China respected it, total clowns..
What US fears now is that because of its weak hand, China will start playing its owns cards which it refrained from doing so during the Trump administration.
So basically, US is like a spent cannon, they used so many cards during the Trump era that China withstood and eventually emerged victorious without spending its own cards. So now China is like a fresh, well rested and well fed fighter ready to start punching at the US which is now weak, tired and fragile.
Thats why the US is grandstanding with the Quad, Taiwan and all this stuff. They try to hide the truth by presenting itself strong, thinking that China will be afraid of it.
Bad luck for the US though, Xi already knows that the game is up and on the Alaska meeting China will throw the gauntlet down challenging the US directly. And then it will be revealed that the US is the emperor without clothes.
Fun times ahead, lets see how much aggressive rhetoric US will continue using to threaten China and appear strong. They better quiet down because the Chinese already know what is truly happening and what are the truths and what are the lies
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Wow Secretary Blinken is a clown, he says, per the article, that on the meeting there wouldn't be any "strategic dialogue". Then tell.me why all these top.men are going to do there when they meet? Are they going to drink tea and tell family stories. Usual bs
And secondly, Zhao confirmed that the meeting was initiated by USA which invited China. If true, haha big lose of face from the USA, all these strong words and strongman Biden personal crumbled to dust. It seems that the US is so strong that it cant wait to invite China for a meeting, sure sure
Hmmmm, both sides can spin it to their advantage. Eg the US might say the Alaska meet arose from the Biden and Xi phone call?
They are trying to take a tougher stance so that they could get more from the negotiations.
Seems like a escalate to descalate move. Question is will it work. It's usually the weaker party that does this.