AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
What they were getting at is that Chinese ice cream is some non-edible synesthetic polymer passing it off as ice cream because the Chinese cheat.
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What they were getting at is that Chinese ice cream is some non-edible synesthetic polymer passing it off as ice cream because the Chinese cheat.
What would you do if you were in a leadership position? Not meet at all? assume the worst case scenario and intent from the U.S. which means that China must be in a war footing now rather than later and drop all these pretenses about "win win" that China's leadership is keen on conveying and actually earnestly trying to do.
I am interested at all on what possible moves you can or should make if you were in Xi's shoes? Confrontation and bellicosity are far easier to express but it's quite unpredictable and uncontrollable once the ball gets rolling.
I am not saying that what you said is highly disagreeable or naive in the least, but I just want you to flesh out your ideas as to what's the alternative choice that's conducive and productive besides war footing.
I think somekind of massive crisis of power struggle is inevitable at some point, which will determine whether China can gain its place as a Superpower equal or even superior to the US. This crisis could be a full scale war, a limited war or just confrontation. But it is coming for sure.
But what is important for China is to ask if it make sense to have that crisis sooner or later. If China is a rising power that will continue to grow for a long time then it makes no sense to fight now when you can still grow stronger and fight later when you will have a better chance of winning.
But if China is at at its peak as many westerners seem to say all the time nowadays, then it might be better to fight now so that China can gain the most with its peak of power.
Its obvious that Chinese leadership believe China has a lot of potential to grow for a long time. So, they have no desire to fight now and want to reduce confrontation as much as possible without giving up too much. They know they have to give the west face and concessions to avoid the big fight. Hide and bide strategy in a sense.
But the west wants to raise tensions to its maximum now, they want to fight now. So, they are so extremely negative towards any reproachment.
But the democrats in the US government are less anti-China than the Republicans that will come to power in the future. So, China has to talk now to reduce tensions when democrats are still in power.
I agree with other posters who say that China is still biding its time, because every year the balance of economic, technological, and military power shifts in China's favor. So an opportunity to de-escalate was welcomed by the Chinese leadership.
Moreover, it's clear that Xi also wanted to reassure American businesses that China remains open and that it welcomes win-win cooperation which has been very beneficial to China.
Lastly, I think both American and Chinese leadership understand that the US-China relation is not just a bilateral issue and the international community expects them to manage the relationship responsibly so Biden-Xi talks are a reassuring signal to the rest of the world as well.
Biden calling Xi a dictator is not a humiliation of China and its leader - it's a reflection of US's increasingly dysfunctional political system which requires its politicians to succumb to jingoistic populist rhetoric to appear "tough". For the rest of the world, it's just unprofessional and uncivilized behavior. US didn't humiliate China it simply embarrassed itself.
Agreed. Only the most daft of people, with IQ you can count on two hands, thinks that what they see reported in media is even 25% of what actually occurred.
supercat
Major
So much for "free speech":
Good riddance:
The time has indeed changed:
The result of the Summit?
There is a mature adult in the room and the world had a huge sigh of relief, that my friend is a paradigm shift in thinking and attitude, that we are seeing the end of PAX AMERICANA and the beginning of a Multipolar world (instead of China century because it defeat the purpose of China peaceful rise as it wishes to be different from America and the collective west).
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At least one of the Canadian Michaels were spies LOL. I remember growing up being brainwashed that China LIEs and the west was the truth. Reality is the opposite.
broadsword
Brigadier
Sadly, not just in your country. Many people, young and old, have that kind of notion.