He made a mistake. India started blabbing about Made in India 2030 and the reception was largely positive but he forgot that China is feared and India is not. He did the same thing and got a positive result. All of China learned a lesson from that one but that is the past and now they every Chinese person's support. Blame game doesn't do anybody any good... except the opposing team.
Yeah, like I mentioned before. There is this deep lack of self-awareness that runs through Chinese people. This is why they very poorly represent themselves when interacting with foreigners, it's always very awkward. But in Xi's case, it was rather disastrous. China has a very poor image worldwide, a lot of that is due to intentional misrepresentation by the Western media, but at the same time, China is so awful at representing itself that even when it does, it's laughed at as obvious and ridiculous propaganda. Compare China's CGTN with Russia's RT for example, Russians are 1000x smarter than Chinese at media manipulation. Chinese are very socially stunted in comparison to many other cultures, it's a deep problem.
Well, China is a very new entrant onto the world economic stage. Chinese people are still starstruck by the prospect of having money so they think that anybody spending money should be treated like a god. Plus, it's natural that when you see droves of people from the opposing team learning and enjoying your society, you are uneasy. The former issue will get better with time, as China matures into a society that is no longer obsessed with just money but personal excellence. The latter will get worse, before it gets better after it settles to the Americans that they are now number 2 and it's no shame because there are 340 million Americans and 1.4 billion Chinese.
It's strange that most other Asians are far more sensitive when dealing with foreigners and able to connect in a better capacity than Chinese people. Most Chinese when they go to foreign countries are socially awkward and closed off, they just speak within themselves and cannot interact in a natural way with foreigners. That is why they are deeply disliked. I don't know if money will cure it. Many of the Chinese in Vancouver are millionaires yet they still act in a very socially awkward and unaware manner that makes them unlikeable. Whereas, people from the Philippines or Thailand are far poorer but are far more able to interact naturally with foreigners.
The bottom line is, if you are on course to be stronger than the US, you will be its enemy. If you do not threaten its throne, you will have its support. If Chiang's democratic China rose too fast, America would find a way to cripple it like it did Japan. It has nothing to do with ideology; America fears strength in a competitor so they will find every reason to hate it.
Absolutely. People in China need to realize that the US and Trump is out to destroy China's success, there is no point negotiating. China has a solid 1-2 years to rebuild Huawei's supply chains before this expands into an even more devastating attack against China's economy.
I don't want to be friends with people who act like that LOL. Is that the best outcome? I think the best outcome is when China breaks through all of America's tricks to contain it, then runs away with the number 1 prize never to look back. Then America will slowly accept being number 2 just like Britain has.
That would be the best case scenario for China, and really the only way China can escape being bullied by the US.