January 19, 2022, is the first anniversary of THE appointment of US President Joe Biden. This year, although Biden has chosen a different or even opposite path from his predecessor, President Trump, on many domestic and international issues, his China strategy has been largely reserved.
On Jan. 19, Chuck Robbins, chief executive of Cisco, a multinational network services company, said of the new year's U.S.-China relationship that the United States needs to find a "path of coexistence" with China.
Rojok (right) gives an online interview from Bloomberg
According to Bloomberg reported on January 19, Rojok gave an online interview on the same day to look forward to the technological trends in the new year. On the issue of U.S.-China relations, he admitted as a ceo of a technology company: "It is extremely important for us to find a 'path of coexistence'. Although people have different views on the competition between China and the United States, it is very important for the global economy and the world to reach some consensus, and it is hoped that the government can continue to take this approach. ”
Bloomberg said that over the past year, U.S.-China relations have been worrying. The Biden administration postponed the release of a new China strategy scheduled for the end of last year, nor did it remove tariffs imposed on China during the Trump administration. From Hong Kong, Xinjiang to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Biden administration has continuously "created" one anti-China "hot spot" after another.
However, Bloomberg noted that the two countries remain important trading partners. In 2021, China's trade surplus with the United States reached record levels, in part because the epidemic has boosted U.S. demand for Chinese goods.
Observer Network noted that Rozog advocated "Coexistence between China and the United States" last year. Commenting on the Biden administration's China strategy on CNBC in March, he said: "I think all sides will try to find a solution, and the United States will work closely with allies around the world." If China and the United States really understand how we can coexist and how to cooperate effectively around the world, this is in the best interests of China and the United States. ”
Rojok also commented at the time: "I think this administration is aware of this. ”
The latest annual report of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Committee, a member of the U.S. Congress, released on November 17 last year, said that U.S. Policy toward China has remained remarkably consistent from the outgoing Trump administration to the new Biden administration. Like senior officials in the Trump administration, senior officials in the Biden administration have described China as America's "most important geopolitical challenge" in the 21st century.
Zhao Suisheng, a professor at the University of Denver's Bell School of International Relations and director of the U.S.-China Cooperation Center, put forward a different point of view. He believes that Biden's China policy "largely continues Trump's tough style", but since Trump took office, democracy has "become a weakness of the United States", and the United States is no longer a "beacon of democracy" in the world; the recent withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and other issues have highlighted that the United States "has been questioned at home and abroad in terms of credibility and ability", and it is bound to be difficult to build common values and interests with allies. In his view, although Biden "knows that a comprehensive resistance to China is not practical" at present, due to the constraints of domestic public opinion and other priority issues, his China policy has not yet seen consistency, and it can even be said that "there is no China policy."
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