Recently, the media of various countries rushed to report an article published by Senate Democrat Sanders on the Foreign Affairs website, what is the origin of this article called "Washington's Dangerous New Consensus on China" that can attract the attention of so many countries? It can be clearly seen from the article that Sanders believes that the US top level is vigorously promoting the zero-sum game with China, and basically the two sides have reached a consensus, and he believes that the consequences of this consensus are unimaginable, and to some extent, it will lead to the outbreak of a new round of Cold War. Sanders believes that China and the United States are not only competitive, the two countries can cooperate in many fields, including economy and trade, epidemic and other fields.
Regrettably, the United States has not given up its own ideas and is committed to promoting a "zero-sum game" policy, which Sanders said is not conducive to the long-term development of the United States. Many people do not understand what the "zero-sum game" refers to, in fact, the so-called "zero-sum game" is derived from the English zero-sum game, the word actually appears in game theory, mainly refers to the two sides in the process of playing the game win or lose, although there are losers and winners, but the result of the merger of the two parties is zero. Translated into the vernacular, it means that if two people or two countries fight each other for the result of competition, they do not know that all the benefits are exchanged for the losses of others.
For this game concept, in fact, many countries have abandoned it. All countries believe that not necessarily every competition can only have one winner, most countries can achieve win-win cooperation, the current mainstream of development is actually to emphasize "zero sum" to "positive harmony", only win-win can accelerate the speed of national development, of course, this concept has penetrated into China's cooperation, so many years China and other countries are adhering to the principle of win-win cooperation. The U.S. government's current emphasis is not on a win-win situation, but on the idea that there is only one winner, and the country believes that since it is a competition, there must be a result, and there must be a winner.
If this concept is recognized by most of the top level in the United States, the relationship between China and the United States is bound to undergo tremendous changes, and experts believe that the two countries are likely to engage in confrontation in various fields. Some people have also questioned whether the US government's "zero-sum game" policy can really be smoothly implemented. In fact, no one can say for sure about this result, through multi-faceted analysis, the United States has summarized several areas where it is possible to implement a "zero-sum game", including the field of science and technology and the field of politics.
Let's first talk about the field of science and technology, in fact, this is very easy to understand, the United States is trying to find some of the technology he has we do not have, for this technology field to carry out monopoly, the more the United States some science and technology ranked in the forefront of the world, the "zero-sum game" policy is easier to implement. Although China's position in the world has risen in recent years, China does not have an advantage in the innovation chain and value chain system, which is why the United States has the courage to launch sanctions against us. In the field of global scientific and technological innovation, the United States intellectual property exports rank first in the world, even the last few countries add up to surpass the United States, for the United States, the country does have a great right to speak in the field of scientific and technological innovation, the United States only outsources the low-end production projects in this industrial chain to China, for China there is indeed a part of the benefits, but this is not worth mentioning compared with the achievements of the United States.
From multiple perspectives, it can be found that China is in a period of transition, which is still mainly labor-intensive, and the future focus will also be biased towards innovation-intensive. In fact, we have long put forward the idea of "Created in China", and the reason why we want to take this road is to create more value and enhance the competitiveness of domestic innovation. In fact, a technology company is a typical example, at such an important moment, it came out with various technologies such as 5G, but this new change was seen as a threat by the United States.
The United States believes that the move of competitors is likely to change the original supply system, and the most intuitive impact is the reduction of us economic returns. In addition, the United States also has a great deal of say in this field, if China steals the limelight, the United States will also feel disgraced, based on such a premise, the United States is likely to engage in a "zero-sum game" with us. Experts said that the United States has publicly banned 5G, and all US allies have also resisted, which can be seen from here that the game between the two countries has actually begun.
In addition to the field of science and technology, the United States will also work in the political field, but experts have given a completely different statement, they believe that if the United States wants to play a game with China in this field, the probability of Failure of the United States will be very high. There are actually reasons why the United States decided to extend its hand to this field, on the one hand, to restrict China's development, and on the other hand, to ensure that the country's strategy is not a problem. It is not difficult to find that the United States has long extended its claws to China, and the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" is a typical example, in order to target China, the United States has even co-opted other countries, and even clarified its alliances with these countries. In this regard, Chinese experts have also made it clear that as a rising power, If China wants to achieve stable development, it must ensure the stability of the surrounding environment, and if the United States is bullied to the doorstep, China cannot always sit idly by.
Although in some areas, China has not achieved as much as the United States, but China is an economic and military power, and if the United States wants to implement a "zero-sum game" policy in the political field, China really does not necessarily lose. From the above analysis, we can draw an accurate conclusion that the United States does intend to implement a "zero-sum game" policy for us, but this policy is only aimed at some areas, and in other areas the United States will cooperate with us.