How should the major powers of the US CIA's proposed establishment of a "China Mission Center" avoid the "Thucydides Trap"?

China's network on October 9 (reporter Li Zhi) the United States "New York Times" news, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plans to set up a separate "China Mission Center." The agency said two new mission centers to be set up — one will focus primarily on China and the other on emerging technologies, climate change and global health. CIA Director William Burns said the move would further strengthen the U.S. response to "the most important geopolitical threat of this century."

At a confirmation hearing in February, Burns made China a top priority. The article believes that these reflect the overall policy changes of the Biden administration's national security team. For the past 20 years, terrorism has dominated the work of the U.S. intelligence community. But from now on, the Biden administration will pay more attention to the new generation of "challenges and threats" facing the United States.

In recent years, with the significant improvement of China's comprehensive national strength and the increase of international influence, the US government has focused its attention on the East and gradually fell into the "Thucydides Trap". Many Western countries have followed suit, targeting a rising China. According to France Radio International, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg recently said on the so-called "China threat" that the current international competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and he is very concerned about China's economic and military strength, and even mentioned that Europe, the United States and allies must jointly deal with "challenges.".

As early as 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that "we should all work to avoid falling into the Thucydides trap". He pointed out that Western powers should abandon the dualistic concept of opposition and avoid creating conflicts, estrangement and confrontation in the world, resulting in both defeats and injuries, but should take the road of peace and common prosperity. However, as the world's only superpower, the United States is extremely defensive, often scrutinizing the development of other countries and continuing to work to maintain its hegemonic status. Since the time of the Trump administration, the United States has carried out a large-scale crackdown on China in the economic and trade fields. With the Biden administration in power, the U.S. business community is increasingly urging the government to do something about reducing business losses caused by political disagreement.

On October 6, local time, Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and Jack Sullivan, assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs, met in Zurich, Switzerland. This is the third time that the top level of China and the United States has met face-to-face since the Alaska Dialogue in March and the Tianjin Talks in July this year.

During the six-hour meeting, Yang Jiechi pointed out that whether China and the United States can handle their relations well has a bearing on the fundamental interests of the two countries and the two peoples and on the future and destiny of the world. The US side should deeply understand the mutually beneficial and win-win nature of bilateral relations and correctly understand China's domestic and foreign policies and strategic intentions. China opposes the use of "competition" to define Sino-US relations.

Reuters analysis said that "the meeting was constructive and frank. According to reports, senior government officials who have blown the news to the media in the United States even said that this is the "deepest dialogue" between US and Chinese officials since Biden took office. Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung commented that the Zurich meeting was seen as evidence that China was fulfilling its status as a responsible major country. After a period of show confrontation, the Biden administration had to show interest in a more pragmatic approach.

Although both sides and even the rest of the world can see that China and the United States, which are also permanent members of the UN Security Council, should avoid zero-sum games and resolutely put an end to falling into the "Thucydides trap". Only through cooperation and building a community with a shared future for mankind can we truly embark on the right path that benefits the future development of the world. However, some POLITICIANS IN the United States are still stubborn and try to copy the hegemonic approach of the 20th century and continue to promote the Cold War mentality. An article published by the Russian Satellite News Network pointed out that the establishment of the "China Mission Center" by the CIA of the United States may undermine the fragile Sino-US mutual trust. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular news conference about the CIA's announcement of the establishment of the "China Mission Center" that this is a typical expression of cold war mentality. The relevant departments of the US side should view China's development and Sino-US relations objectively and rationally, and stop doing things that harm the mutual trust and cooperation between China and the United States and the interests of China's sovereignty, security, and development.

Recently, There has been frequent communication between China and the United States, and there is international news that the two heads of state may meet. The Chinese side also responded to the possibility of a meeting between the two heads of state. Zhao Lijian pointed out at the news conference that the two heads of state agreed to continue to maintain regular contact through various means during the call on September 10. In order to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state on the phone call, Director Yang Jiechi and Assistant Sullivan discussed the video meeting between the two heads of state before the end of the year during the meeting.