The Washington Post: For the United States, confronting and suppressing China will be a disaster

On the 11th local time, the Washington Post published an article entitled "Before it is too late, we need to have a broad, cross-party discussion on how to deal with China". Columnist Katrina van den Hoyville argues that the United States needs to urgently assess where it is headed before it can plunge further into a new Cold War. In the face of catastrophic climate change and a global pandemic, what the United States needs is more international cooperation. Blind confrontation, suppression of China and obstruction of Sino-US exchanges will be a disaster.

The article began by pointing out that in recent times, the US government has frequently attacked China, making belligerent and Cold War-minded remarks, including suppressing Chinese companies, trying to "decouple" from the Chinese economy, and "throwing the pot" of responsibility for the epidemic to China. Candidates from both parties in the U.S. election have also frequently brought China with them when they accuse each other. In Hoyville's view, the untimely and exaggerated remarks of the US side are worrying.

"Some tensions in the U.S.-China relationship are inevitable as China is growing rapidly, and the long-dominant United States sees itself as constrained by a recession and overextendation." Hoyville mentioned that China is currently showing its growing strength and confidence at home and abroad. At the same time, the United States is mired in endless conflicts abroad, under pressure from international defense commitments and aging infrastructure, and weakens national capacities. However, Hoyville believes that in the anti-China foreign policy of the United States, the most worrying thing is not the outdated remarks of the United States or the exaggeration of the Chinese threat, but the so-called victorious mentality of the foreign policy teams of the two parties to promote the new Cold War rhetoric. They think China "can be conquered," but in fact that is a false assumption.

"The assumption made by U.S. politicians that U.S. allies are happy to follow U.S. leadership grossly underestimates China's economic ties to countries around the world." Before it can further sink into a new Cold War at home and abroad, the United States needs to urgently assess its direction. Hoyville explained that the biggest threat to U.S. security first and foremost is catastrophic climate change, and that only by working with China can it be meaningfully addressed. Similarly, if the global pandemic is taken at a holistic level, it becomes clear that this catastrophe requires greater international cooperation and vigilance.

"It is crucial for the United States to have a broad discussion to explore reasonable engagement with China and find alternatives to a new Cold War mentality," the article notes, noting that China is not trying to impose its model on the world and has not established military alliances. China's model appeals not because of ideology, but because it has succeeded in lifting its own people out of poverty.

The author concludes by pointing out that the U.S. military and its industrial alliances are already developing strategies to counter China by expanding their armaments. The U.S. government has cracked down on Chinese technology companies, cut Chinese investment in the United States, and even cut off access for Chinese students and scholars to study in the United States. But all this is not the secret of success, but a disaster. (Overseas Network Zhang Ni)

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