Something new is developing in the U.S.-China relationship, ex-Singapore diplomat says

The U.S. strategy of applying pressure on China has not worked, and the Biden administration is now trying to do something different by holding meetings with their Chinese counterparts, says Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the National University of Singapore's Asia Research Institute.

[hclau]

Blinken raises concern about China's Russian alignment - Let me quote a Chinese TV host "The USA wants China to align with the USA to destroy Russia, so that the USA and other Western countries can focus their efforts to destroy China after Russia is destroyed. How preposterous!"
Going by the USA oppressive actions against China NOW, isn't that obvious? I wished Wang Yi had asked that question to Blinken, in front of the Press.

[cchtah]

After all these provocations (HK, Taiwan, Xinjiang), unilateral trade sanctions, NATO expansion to asian countries to and constant defamation of China belt n road by the USA, what's left to salvage from that sort of toxic relationship?

[TommyBeaux]

The US is panicking. Blinken and Sullivan are running in circles. Weren’t these the two who were talking down to China a year ago at their first meeting?

[marktrinidad]

There are two things America doesn't like about China. China is growing as a peer competitorson the economy and technology and the other one is because its Asian.

[fakenews]

The problem with coming to any agreement with the Americans is they never stick to it . They will weasel their way out when it doesn’t turn out advantageous to them .

[PatrickVeira]

Does the US think China are fools. All the hindrances that they have imposed on China's takeover of semiconductor companies and what about the machines which Chin ordered from the Dutch? My aunt is Dutch and I used to have great respect for them being objective and upright but not after they stopped delivery to China on the orders of Uncle Sam

[ianthesiow]

The (USA) America calls it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question...


Instances of the United States "liberated" or overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government)

China 1949 to early 1960s
Albania 1949-53
East Germany 1950s
Iran 1953 *
Guatemala 1954 *
Costa Rica mid-1950s
Syria 1956-7
Egypt 1957
Indonesia 1957-8
British Guiana 1953-64 *
Iraq 1963 *
North Vietnam 1945-73
Cambodia 1955-70 *
Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 *
Ecuador 1960-63 *
Congo 1960 *
France 1965
Brazil 1962-64 *
Dominican Republic 1963 *
Cuba 1959 to present
Bolivia 1964 *
Indonesia 1965 *
Ghana 1966 *
Chile 1964-73 *
Greece 1967 *
Costa Rica 1970-71
Bolivia 1971 *
Australia 1973-75 *
Angola 1975, 1980s
Zaire 1975
Portugal 1974-76 *
Jamaica 1976-80 *
Seychelles 1979-81
Chad 1981-82 *
Grenada 1983 *
South Yemen 1982-84
Suriname 1982-84
Fiji 1987 *
Libya 1980s
Nicaragua 1981-90 *
Panama 1989 *
Bulgaria 1990 *
Albania 1991 *
Iraq 1991
Afghanistan 1980s *
Somalia 1993
Yugoslavia 1999-2000 *
Ecuador 2000 *
Afghanistan 2001 *
Venezuela 2002 *
Iraq 2003 *
Haiti 2004 *
Somalia 2007 to present
Honduras 2009 *
Libya 2011 *
Syria 2012
Ukraine 2014 *
2014 - 2022 - 6 countries yet to verify.
Pakistan 2022 *

[DexanLow]

For any meeting between the two countries to be conducive, meaningful and effective, the US must first remove the fear mentality from the brain, the animosities from the heart and the lies from the soul.
Anything less than these principles is a waste of time for China.

[GreenTeaViewer]

Blinken is a lightweight. Typical of the type of individual occupying high positions while an empire crumbles.

[nmew]

De dollarization should remain the top priority.

[nickl]

The question is "Why would China want to help in any way the chief shiit stirrer? It is in China strategic interest to see the US becomes a pariah of the world

[pohkhui]

US mentality, only 1 winner. Making sure the rest loser. No such thing as win-win.

[louisemann]

The most powerful weapon against wars and conflict is trade.

[steverob]

Do you honestly expect Joe Biden has the mettle and ability to have any meaningful conversation with the Chinese leader?

[myleswalsh]

America should be forever shunned on the world stage!

[mypetsworld]

Mr Kishore is a great intellectual and what he speak about US policy for China is correct however he did not explain the real cause of changing this policy in my view US realise that the friendship of China and Russia is a lethal for US, that's why US trying to separate both of them by offering reducing tariff and other benefits for China, but China is not a fool Nation they knows about the intention of US always back stabbed to their friend, maybe china benefiting this us policies of economics but to break up supermacy of US in the world China always stand with Russia

[alvinwong]

Boeing lost the purchase order of 292 planes from China to AirBus. And China still needs to purchase in total 8, 700 commercial planes in the next 20 years. Money is the king. A Chinese saying, " money can even make the ghost to grind your rice flour".

[limang-yong]

Mr Kishore Mahbubani is one of the most sharp, fair, rational, and neutral political commentators in the world. He is definitely not a ball carrier.

[MetaView]

Tariffs would work if there are alternatives to the products being targeted.
I can't believe the US lawmakers do not understand this fundamental logic.
eg. if you want to impose a tariff on Chinese solar panels, it is because you want people to buy American solar panels.
If there are no American solar panels, you must use the money collected from the tariff to help Americans build factories to make solar panels. If you do nothing, then the tariff would simply be a debilitating penalty to the consumers and the American economy.

[judithwyer]

This smells like classic Brzesinski, Kissingerian tactic of sweet talking China to break its now strong alliance with Russia. For over a century the strategic Anglo-American thinking has been to never allow these two large powers from coming together. BUT, the Ukraine war sanctions crazy policy against Russia has helped to strengthen Sino-Russian ties. Asia appears to forging its own future to the concern of the Anglo-Americans. Ukraine is a strategic disaster to quote Mearsheimer