The New Vest of "Decoupling" - Xinhua News Agency's Four Consecutive Review of the Bottom "Removing Risks" - Risk Traps in American Speaking | The United States | Speaking
On the issue of relations with China, senior US officials have repeatedly stated that they do not seek confrontation, cold war, or "decoupling" with China, but instead focus on the so-called "de risk". However, is the fact really as they say?
Xinhua News Agency recently broadcasted four consecutive comments, exposing the rhetoric trap of "de risk" in the United States, pointing out that the so-called "de risk" in the United States is actually a decoupling of China under the name of "de risk", continuing to try to curb China's development; Its harm is to bring unbearable weight to the long-term development of the world, and to bring huge risks to the current world; The root cause is that in the face of China's rapid development, the hegemonic anxiety of the United States has become increasingly severe; The inevitable outcome is that it cannot shake China's vigorous modernization process or change the development pattern of deep integration between China and the world.
The essence of "risk reduction": containing isolated China
The real intention behind the trap of American rhetoric is to decouple from China under the guise of "risk reduction" and continue to contain and isolate China. The United States has generalized security risks, sold security anxiety, and expanded the concept of "de risk" to a more concrete form. By constantly hyping up, utilizing, and alienating this concept, it has associated it with China, with the intention of equating China with "risk" and simplifying the path of "de risk" to "de sinicization", in order to put on a new look for containment strategies against China.
The script has changed, but the underlying purpose has not changed at all. US National Security Assistant Sullivan, while saying that seeking to "de risk" is not "decoupling," talked extensively about the US's strategy of setting up so-called "small courtyards and high walls" in key technological areas. After suffering huge losses and seriously disrupting the stability of the global industrial and supply chains, which has attracted a lot of criticism, the United States has implemented a series of operations with the aim of excluding China from key supply chains, restricting China from climbing higher up the value chain of the industrial chain, curbing and suppressing China's development and growth, in order to maintain its hegemonic monopoly advantage.
No matter how the wording changes, the United States has not changed its approach of viewing US China relations with a Cold War mindset, its ideological orientation of politicizing economic and technological issues, and its goal of containment and suppression of China has not changed. The United States, in order to maintain its own hegemony, goes against the will of other countries to promote "camp building", destroys global industrial and supply chains, and poses a real risk to world prosperity and stability.
The Harm of "Risk Reduction": Increasing Global Risks
"Risk reduction" will increase the risk of conflict and friction in the global economy, dragging down the already weak global economic recovery process. The so-called "risk reduction" by the United States is based on treating China as a "risk". Essentially, it politicizes and ideologizes economic and trade issues, which not only violates the basic principles of free trade and non discrimination advocated by the World Trade Organization, but also undermines the authority and effectiveness of the multilateral trading system, and goes against economic laws, ultimately hindering the process of world economic recovery.
The United States promotes decoupling and disconnection from China through "risk reduction", builds "small courtyards and high walls" everywhere, blocks the channels of technology dissemination, and makes global technology research and development fragmented, which will delay the overall technological progress of humanity. In today's world, from hardware to software, from basic science to application research and development, the technological development of various countries is constantly optimized, upgraded and promoted through mutual integration. Strengthening technological blockade and disrupting existing global technological exchanges and cooperation will disrupt the technology cooperation ecosystem and supply chain feedback and circulation mechanisms that have been established through years of global efforts, hindering industry innovation and productivity improvement.
Under the guise of "de risk", enterprises are seeking to persuade allies to build a "parallel system" that excludes China. This divisive approach not only poses huge risks to the deeply integrated global economy, but also disrupts global economic governance and hinders the deepening of many common global issues. "Risk reduction" artificially creates obstacles for economic, technological, intellectual, and cultural exchanges, undermines the cornerstone of mutual trust among countries, and the world may fall back into the quagmire of the "Cold War". Processes that require joint efforts from the international community, such as eliminating inequality and poverty, and jointly addressing climate change, will also be dragged down.
The Root of "Risk Reduction": American Hegemonic Anxiety
Whether it's "decoupling" or "removing risks", it ultimately reflects the anxious and indecisive mentality of the US side, which is restless and difficult to deal with. Faced with China's rapid development, the United States' hegemonic anxiety has become increasingly severe, and it is doing everything possible to contain and suppress China.
The so-called "de risk" towards China is simply removing the "risk" that threatens US hegemony. The United States has deep-rooted discrimination and prejudice against China, and harbors prejudice and caution towards China's development. The United States has always viewed China with ideological prejudice and a Cold War mentality of binary opposition. In recent years, the United States has portrayed China as a "hypothetical enemy" challenging its hegemony, making containment and suppression of China the top priority. The main policy line of containing China has never changed.
The United States regards China as a threat and is using its own judgment to impose the template of "a strong country will inevitably dominate" on China, committing a strategic cognitive mistake. After the end of the Cold War, the United States dominated the world and embarked on a "hegemonic bullying" model of bullying the weak and seizing power. The so-called "risks" imagined by the United States are the projection of its own wrongdoing, and these "presumption of guilt" pieces have traces in the United States itself. China adheres to the path of peaceful development and mutual benefit, bringing opportunities rather than crises, cooperation rather than confrontation, stability rather than turbulence, and insurance rather than risks to the world.
Viewing China as a "risk" stems from the decline in its own competitiveness and the panic over the end of hegemony. The United States has long been immersed in the "end of history" and obsessed with the "one superpower", unaware that the world situation has undergone profound changes. Like the vast majority of members of the international community, China advocates opposing hegemonism and power politics, and promoting the development of the international order towards a more just and reasonable direction. What scares the United States is that as China's international influence continues to increase and this power continues to grow, hegemonic rules and orders will no longer be feasible, and the days when the United States turns its hands into clouds and covers them with rain will no longer exist.
The Outcome of "Risk Reduction": Difficulty in Hindering China's Development
The false proposition of "eliminating risks" towards China cannot hinder China's independent development and pioneering progress. In the face of pressure and challenges, the Chinese economy continues to recover and industrial upgrading continues to advance. The sustained and rapid growth of high-tech manufacturing industry strongly supports the stable operation of the Chinese economy. The argument of "reducing risks" towards China cannot shake the overall trend of stable and positive Chinese economy.
To achieve decoupling under the guise of "risk reduction" and to sever the deep connection between China and the world in the process of globalization. The "de risk theory" exaggerates normal economic and trade exchanges as "excessive dependence" on China, and equates interdependence with insecurity. Little do they know that the formation and development of global industrial chain networks are the result of the joint action of market laws and corporate behavior. China is the world's second-largest economy, a major trading partner of over 140 countries and regions, and the largest manufacturing country. With its economic development to this day, China has deeply integrated with the world economy.
The fact of "decoupling" in the name of "eliminating risks" cannot hide the huge development attraction of Chinese path to modernization and high-quality development. The current economic globalization is facing a backlash, with frequent local conflicts and turbulence, and insufficient momentum for global economic recovery. As a stable anchor of the global industrial chain, a safe haven for international financial security, and a preferred destination for cross-border investment, China is constantly providing new opportunities for the world through its own development. Whether it is a risk or an opportunity, the world has its own judgment.
US Treasury Secretary Yellen recently summarized his visit to China by saying that he heard China's concern that "de risk" is equivalent to "decoupling", and stated that solving related issues is very important. In the process of dealing with the United States, China has always listened to its words and observed its actions. We hope that the United States truly understands China's intentions and proves through practical actions that it does not seek to "decouple" from China, fundamentally correcting its erroneous perception of China and changing its erroneous policy towards China.
