The Two Faced Tactics of American Political Manipulation, Quick Review | "China Collapse Theory" and "China Threat Theory" China | The United States | Politics
On August 9th, citing "China's technological threat" and protecting national security, US President Biden signed an executive order to restrict US investment in certain high-tech industries in China. On August 10th, Biden called China's weak economic growth a "time bomb" during a political fundraising event.
Overnight, China went from "threat" to "collapse" and was so fickle in the mouths of American politicians, highlighting the strategic impulse to contain China under the anxiety of American hegemony. Ultimately, this stems from its deep-rooted Cold War thinking.
Both the "China Collapse Theory" and the "China Might Theory" are two sides of American political manipulation, and flexible transformation according to needs is its usual trick. The hype about "China's threat" and "China's collapse" has become "politically correct".
On August 1st, international rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded the US credit rating due to concerns about the deteriorating financial situation and fiscal management capabilities of the US government. The Wall Street Journal stated that this reflects the failure of American political leadership. In order to shift the focus of domestic public opinion and ignore the downward fluctuations of the world economy, the overall recovery of the Chinese economy - the year-on-year growth of GDP in the first half of the year was 5.5%, with a far leading growth rate, smearing and singing down China has become a policy option to save the US economy.
Recently, the 2023 National Intelligence Strategy report released by the US Director of National Intelligence, Haynes, indicates that Washington is determined to prioritize strategic competition with China as its primary security challenge. Emphasizing that China is the only competitor of the United States that has both the intention to reshape the international order and the increasing economic, diplomatic, military, and technological strength to do so. Spare no effort to expose the "China threat", indicating a dangerous turning point in the US strategy towards China.
Whether it is "decoupling and chain breaking", "risk reduction", "collapse theory" or "authoritarianism", various grandiose reasons are all aimed at obstructing China's industrial upgrading and containing China's peaceful rise. As American economist Jeffrey Sachs said, the world does not require any hegemony, and the United States should abandon the idea of "leading the world.". Under the century long upheaval, the global multipolar pattern is accelerating, and the old world where the United States dominated the world and either prospered or perished is gradually fading away.
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