Recently, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed her views on the current situation in a speechU.S.-China relationsunderstanding and expectations for the future. Yellen noted that the United States does not seek to resolve all differences, nor can it avoid all shocks, because it is unrealistic. On the contrary, the United States wants to be able to:U.S.-China relationsto establish more persistent lines of communication in order to resolve issues. She also said that the United States does not want to "decouple" from China and wants to push the two sides to accelerate the pace of cooperation in areas such as climate change and financial markets. This indicatesUnited States**It is desirable to manage purposefully, prudently, and responsiblyU.S.-China relations
However, unlike Yellen's statement,U.S. Ambassador to ChinaIn response to a question about the renewal of the U.S.-China science and technology cooperation agreement, Burns said that "the Chinese are not our enemies, and no one in their right mind should want the relationship between the two countries to end in conflict or war." Although Burns said yesU.S.-China relationsThe future is not promising, but he is still hopeful. Burns's statement contrasts sharply with Yellen's, both of which representUnited States**attitude. Burns emphasized the hope and vision of maintaining a solution and avoiding conflict, while Yellen seems to have a showdown in the tone of Biden, hoping to set the negotiating table as soon as possible, so that it will not be out of control when the conflict arises. At the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the US-China National Committee, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng also pointed to the key to the Sino-US contradiction in his speech. Xie Feng stressed that the United States has constantly interfered with the two countries with political anti-China tendenciesEconomyexchanges, exaggerating the "China threat", clamoring for chip supply cuts, lengthening the sanctions list, and even demanding that a Chinese-funded agricultural enterprise that has been operating in the United States for many years give up land and assets. This is incredible. Xie Feng pointed out that on the one hand, the United States emphasizes maintaining the sustained development of economic and trade relations with China, but on the other hand, it deviates from the law of the free marketEconomyPoliticize interactions and increase intervention to achieve political goals. He believes that the United States is in order to maintain hegemony and resist ChinaEconomyThe infiltration-oriented approach has already imbalanced the interests of both sides, and this model of repeated pulling, competition and conflict avoidance is unsustainable.
In the current situation, there is a fundamental contradiction between China and the United States. In order to maintain its hegemonic position and to adhere to the extremely extreme ideological confrontation thinking, the United States has begun to put the followingEconomypoliticization of activities and increased political repression in China. However, such an approach by the United States often runs counter to the laws of the free market and undermines the very foundation of which the United States has always been proud. EconomyHollowingEconomyBubbles and diplomatic hegemony have left the United States facing the challenge of coming from ChinaEconomyand tremendous pressure in the tech sector. In order to maintain their hegemony and rightInternationalThe leadership of the order, the United States seems to have only political repression as a means and the Chinese oneEconomydevelopment is regarded as ".Economyinfiltration".
However, this US model of repeatedly pulling and competing to avoid conflict is no longer a means of strategy toward China, but a model. This model can achieve a balanced relationship under the confrontational pattern, and at the same time, it can also beEconomyGamblingWhen you are weak, it can be used as a bargaining chip to recover your disadvantage. However, this model is risky, and it is a gamble that China will be able to fool the past every time a problem arises if there is no major change in China's diplomatic strategy toward the United States. But there is a bottom line to China's patience, and the global influence and balance of power between China and the United States are constantly changing. One of the reasons why the United States is currently able to bargain with China is that China has always pursued a peaceful diplomatic strategy toward the United States, and the other is that the United States is the world's sole superpower. However, once the United States breaks through China's bottom line, when the United States' hegemony completely collapses and its allies turn its back, will the United States still have the qualifications and confidence to say that "conflicts and differences are inevitable"?
U.S. Ambassador to ChinaBurns believes that Yellen's planned second round of visits to China is very necessary. He believes that if Yellen can visit China many times, learn more about China like Burns, and clearly see that it is important to maintain peace, maintain exchanges, and give up repressionU.S.-China relationsThe right path to development, then for the solutionU.S.-China relationsThe fundamental contradiction would be very helpful. Burns' views emphasize the importance of peace and cooperation, in stark contrast to Yellen's hard-line stance. United States**Now it seems that only the laws of the market are powerless to stop China's presenceEconomyand developments in the field of science and technology. In order to maintain their hegemony and rightInternationalThe leadership of the order, the political repression measures taken by the United States seem to be its only option.
However, this model of repeated tugging, competition and conflict avoidance is unsustainable. The U.S. needs to find more sustainable ways to do soU.S.-China relationsdevelopment. This can only be achieved through dialogue and consultation, based on peace and cooperationU.S.-China relationslong-term stability. China and the United States should strive to maintain communication and cooperation and avoid compromiseEconomyThe activities were politicized so as not to provoke more serious conflicts. After all, conflict and war are always the worst option. Both sides are inEconomyContradictory friction is acceptable, but once it willEconomyThe politicization of the event pushed the table into an unmanageable situation.
In short, for nowU.S.-China relationsWe are faced with fundamental contradictions and major challenges. The current political repression measures in the United States may bring short-term benefits, but they are not sustainable. In order to achieveU.S.-China relationsThe two sides need to work together to resolve differences through dialogue and consultation on the basis of peace and cooperation, and to avoid compromiseEconomyPoliticization of activities. The people of China and the United States should realize that they are not enemies, but partners who can cooperate. This can only be achieved through mutual understanding, respect and cooperationU.S.-China relationslong-term stability and shared prosperity.