1) Over the past few months, the U.S.-China relationship has come across as "stabilizing." However, several things that have happened recently have made people smell a different smell. This Biden**, which has entered the "twilight period", is still quietly "ruthless" to China.
According to a comprehensive report by the United States, the following actions of the United States are worthy of vigilance:
Biden recently announced that he will take "unprecedented" restrictions on China's electric vehicles;
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo has been pushing for the introduction of the CHIPS Act2version 0, which aims to impose more restrictions on the development of China's chip industry;
Raimondo also said a few days ago that if the U.S. Congress agrees, she will seek to ban Chinese companies that access U.S. citizens' data from operating in the United States;
According to U.S. statistics, the bilateral ** volume between China and the United States will drop sharply by 17% in 2023, of which China's exports to the United States will drop by 20% and imports from the United States will drop by 4%. In this regard, Dai Qi, the representative of the United States, actually declared that this is not necessarily a bad thing, because it allows both the United States and China to diversify in terms of **;
The United States has recently stepped up pressure on China over the Russia-Ukraine conflict. There have been reports that China's three major state-owned banks are no longer processing remittance requests from sanctioned Russian companies and institutions for fear of U.S. sanctions. In the "Uncle Ming's Miscellaneous Talks" readership, some readers reported that receiving money from Russian partners through the Bank of China was blocked.
All the above signs show that while Biden seeks to stabilize the U.S.-China relationship from the technical level, his strategy and tactics toward China have not changed substantially. The United States still regards China as its biggest strategic competitor and is still seeking to contain and suppress China through various means, especially continuing to increase its suppression of China's scientific and technological progress and industrial upgrading. Judging from Dai Qi's words, Biden still hopes to promote the "decoupling" of the U.S.-China economy to a certain extent, so as to reduce dependence on China.
4) This situation is not surprising. From Trump to Biden, the US China strategy has long been finalized, and the vast majority of Chinese no longer have illusions about the United States. Everyone realizes that at this stage, there are no factors that can make the United States abandon its strategy of suppressing and containing China.
5) From this perspective, Biden's so-called efforts to stabilize U.S.-China relations are primarily based on the following purposes:
While containing and suppressing China, it is trying to stabilize China and prevent China-US relations from getting out of control;
Through consultations, we will find out China's "hole cards" and contain and suppress China in a more targeted manner;
American-style "strategic deception" against China.
6) A few months ago, it was suggested that in response to Biden's "two-faced" approach, China can only use "the two hands of the revolution to deal with the two hands of the counter-revolutionary". Next, the key is how to grasp the "degree" of struggle and cooperation in the specific scenario of the Sino-US game.
7) Biden is actually coming to an end. Judging from the current situation, it is very difficult for Biden to seek re-election, and we should not have any psychological burden on such a Biden who is in the "twilight period". First, don't think too much, thinking that if China cooperates with the United States, Biden will relax his containment and suppression of China; Second, don't think about it, for a Biden who has entered the "twilight period", there is no need to be too accommodating to it, and Americans, who have always believed in the principle of strength, do not understand the value of "accommodation" and "comity".
8) In response to Biden's ** saying one thing in his mouth and doing another in his hands, we just need to "exchange courtesies". It is time to condemn and condemn, to criticize and criticize, and to resolutely fight back when it is time to fight back. Some people may think that in order to "take care of the overall situation", we can endure and let go, which is actually something that is in Biden's hands.
9) In addition, it is still necessary to insist on "you hit yours, I hit mine". Biden has already grasped that China does not want to decouple from the United States, so he is now a little unscrupulous, sanctioning if he wants, and restricting if he wants. In this piece, can we find a few "pain points" in the United States and knock Biden hard from time to time. At the same time, on a global scale, choose other soft underbelly of the United States to fight back.
10) For a Biden who is likely to lose power in 8 months, we don't need to pay too much attention to it. No matter what promises it makes, or what "bad things" it does, it is valid for a limited time. Now the key is to lay out ahead for Trump's comeback. Compared with Biden, Trump will be more extreme on the issue of Sino-US relations on the one hand, and on the other hand, he will believe more in the "trade principle", so China needs to prepare enough chips to deter Trump or make deals.
The game between China and the United States is indeed a "protracted war", and we can only maintain a "normal mind" for the specific development of China-US relations.
Then let's continue to "throw away illusions, be good at fighting, keep the bottom line, and wait and see what happens".