Language : English 简体 繁體
Go

Search

简体 繁體

Foreign Policy Economy Environment Security Society & Culture Pacific Dialogue Magazine Videos
Media Report
February 07 , 2018
  • The New York Times：The Rise of China and the Fall of the 'Free Trade' Myth
    The New York Times reports: "'America first does not mean America alone,' President Trump declared last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This sudden burst of pragmatism from an avowed nationalist showed what a difference a year can make. Denouncing the "false song of globalism" during his presidential campaign, Trump, on his third full day in office, canceled the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a regional trade deal with Japan and 10 other countries. He then denounced Canada, Germany and South Korea for exporting more to the United States than they import. He promised to renegotiate trade pacts with Europe, Canada and Mexico and get a better deal for American workers. In Davos, however, he reached out with conciliatory words to the very free-trading and globalizing elites he has consistently maligned. Clearly, Trump's views on trade and globalization have evolved since his insurgent campaign. This may well be because of the rapid gains in the past year of a country he did not mention by name. In fact, Trump chose in Davos to affirm that "America is open for business" because it was in these same Alpine heights, three days before Trump was inaugurated as president, that China seized the opportunity to claim leadership of the global economy. With the United States seemingly in a protectionist crouch, China had become, despite all its problems, indispensable. "In a world marked by great uncertainty and volatility, the international community is looking to China," Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, said last year while introducing Xi Jinping."
  • The Washington Post：Stunning new pictures show the scope of Chinese building in the South China Sea
    The Washington Post reports: "Sometimes you've got to see it to truly believe it. And that is certainly true of a remarkable set of pictures published by a Philippine newspaper this week. For years now, we've read about Chinese land reclamation and building in the contested waters of the South China Sea — construction that's put Beijing at odds with many of its Asian neighbors, as well as the United States. In 2016, an international tribunal ruled that China's expansive maritime claims had no legal basis. But Beijing kept building, insisting, repeatedly, that it is all for civilian, not military, purposes. Few outside China buy that. Foreign experts, most notably the folks at the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, are left to scour grainy satellite images for proof. Finally, we have better pictures... "This is the most complete, detailed batch of aerial pics available of China's [South China Sea] military outposts," tweeted Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The pictures will not change China's position, nor are they likely to shape the U.S. response. But for those following the conflict from a distance, they provide a revealing glimpse at what's happening on these distant rocks and reef — and it sure doesn't look civilian."
  • The Nation：America First Actually Means China First
    The Nation comments: "In his State of the Union address, Donald Trump warned grimly of "rivals like China and Russia that challenge our interests, our economy, and our values." In response, he demanded that Congress give even more money to "our great military" and fund the growth and modernization of the US nuclear arsenal, making it "so strong and so powerful that it will deter any acts of aggression by any other nation or anyone else." And yet, in a near biblical performance in his first year in office, President Trump inadvertently rolled out a love-thy-enemy set of policies that only enhanced the roles of both of those challengers, favors never imagined by the Robert Mueller Russia investigation. It's hardly surprising, then, that last October in Beijing in his speech to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party, Chinese President Xi Jinping displayed the sort of confidence that befits a true rising power on planet Earth. With remarkable chutzpah, he anointed his country the leading global force on contemporary political, economic, and environmental issues by declaring, "It is time for us to take center stage in the world and to make a greater contribution to humankind." With the unintended help of Donald Trump, he could indeed make it so. Two months later in Washington, President Trump launched his National Security Strategy (NSS), an uninspired hodgepodge lacking in either vision or clarity. It did, however, return the United States to the Cold War era by identifying China and Russia as the two main challengers to its power, influence, and interests, though offering no serious thoughts about what to do on the subject... In reality, many of Trump's actions, statements, and tweets in the months before the release of that document provided Beijing and Moscow with further opportunities to extend their influence and power."
Calendar
News
Commentary
Back to Top
2024 China-United States Exchange Foundation. All rights reserved.