Posted on 10/13/2017 7:03:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
China is not America’s enemy or competitor or whatever name the US anti-China crowd labels it with. It is not challenging US global supremacy or stealing its jobs, as many in America claim. On the contrary, the Chinese and US economies are increasingly intertwined, becoming each other’s largest trade partners and major investors.
What’s more, a large number of US states (such as Iowa) and cities (Los Angeles) are dependent on the Chinese market and investment to sustain economic growth.
The two countries are also cooperative in geopolitics, working together to defuse the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, holding frequent high-level dialogues to pre-empt potential conflicts and reaching an agreement on climate change.
Every US president since Richard Nixon has recognized the importance of the US-China relationship, doing what they could to prevent it from being derailed by an anti-China Congress, media and pundits. Donald Trump, though he castigated China before and immediately after being elected president, has made a U-turn on his anti-China rhetoric.
High-level dialogues
To prevent future conflicts in areas where their national interests collide, the two countries have set up mechanisms since George W Bush’s presidency. His successor, Barack Obama, upgraded the dialogues, establishing the Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Trump went further, raising the S&ED to four high-level talks – comprehensive economics, diplomatic and security, law enforcement and cybersecurity, and social and culture – at a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, in early April.....
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China and Russia are strongly nationalist, but recognize that they need to be players in the global economy. Those two, plus the USA (if we could pull our Progressives’ heads out of their asses), should rule the economic world. This is why I voted for Trump’s nationalism, because a nation can’t be great unless it believes that it is exceptional.
They only intend to compete with the USA, and crush it.
China had to be coerced into giving up its North Korean wild card - which still hasn't been completely cleaned up yet.
Moak is huge on globalism. And the NYT likes the Asia Times too much.
The enemy always puts out the “we’re your friend” propaganda.
“The United States of America has made China “Great Again”.
In return we lost in almost every segment of manufacturing and jobs. We lost!
One has to be blind not to see this!
China turns American movies to junk staus. Foriegn ownership of some domestic entities is bad eg hotels, mosques, movies, main bank, & donors.
China is a communist dictatorship and their “president” is in no way elected.
We lost first to the Japanese in both segments. I was there. Ever hear the saying: "Jap crap?"
Hey Ken, when one country has a $300 BILLION surplus with the other it’s NOT a partnership, it’s TAKING ADVANTAGE. It sounds so good at the strategic level with what you write but there are REAL people in America who are flailing around with no hope who were doing those jobs before. The message of the last election is that Americans ARE willing to pay more for goods to keep their fellow Americans employed. That ship has sailed.
The Japanese cars weren’t crap . . . screwing up the domestic auto market was the companies and the union’s fault, not the Japanese. And at least they moved a lot of manufacturing here after a while when the trade deficit got too big for the size of the economy in the 90’s. I don’t see any push by the Chinese to imitate that move.
I drive a beautiful BRG Mazda Miata. I didn't make up the "Jap crap" saying, nor have I ever believed it. My granddaughters love my car, especially when I take them shopping!
“The two countries are also cooperative in geopolitics, working together to defuse the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue...”
Ha! The “Korean Peninsula nuclear issue” only exists because China props up the commie Nork puppet regime and protects them against America.
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