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Rebuffing ‘might is right’: China seeking to score points at the US’ expense, but could it backfire?
Channel News Asia ^ | 08 Mar 2025 | Lee Gim Siong, Wong Woon Shin

Posted on 03/08/2025 11:34:42 AM PST by nickcarraway

Remarks by China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Mar 7 aim to portray the country as a responsible global player, contrasting with the US’ unilateral turn, say analysts. Whether Beijing is seen as walking the talk is the rub.

China’s latest pitch for major powers to rebuff a “might is right” approach and be globally responsible is carefully crafted to win over countries by portraying itself as a benign, international player, say analysts.

Observers note that Beijing could very well carve out some gains in the short run, especially as the United States under Donald Trump edges towards expansionism and unilateralism under its “America First” banner, isolating some of its closest allies. “In the current context, the messaging that China is trying to show is that … China is making active contributions, and this message of China shouldering its responsibility stands in contrast to the actions of another state,” analyst Hoo Tiang Boon from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) told CNA.

The associate professor at the School of Social Sciences added that it's easier for China now to sell this message when the US is now being accused of undermining the very order that it helped to create.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; China; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; communism; fakenews; redchina; tariffs; tds; trade

1 posted on 03/08/2025 11:34:42 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Might is always right.


2 posted on 03/08/2025 11:38:28 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

No one in the region who deals with China is so stupid as to think that China is a law abiding nation. What is actually going on is that China is desperately trying to find a way to parry Trump’s initiatives.


3 posted on 03/08/2025 11:49:14 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

No but liberals who eat cavier and drink the best champagne love China :)


4 posted on 03/08/2025 12:19:58 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: nickcarraway

“All power flows from the muzzel of a rifle”

~ Mao Zedong

(No relation to Fai Mao whose name means “Fat Cat”)


5 posted on 03/08/2025 12:46:24 PM PST by Fai Mao ( Democrats need to go to prison.)
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To: nickcarraway

No one mentions his remarks were centered on creating a harmonious peaceful world under communism.


6 posted on 03/08/2025 1:31:30 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

During the temporary shutdown of TikTok, so many liberal Americans moved over to Red Note from TikTok. Dramatically changed the most popular platform in China, and of course, these were all whining liberals that hate America.

The CCP, and the low information folks on Red Note believe everything that these liberals say as complete truth, as if it depicts how America really is. Much like if aliens were only to watch American mainstream news and decided that is how America is.

This type of propaganda, blitz by the CCP is partially driven from this point of view. Many of my friends in China have asked me about the validity of these points often, I had been on Red Note for years until all of this happened and then I deleted my account because of the sickening behavior of these American liberals.


7 posted on 03/08/2025 1:49:48 PM PST by datura (Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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