Is there a better way to deal with our China dilemma?
For some years now, presidents and other leaders in Europe and Asia have grappled with the dilemmas of adapting to China’s role as a major economic power while also containing or thwarting its maneuvers for domination.
In the past two decades, much of the world, very much including the United States, has become deeply dependent on China for a vast swath of products and technologies. One positive side effect of the pandemic is that a growing number of business executives and political leaders are focused on the consequences of this dependence. In a recent, more than half of U.S. manufacturers have said they are at least planning to make changes to their supply chains as a result of the coronavirus.
The fear of a total cutoff is a bit alarmist: China needs foreign markets almost as much as the foreign markets need China. But Xi could brandish his dominance as leverage or intimidation in some future power clash. Or the supply chain could falter due to no one’s design. This may already be happening. The pandemic has forced the shutdown of some of the Chinese factories that make the pharmaceutical ingredients. As a result, thefears, the U.S.
Trump’s approach to China is wrong because he completely misreads the nature of Xi’s regime. In a paper published this week,, director for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, describes the relationship between Trump and Xi as “The Hydra vs. the Headless Horseman.” She writes:
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