China make a good and stable friend, but a very dangerous enemy indeed.
It has no interest in other than Trade partnerships.
It is interested in cultural exchanges but not Political partnerships.
Then, one might wonder what their agenda actually is and why could they possibly be dangerous. If all they want is trade and cultural exchange, they've already accomplished that. What else do they want or need?
It has no interest in, nor shares the western views on domestic laws nor Human rights.
Apparently not, although this is where Chinese policy and their overall agenda might be called into question. Their government has criticized US policy in the past (example:
Mao Zedong puts his own spin on race riots in America).
So, at some point, the Chinese government
did appear to care about human rights, but why they stopped doing that is anybody's guess.
it has a strong interest in Green and global warming issues. but as a country that has largely depended on Coal to drive its heavy industry, it is finding it difficult to reduce its carbon foot print. ( this is especially difficult since most of the west has relied on them (and India) for heavy industrial products)
That was the choice of the Western ruling elite, which was mainly driven by feelings of malice and spite towards the Western working class. They hated the fact that labor unions grew stronger and the standard of living was increased in the West, so they tried to find ways to stick it to them.
That's why I never really accepted the common explanations for why the U.S. was engaging in globalist policies and outsourcing. They said it would be better for America, but our current situation proves that just the opposite has happened. They should have just stuck to business, but instead, our ruling class chose to make it personal. Their blind hatred of America's working class clouded their judgment, as they demonstrated that they would rather do business with Chinese Communists than with American labor leaders.
Our country is in worse shape largely because short-sighted, egotistical narcissists among the ruling class would rather sell out to China than have to share their toys with other Americans.
The problem was never really China; the problem is within America's ruling class.
Since the Advent of Trump, the anti China brigade in the USA has dominated the political scene.
By attacking and banning Chines leading industrial HiTec companies. It has created the present atmosphere.
Trump got elected mainly due to the shift in blue collar voters in key states. The common people and workers in "flyover country" have recognized and sensed the scorn and derision coming from the ruling class, so when Trump offered an alternative (that any other candidate could have offered but didn't), a lot of people jumped on it.
Again, this isn't so much about China or that the US has an "anti China brigade," as much as it's a question about U.S. policies towards China and the ruling class which has supported those policies for decades. They've been bad for America, so why would American political and business leaders deliberately support policies which would be bad for America's working class? Why would they go out of their way to alienate whole sections of America?
This has split the loyalties of many western and neutral countries. China is generally seen as a better trading partner than the USA. It is only the dominant holdings of some critical patents by the USA, that has stopped a wholesale move to partnerships with China.
I'm not so sure that this is terribly important from a U.S. point of view. Our biggest problem right now is that we can't even sell American products to our own people. Our trade deficit is ridiculously lopsided, and this is hurting America's economy and causing the slow reduction in our standard of living that we've been seeing these past decades.
As for Western and neutral countries, how would they have split loyalties? If, as you say, China is not seeking any political partnerships, then there wouldn't be any basis for any other country to have loyalty to China - unless they're looking for some kind of alternative or counterweight to U.S. hegemony.
However in the long term the position is very different. as the present banning of the use of American technology patents and software. has forced China to massively increase it R&D in these fields.
There is little doubt at all, that China will dominate all these fields in the near future, reducing Americas influence in world trade even further.
Possibly, although I wouldn't count out other major powers at this point.
The only fields where american companies dominate the market place. is in social media Google, FB etc.
That's pretty sad, when you think of it. Listening to other people talk, even our social media is compromised and vulnerable to the antics of those darn Russians.
Again, America's current situation can only be blamed on Americans. We did this to ourselves.
I can't say that I blame China for acting in their own interests and improving their status in the world. But they are certainly better off now than they were 50-75 years ago. I also know that America's history with China has been less than stellar, particularly in the first half of the 20th century.
My only real concern about China today is whether they're truly just interested in "doing business," or if there is some underlying spite or desire for vengeance over things the West did to them 100-150 years ago.
China can not afford to Let the USA be in the position of switching, on and off, of entire Chinese industries over patent and software rights, as is happening now. It has been aware of this potential for many years and has encouraged its companies to fill these basic gaps. Were America to escalate to situation to defacto war. China would of course be free to confiscate and nationalise any technology that it needed. Just as the Western powers did with German technology and patent processes, during and after ww2.
I've heard some Americans claim that the Chinese have already done that, that they've essentially stolen US technology. I don't know if that's strictly true or not, but a large basis of the current US complaint against China is that they haven't been playing by the rules.
I guess what you're really saying here is that, overall, the Chinese are smarter and more tech savvy than Americans are. It echoes common complaints that Americans have gotten sloppy, lazy, soft, complacent, apathetic, and stupid. Our educational system is sub-standard. Our cities and infrastructure are crumbling. Where we once had factories and booming industries, there are boarded up strip malls and Walmarts (filled with items made in China).
During the recent tariff/trade war a while back, it astounded me that the people complaining the loudest about the repercussions were those who depended on exporting agricultural products. That, in and of itself, is quite revealing about just how vulnerable our economy has become and what we've been reduced to. Agricultural products are the only things we have left to sell, as if we've become some sort of third world backwater forced to depend on a few commodities rather than having a truly diversified economy. Well, that and anything we can mine. But we can't make anything anymore. We can't manufacture, and this is why China is poised to surpass us and leave us in the dust.
In that sense, I can kind of see how Americans might want to break free of this vicious cycle and slippery slope we're on. If this means cutting trade ties with China so that we can rebuild and update our own industrial and manufacturing base, that might be a good thing for America in the long run. We need to get out of this malaise and torpor and become productive again. We need to invest in education, which will lead to greater innovation and technological progress.
In this way, America is forcing the pace of Chinese Research and development, to the detriment of its own future world trade, and ability to compete.
Well, we've already been in that position for a long time now, but that's mainly due to incredibly bad, short-sighted leadership since at least 1980.
I'm not sure if it's going to be all biscuits and gravy for China either. They're facing problems of their own, internally. Even their neighbors really don't trust them that much, and they still appear more willing to deal with the West as an alternative to falling under the thumb of China.
