Trapped in a groundswell of anti-China sentiment, US President Joe Biden’s team appears to be staying the course set by the previous administration. A better way would be for both sides to go back to basics – the economics and trade issues that have long anchored the US-China relationship.
Poisoned relationship.
There is more to it, however. A big reason for the Chinese sentiment other than the constant propaganda in the media and from politician is the precariousness of the middle class and the condition of the working class. "China" is used as a scapegoat to deflect from the consequences of neoliberal policy choices and institutional arrangements. ("Russia" on the other hand is used to feed what Ray McGovern calls the MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex.)
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Stephen S. Roach, a faculty member at Yale University, former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, and the author of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China.
A big reason for the Chinese sentiment other than the constant propaganda in the media and from politician is the precariousness of the middle class and the condition of the working class. Tom Hickey
ReplyDeleteYou can largely blame that on an unjust financial system. Otherwise, cheaper foreign goods and services would benefit nearly ALL citizens and not just rich ones.
But hey, an ethical finance system is Utopian thinking per Tom so I guess avoiding WW III is Utopian thinking too.
Got your bunker ready since you probably discount the Rapture too?