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Admittedly, I'm not someone who is very knowledgeable on the subject, but that is not what I got from the article at all. My read on it was that the US needs to
by wheybags 5y ago
Admittedly, I'm not someone who is very knowledgeable on the subject, but that is not what I got from the article at all. My read on it was that the US needs to be more diplomatic instead of forceful, and try to reach some sensible cooperation with China. That doesn't strike me as doing nothing? Also, as a non American, the "we're not special" narrative does resonate with me. American rhetoric is so often full of implicit superiority complex that does make the rest of us grind our teeth a bit. (The phrase that comes to mind immediately is public figures talking about "American lives" when what they should be saying is "human lives", another is calling for example, a black Englishman "African American" when he is neither African nor American). It's something that I suspect normal Americans are sometimes blind to, because it is so ingrained in the culture.
- throw0101a 5y ago> My read on it was that the US needs to be more diplomatic instead of forceful, and try to reach some sensible cooperation with China. Cooperation is useful when both actors are acting in good faith, and where both actors want something that is acceptable or tolerable to the other side. What are the motivations and goals of the CCP? Are they tolerable to the US (and the rest of the world)? Should there be accommodation in letting them achieve those goals? See for example: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_So... Cooperation is also a two-way street: how cooperative has China/CCP been with COVID investigations?