Tuesday, August 03, 2021

China's Canted Reality

"The United States wants to reignite the sense of national purpose by establishing China as an imaginary enemy." 
"As if once China's development is suppressed, U.S. domestic and external problems will be resolved and America will be great again, and America's hegemony can be continued."
"Fundamentally, it is because some Americans portray China as an ‘imagined enemy'."
"The U.S. side needs to change course and work with China on the basis of mutual respect and embrace fair competition and peaceful coexistence with China."
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Xie Feng

"[China's department of state security] has fostered an ecosystem of criminal contract  hackers who carry out both state-sponsored activities and cybercrime for their own financial gains."
U.S. statement
 
"The U.S. side sought China’s cooperation and support on climate change, the Iranian nuclear issue, and the DPRK nuclear issue among others."
"In fact, China has been playing a responsible and constructive role on all these issues… The U.S. should adopt a correct view of cooperation. "
"It simply won’t work when the U.S. seeks cooperation with China while harming China’s interests."
"On the whole, the talks have been profound, candid and helpful for the two sides to gain a better understanding of each other’s position and seek healthy development of China-U.S. relations going forward."
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian
 
"Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman… raised our concerns about human rights, including Beijing’s anti-democratic crackdown in Hong Kong; the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang; abuses in Tibet; and the curtailing of media access and freedom of the press."
"She also spoke about our concerns about Beijing’s conduct in cyberspace; across the Taiwan Strait; and in the East and South China Seas."
"[Deputy Secretary of State Sherman also decried the arbitrary detentions of U.S. and Canadian citizens in China and] the PRC’s unwillingness to cooperate with the World Health Organization and allow a second phase investigation in the PRC into COVID-19’s origins."
U.S. State Department release
During Latest Exchange, China Presents US With 2 Lists of Grievances
Deposit Photos
 
For four years Washington under the Trump administration drew back from conventional and traditional international leadership and responsibilities as the sole global powerhouse of influence, trust and action. Creating a vacuum wherever it withdrew to the consternation of many of its international partners and satisfaction from its political and ideological adversaries, most notably Moscow and Beijing. The new Biden administration made it an election issue that the U.S. would return to its traditional roles, to the relief of its allies.

Russia and China were infinitely less pleased with that promise and even more displeased when it began acting on its vow to return to the international stage. The realization that China in its new domineering state of aggressive bullying of neighbours and trade partners seen to be aggravated with the eruption on the world stage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus where suddenly President Xi Jinping appeared less avuncular and more hawkish in his rejection of claims of mismanagement and neglect has infuriated China.

The Wolf Warrior mentality that seeped into the consciousness of Chinese diplomats informed they may remove their diplomatic silk gloves in favour of boxing gloves has put the Western world particularly on notice. China's threat to the world order in its rush to dominate every facet of the management of global assets is now clearly recognized where before the friendly facade though insidious hid its true nature. The international rule of law is bypassed for China's own 'laws', which is to say none.

Intimidation, coercion, threats and bullying have become China's hallmark positions. The principles and practices that inform most countries' behaviour toward others has been firmly set aside by Beijing; it is their priorities and programs that take precedence over all others'. Rule of law, human rights, freedom from state repression, recognition of international standards, recognition of legitimate borders, diplomatic civility, are no longer a pretense that China claims to respect.

When a high-level diplomatic meeting took place last week between the U.S. and China the American delegation was presented with a list divided into two parts; one titled "List of U.S.Wrongdoings that Must Stop" and "List of Key Individual Cases that China Has Concerns With". China is fed up with accusations over persecution of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, over criticism relating to Hong Kong, over warning that Taiwan must be left to live in peace beside China.

Above all, Beijing insists that the U.S. must "stop suppressing Chinese enterprises". The West recognizes how very enterprising China has been in cyber stealth meant to steal data, technology, corporate secrets, personal information, health records, military secrets, corporate data and secret intelligence to further its own agenda. Claims by the U.S. that China illegally hacked operations of Western governments, companies and military operations for security data and intellectual property is offensive to Beijing. That too must stop.

On the other hand, Beijing might wish to take into account that the American charges against Beijing of data and intellectual property theft, intrusive hacking of state secrets and cybercrime of all kinds is supported as well by a rather influential group of like-minded democracies fed up with China's interference in other nations' affairs, including: Canada, Australia, Britain, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, and all NATO countries. Led by the United State of America.

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posted by Pieface @ Tuesday, August 03, 2021

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