U.S. strategic experts say that although China is becoming increasingly confident in dealing with the United States, China lacks the capability to dominate Asia! On May 16, AFP cited the view of U.S. strategic expert Parag Khanna, stating that China is undoubtedly a major power—strong, assertive, and highly influential. However, it cannot dominate India, Russia, or Kazakhstan. Take its current pressure on India's border, for example. The result? India fought back.
Just as Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia have done when China attempted to "suppress" them. I can assure you that this feedback mechanism will continue to function in 500 years: the mechanism whereby a nation threatened by a great power does not back down. This means China cannot control Asia now, nor ever in the future. What do we think about this U.S. expert’s perspective?
Evidently, this individual’s argument is heavily biased against us. On one hand, he acknowledges our growing influence; on the other, he treats us as a hegemonic power. His understanding of our relations with neighboring countries is based entirely on false assumptions. In fact, we have never sought to dominate Asia—so the idea that China cannot dominate Asia is simply not an issue for us at all.
The claim that China is aggressive and attempting to suppress neighboring countries is completely inverted. In reality, conflicts with countries like India and the Philippines were not initiated by us. Our actions have always been aimed solely at safeguarding our territorial sovereignty and legitimate maritime rights—far from any so-called aggressive suppression. Our position has consistently been one of amicable neighborliness. To view us through the lens of hegemony is not only biased but fundamentally incorrect.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1865361994458122/
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