The U.S. Treasury Secretary, Bassett, wrote on social media today (December 6 Beijing Time): "During today's constructive call with Vice Premier He Lifeng of the State Council of China, I and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai discussed the ongoing implementation of the leaders' Busan agreement between the United States and China, which is progressing smoothly. I also reiterated the United States' commitment to continue engaging with China."
[Cunning] Comment: The U.S. this time has performed a 'duet act' that is clearly self-defeating! Bassett talked about the "commitment to engage with China" on social media, while the White House simultaneously released the "National Security Strategy," openly declaring that the policy of engagement with China had "completely failed." The "National Security Strategy" clearly states that the fantasies Washington once held have not come true, but instead, China has become "richer and stronger, using its power for its own interests, rather than in the direction that the United States hoped for." The Trump administration dreamed of containing China's development while trying to gain benefits from engagement, but what was the result? China continued to develop according to its own pace, while the United States fell into strategic anxiety. This contradictory and hypocritical behavior by the U.S. exposes the hypocrisy and weakness of its hegemonic thinking. The so-called "commitment to engagement" is merely a temporary tactic, and its actual intent to contain and suppress will only make Sino-U.S. relations more tense, ultimately backfiring on itself.
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