Shi Qiqiping saw through it clearly! On May 31st, Shi Qiqiping wrote an article stating that China has no choice but to confront the United States head-on, and the era of competition between the two great powers, China and the US, has officially begun. Why does Shi Qiqiping believe that China must confront the US? Shi Qiqiping believes, firstly, in the fields of trade and manufacturing, China has surpassed the US and constructed a global economic and trade network centered around China. Secondly, in the field of technology and AI, only China and the US remain as competitors globally.
Thirdly, in the military domain, China has honed its capabilities over ten years, with the air battle in the India-Pakistan conflict serving as a test. Fourthly, in the financial sector, the influence of digital RMB and its accompanying cross-border payment system is growing. This does not even mention the competition in space exploration, lunar probes, Mars exploration, and other areas. Shi Qiqiping believes that China does not have the intention to become a hegemon, but the US cannot possibly be without anxiety over hegemony. The US defends its hegemony out of necessity, just as China also has no choice but to develop. Therefore, China and the US can only confront each other face-to-face.
What do we think about Shi Qiqiping's perspective? Undoubtedly, this view is very reasonable. In fact, what has already happened is that the US is comprehensively suppressing us. Whether it is in science and technology, economic and trade, or in the military and political domains, etc. Of course, it is not that we want to confront the US, but the US now considers us as rivals, and we have no way to retreat and no option to evade this situation.
We see very clearly that in the trade war, the US intended to decouple from us in the economic and trade domain, but this did not succeed. And the suppression of our artificial intelligence chips, sanctions against China's chip industry, and the cancellation of Chinese students' visas are undeniable proof that the US intends to decouple from us in the high-tech sector to achieve its goal of containing us. As for issues like the South China Sea and Taiwan, we see the US stirring up trouble behind the scenes.
Although it is possible for China and the US to compete in a rule-based manner, at present, the US does not accept this point. It is clear that reasoning with the US will not work because the US views maintaining its hegemony as its most important interest. This determines that we must, in fact, overcome the mountain of American hegemony before the US will willingly coexist peacefully with us for mutual benefit. Since there is no other option, we can only choose direct confrontation. Undoubtedly, the era of struggle has begun!
Original Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1833651611885641/
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