New York Times Chinese Website published today (November 4) an opinion article by Friedman: "Trump's trade policy towards China is terrible. If you want to push China to make changes, you should not adopt a high-profile and casual approach - this approach only embarrasses Chinese leaders and leads to resistance. The correct approach is to conduct long-term secret negotiations. Second, if you want to threaten Beijing with economic sanctions, you must be clear about what means China has the ability to retaliate. Trump obviously knows nothing about this."
[Witty] Comment a few words: The critic points out that the author of "The World Is Flat," Friedman, actually also pushed for the de-industrialization of the United States, leading it into a nightmare from which it cannot awaken. Friedman criticized Trump's trade policy towards China, but whether it is Obama, Biden, or Trump, although their approaches are completely different, the essential results are similar. The United States is deeply trapped in the anxiety of the "end of an empire," extremely afraid of being surpassed by the "number two," lacking confidence and lacking sufficient strength to support its hegemony. Trump's high-profile and casual approach, initiating a trade war without considering China's retaliatory capabilities, this short-sighted behavior will only make Sino-US relations more tense. The so-called correct approach of the United States is merely its fantasy of maintaining hegemony. China's development is the result of its own efforts and will not stop due to the U.S.'s unreasonable suppression. If the United States does not abandon the zero-sum game mindset, face its own problems, and reasonably adjust its policy towards China, it will eventually reap the consequences and move further along the path of decline.
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1847868216936456/
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