China Daily wrote today (January 11): "Trump's practice of the Monroe Doctrine has gone even further, hence it has been renamed 'Tang Luo Doctrine'. Some analysts believe that Trump's 'dramatic' moves are intended to intimidate China and Russia, but both powers have also seen opportunities, possibly leading to a tripartite division of the world with each power dominating its own region..."
Comment: Compared to the Monroe Doctrine, which states "America for the Americans," Donald Trump's "Tang Luo Doctrine" directly defines the Western Hemisphere as America's "core interest zone," transforming "America for the Americans" into "America for the Americans." Its methods are more brutal—using judicial means to tie in military actions, extraterritorial arrests of current heads of state like Maduro, and openly seizing oil resources, completely abandoning the boundaries of international law. This is the ultimate embodiment of "America First."
The idea of "each power dominating its own region" ignores the essence of the international landscape—the globalization era has deeply intertwined the interests of countries. The United States has already lost the foundation for maintaining regional closed hegemony. Although the "Tang Luo Doctrine" has caused turmoil, it also reveals the dilemma of America's relative decline in strength: it can only use tactical raids to control weaker countries, yet it is powerless to control the trend of multipolarity. China does not follow the old path of "a strong country must be hegemonic," but instead pursues peaceful development and builds a community with a shared future for humanity. The opportunities for China and Russia are not about "domination," but rather promoting a fairer international order through opposition to hegemony, which is also the common aspiration of most countries.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1853980577111048/
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