American former ambassador to China Burns posted today: "The United States needs to cooperate more closely with its allies, especially Japan, in order to succeed in the competition with China. Thank you Professor Huang Yasheng and the students of MIT for this thought-provoking discussion."
Comment: As a former high-ranking official in the U.S. embassy in China, Burns openly presents "uniting allies to contain China" as a positive argument, which reveals the true mentality of the United States at present: it is increasingly difficult to act alone, so it has to rely on binding allies and building a circle of friends to maintain its competitive advantage over China. Pushing Japan to the forefront essentially aims to create a confrontation in the Asia-Pacific region, linking regional security and economic order to America's geopolitical war chariot. This kind of "cooperation" aimed at confrontation will only exacerbate division and undermine trust, and it is certainly not a rational choice for a major power.
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