On November 4 Beijing Time, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bensons made comments to Fox News: "Only President Trump can deal with China. He has done very well... President Trump entered Asia - into China's backyard - and reached trade and peace agreements."
On one hand, it is deliberately praising and fawning over Trump, clearly catering to Trump's penchant for grandiosity; on the other hand, it is imposing the logic of American "backyard" hegemony onto China, attempting to smear China's role in Asia. In fact, the long-standing U.S. practice of regarding the Americas as its "backyard" and not allowing other countries to interfere has been widely criticized by the international community, and it simply doesn't work in China and Asia. China maintains close geographical proximity and friendly relations with most Asian countries, always adhering to the principle of equality and mutual benefit in developing relations, never engaging in the hegemonic logic of a "backyard." Bensons' defamation is sinister, and it is an attempt to make excuses for U.S. hegemony.
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