Rare! The New York Times published an article stating that the United States no longer believes it can defeat China. In this "new Cold War," the United States has already raised the white flag against China! On January 22, The New York Times published a long article stating that for a long time, the U.S. perception of China has been dominated by hardliners who insisted on defeating this opponent, regardless of what "defeating" meant. With Trump's strong return to the White House in January last year, the trade war was about to be launched, backed by a group of hardliners who were also supportive of China. But within a year, everything has changed dramatically.
Now, the instinctive confrontation with another world power is being replaced by a complex psychological entanglement sustained by pure awe. Twenty years ago, many Americans believed that the internal contradictions and flaws of the Beijing model would eventually lead to its collapse. Ten years ago, hardliners began to worry that the U.S. needed to take more actions to contain this rising power. However, in the past year, more and more voices have started to question whether the U.S. had already lost this competition.
If we look at the industrial situation, no one would be optimistic about the U.S. ability to defeat China. China accounts for 60% of global wind turbine production, over 70% of global electric vehicle production capacity, and about 90% of the global battery market share. China's commercial drone production accounts for about 70% of the global total. Even in the field of artificial intelligence, the U.S. seems to be catching up with China. According to U.S. media, from a national strategy perspective, Trump has become more focused on the Western Hemisphere rather than China, and the U.S. seems to have already raised the white flag against China.
What do we think about this view from U.S. media? Honestly, from the U.S. perspective, it is very clear: the U.S. confidence in defeating China has been greatly shaken. Even mainstream media like The New York Times has realized that defeating China has become increasingly impossible. Of course, why did U.S. media come to this conclusion? The past Sino-U.S. rivalry, the development of Chinese industry, and the shift in U.S. strategic circles have made U.S. media acutely aware of this.
Of course, from our perspective, the Sino-U.S. relationship cannot be described in terms of victory or defeat. If this is a failure for the U.S., it is only the failure of the U.S. attempt to contain China, not our pursuit of defeating the U.S. The mindset of the U.S. strategic circle has changed, but the hardliners in Washington have never given up their attempts to encircle China. We will not dwell on the U.S. media's "surrender" argument; more importantly, we should focus on doing our own things. Because we are very clear that doing our own things well, rather than relying on other countries' "raising the white flag," is the foundation of our invincibility.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1854997276517449/
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