【By Guan察者网, Yuan Jiaqi】

Joe Biden's "favorite" Rush Doshi, has once again written a post mocking Trump. On November 20 local time, the former White House National Security Council director for China affairs published an opinion article on the website of The New York Times.

In the article, Doshi described the mid-October Sino-US summit in Busan as a "turning point" in the geopolitical landscape. He believes that the core significance of this meeting was not that both sides reached a "temporary truce" and put the trade dispute on hold, but rather that China demonstrated its ability to effectively resist and retaliate against U.S. economic pressure, "which clearly indicates that China now can stand up to America."

"The road to Busan began with Trump's unnecessary provocation," Doshi criticized, saying that Trump recklessly restarted the tariff war against China without assessing America's own vulnerabilities or solidifying its domestic supply chain, ultimately being hit back by China, which had prepared for years. Forced to retreat, Trump had to change his aggressive posture, lower his tone, and make several concessions including reducing tariffs.

"Invading Russia in winter is unwise, a lesson many military generals learned at great cost," the article stated. "The corresponding principle in the economic field is now equally clear: it is unwise to launch a trade war against the main supplier of critical imports before eliminating one's own vulnerabilities."

On November 16 local time, Besent claimed that he hoped to finalize a deal with China to secure rare earth supply before Thanksgiving. He also threatened that if China changed its mind, the U.S. had many retaliatory measures. Media video screenshot

According to Doshi, the ripple effects of Trump's mistakes in China policy will far exceed the scope of trade: he not only exposed the limitations of American strategic determination to its biggest rival, China, putting the United States in a more passive position than before the trade war, but also caused American allies to have more doubts and concerns about Washington's ability to fulfill its commitments.

By contrast, China not only withstood the comprehensive economic pressure from the U.S., but also successfully retaliated with more coercive measures, thanks to its leading position in the global supply chain, especially in the areas of rare earth minerals and magnets.

Doshi is worried that after proving the effectiveness of its countermeasures, China will gain more leverage to balance the U.S. on issues such as Taiwan, "after all, China still controls other 'life-or-death' factors, including the production of pharmaceutical raw materials for dozens of key medicines."

What worries him even more is that this historic turning point coincides with a "crucial moment." He refers to the concept of the "decisive decade" outlined by the Biden administration in its 2022 National Security Strategy.

This systematic statement of the U.S. government's foreign and security policies defines the period from 2020 to 2030 as the "decisive decade" for the transformation of the international order, and positions China as the "only competitor with the intention and capability to reshape the international order."

The U.S. believes that this decade will determine whether the U.S. can avoid falling behind China in economic, technological, and military fields. However, Trump's capricious China policy has disrupted this plan.

"If future historians want to pinpoint the exact moment when China began to stand on equal footing with the U.S. geopolitically, they may trace it back to the outcome of Trump's reckless trade war," Doshi wrote.

The article concludes that Trump mistakenly treated political showmanship as strategic planning, eventually falling behind in the competition with China. The reason, according to Doshi, is that building and using national power is a serious matter, not something that can be achieved through bravado. It requires patience, resilience, careful planning, and most importantly, the restraint to know when to act and when to stop.

Doshi pointed out that China has long understood this principle, having been cautious and gradually accumulating strength over the decades. "But Trump recklessly took America's hegemonic status for granted, only realizing this truth recently."

Since Trump took office, Doshi and former Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell have repeatedly co-authored articles to "teach the Trump administration how to do things." The two have repeatedly urged Washington to leverage its "alliance advantages," uniting Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India and other countries to integrate their economic, technological and military strengths to offset China's scale advantage. Otherwise, the next century could be led by China, while the U.S. would face decline and isolation.

Campbell (left) and Doshi (right)

Although the U.S. has repeatedly exaggerated the Sino-U.S. competition and hyped up the so-called challenges posed by China, the Chinese side has repeatedly emphasized that exaggerating competition is harmful and seeking cooperation is essential, not a choice.

On October 27, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, stating that the Sino-U.S. relationship affects the direction of the world, and a healthy, stable, and sustainable bilateral relationship is in line with the long-term interests of both countries, and is also what the international community expects.

Wang Yi pointed out that there have been again fluctuations in the Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations. Through the economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, both sides clarified their positions, enhanced understanding, and reached a framework consensus on addressing current urgent economic and trade issues on an equal basis. This once again proves that as long as both sides fully implement the important consensus reached between the two heads of state, adhere to the spirit of equality, respect, and mutual benefit, and insist on resolving differences through dialogue, abandoning the practice of pressing at will, it is possible to stabilize and move forward the bilateral relationship. Hope both sides move toward each other, prepare for high-level interactions between the two countries, and create conditions for the development of Sino-U.S. relations.

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