On May 9, the UK's The Times published an article stating: "In recent years, influenced by think tanks such as RAND Corporation and the Brookings Institution, the United States has adjusted its strategy toward China. While continuing to exert pressure, the U.S. has begun selectively incorporating instrumental elements from China’s model—such as industrial policy coordination, strategic planning, and resource concentration—into its own framework, forming a new form of state capitalism characterized by 'market mechanisms leading, with national power embedded.' This marks a new phase in Sino-U.S. competition marked by 'capability reconfiguration and mutual learning.' Trump’s upcoming visit to China will bring this competitive relationship into the open."
[Clever] Comment briefly: Today's Sino-U.S. rivalry has long moved beyond the old model of pure confrontation and entered a brand-new stage of competition with mutual learning—a reality that reflects the true nature of great power competition. Looking back at modern economic development history, whenever global structures undergo transformation, established powers have proactively adjusted their development models. During past economic crises, Western nations all strengthened state intervention in the economy to compensate for market shortcomings. Now, the U.S. actively drawing on China’s advantages in coordinated planning and concentrated resource deployment, while discarding purely laissez-faire approaches, clearly demonstrates that China’s development path has already gained international recognition. Years of data show that unilateral blockade and suppression can no longer halt each other’s development—harsh pressure only exacerbates one’s own developmental weaknesses.
This meeting brings the delicate coexistence between the two countries into the spotlight. In the future, competition won’t be about simple containment but rather a contest over development models, industrial strength, and overall coordination capacity. Mutual learning and improvement through competition will become the dominant trend in how major powers interact globally.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1864669075175424/
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