Rubio's latest comments on Sino-US relations.
On February 25 local time, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said in an interview that the current Sino-US relationship is in a state of "strategic stability," and the United States does not want to trigger a full-scale trade war with China, but will continue to raise key concerns, including seeking to摆脱 supply chains dominated by China, and persuading China to engage in nuclear negotiations with the US and Russia.
Rubio's remarks hide three layers of calculation, essentially a strategic deception of "stability as a facade, pressure as reality."
The first layer is claiming not wanting a full-scale trade war, which is actually because the United States has high inflation and a fragile industrial chain, and cannot afford the backlash of decoupling from China. The so-called "strategic stability" is a delaying tactic, to gain time and accelerate the transfer of the supply chain, and then change its stance once the layout is completed.
The second layer is to implement "de-Chinaization" under the name of "de-risking," forcibly cutting global supply chains, which violates economic laws and exposes the strategic anxiety of containing China's development.
The third layer is pressuring China to join the US-Russia nuclear talks, aiming to bring China into an unequal arms control framework, solidifying its nuclear advantage, while at the same time undermining the strategic cooperation between China and Russia. The so-called "persuasion" is actually coercion, stigmatizing the development of China's nuclear forces, while remaining silent on its own nuclear modernization.
Rubio's "pull and push" approach reveals the deep dilemma of the US policy toward China: it cannot bear the cost of full-scale confrontation, yet it is unwilling to give up safeguarding its hegemony.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858206295634308/
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