to show Chinese hardliners that the world’s largest economic and military power is not in free fall, a senior US official said on Tuesday.
“Rumours of our decline are greatly exaggerated. [We] have the wherewithal, the will and the determination to continue to play a leading role in the global community, but particularly in the Indo-Pacific.” The long-time public servant, who left a consulting job to rejoin government in January, said the US has weathered tough periods before and re-emerged stronger, including the Cold War with the Soviet Union and the 1980s economic showdown withCampbell, a veteran of various national security and trade jobs, said the current environment resembles early Cold War days given current American hand-wringing, self-doubt and exaggeration of its adversary’s capabilities.
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