These are key members of a group of China-policy experts whom the sociologist David M. McCourt calls “strategic competitors.” McCourt, a professor at the University of California, Davis,. One is the old “engagers” of years past who helped shape the dominant school of dealing with China from the nineteen-seventies to the twenty-tens; another is the “new cold warriors,” who have long agitated for a tougher line on China.
But in the longer term, signs point to deteriorating relations. The flipping of the House of Representatives to Republican control ispandemic. That will likely invite countermeasures by China, keeping ties between the two countries contentious, with neither willing to make concessions for fear of looking weak.
Specifically, Weiss thinks that the Administration should take steps to de-escalate the tensions. It should oppose efforts under way in Congress to raise Taiwan’s diplomatic status, and discourage visits to Taiwan by senior officials, such as the recent trip by the outgoing Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.
Fearmongering of China has been successful judging by the comments here. Yet, it's not helping anyone moving forward
Even if China is a threat, that's all the more reason to make smarter economic decisions at home. Instead, we're giving tax cuts to the wealthy, destroying public schools and wasting hundreds of billions on military spending. Like, let's invest in ourselves.
No, China under Xi is bad. Too much manufacturing concentration has given them too much power to do bad things with. Manufacturing needs to be moved out of China into SE Asia and Mexico/Central America to rebalance the concentration of power.
No conflict of interest here.
“Unhealthy focus on China”? I don’t think so. They do have the second largest economy in world right? They have built up their military at alarming rates right? How can those things be ignored? They can’t. It would be profoundly irresponsible for the U.S. to ignore China.
Don’t want none, Don’t start none
Rightly so when they joined with Putin.
Why bother, China is shrinking
There was a formal declaration of war issued against the United States. Certainly not unhealthy. The U.S needs to watch China closely and act swiftly
chrisbperes
I think Ms. Weiss has got it backwards. Just ask Eric Swalwell.
Don't overthink. Trust your instincts. I will never be an American but I am rooting for you guys.
Then maybe China should stop lobbing missiles over free countries and THREATENING them.
That about sums up US policy in general! action l-reaction keeps the military industrial complex alive.A US President warned the world of this many decades ago. For a democracy the US isn't very flexible in policy. Should that thinking at least change in a rapidly changing world?
We know she is Chinese. Send her back to Communist China, then she will be happy.
From what I read, she doesn’t seem to be much of a China expert. She’s Chinese, but she grew up here and there wasn’t much reference to her having any experience with the country of China at all, so I don’t really agree that she is an expert at all. Maybe you should re-edit?
Deescalating only benefits China and Russia. Why now?
No quarter for Nazis
the world gains nothing from super powers saber rattling.
And how exactly would that work?
Nah trying to peacefully coexist with the most populous country on earth would be insane
Bravery
Weiss wondered what was happening to her own country. “Growing up in Seattle, half Asian and half white, I never felt that my ethnicity or her ethnicity were an issue,” she said.
Corporate fiends will never give up the greed dream
Chen is right.War between Ukraine n Russia has already brought immense miseries to the mankind.Therefore,there is dire need to de-escalate tensions between U.S.A n China in the interest of world peace.
De-escalate, why not, but it would be illusory to expect China to become less assertive in its neighborhood and beyond…
Any unbalanced argument deserves suspicion
I think the question that needs to be asked is : Does China want a de-escalation?
I hope Jessica Chen Weiss is giving similar advice to Xi Jinping.
No beneficial outcome to generating tensions. None. The fate of humanity and many species require cooperation on climate and energy, biodiversity, pandemics. Hegemony and greed are pointless. Humanity either cooperates to degrow-survive together or we meet extinction together.
Xi can steal all the tech, export a deadly virus, he can threaten Taiwan and global supply of chips, he can be president for life, build islands and roads, buy all if Africa from despots but we must bow and revere?
Not surprised 😯🙀 at all...
kalonge93 😭 maybe academia has some points
Maybe the professor should read
I think we should also
No the CCP is pure evil... The protesters stopped protesting and the crematoriums are full. I wonder what is going on.
what an interesting life of expert !
Oh. Anything on China's territorial expansion in the South China sea?
She could find a better position in Communist China instead of the States
How much is CCP paying her
CCP's operatives at work
And what is the Chinese government doing to de-escalate? Are they going to stop trying to “own” the South China Sea or intimidate Taiwan? Jessica should appeal to the Chinese government to stop their belligerent behavior.
Good idea,however, dealing with the Chinese government isn’t like calling Amazon?
I’d prefer to nuke China, so I guess agree to disagree?
He’s unable to. He’s a blathering idiot.
So, is she suggesting America should kowtow to China? To be honest, trade between China+America is so intertwined that neither can afford to lose the other Thanks to Nixon, for recognizing China, the only smart thing he ever did But when it comes to Taiwan, hands off!
Absolutely not, meet strength with strength. China isn’t the superpower it thinks it is, hands off Taiwan and its people. XI can just sit and be silent
New Yorker is anti Taiwan. So interesting
She is blind.
I think she is applying the right model to the wrong situation. The deterrence model, not the spiral model, applies to the U.S.-China relationship. Regardless of U.S. actions, China has been expanding its power and pursuing regional hegemony. Misapplication will fail the policy.
RnaudBertrand She’s Chinese
RnaudBertrand Ignoramus unaware or worse pretending to be unaware that usd800million psywar budget goes a long way to funding 'research' / Democracy Foundations and academic institutes against Strategic Threats justifying massive usd1trillion budget next year for congressional constituencies.
RnaudBertrand Projecting China as a threat is the easy way to pacify a frustrated n unhappy populace in the short term. However the medium to long term danger of this policy is clear to me. U cannot have peace n progress for humanity when u don't cooperate to solve global problems.
RnaudBertrand Excellent conclutory point. This.
You wrote: Whose move is next? Commentators have painted Xi Jinping into a corner: Back down and be seen as weak, or stand firm and be seen as reneging on “one country, two systems.” Professor: please explain again which one was action and the other a reaction.
And your take on cyber attacks against the US?
Really? With CCP siding with PutinRussia by sending armaments to Russia? She must be jetting to try and lift/staveoff more sanctions on China.
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