'Economic coercion' hat best suits America (Observatory)
For some time now, the United States has been clamoring for Chinese "economic coercion".
The United States not only concocted the so-called "economic coercion" theory of China itself, but also drew allies and partners to use this as an excuse to contain and suppress China.
How can the so-called "economic coercion" be placed on China?
First, China does not engage in bullying and sanctions, second, it does not engage in long-arm jurisdiction, and third, it does not unreasonably suppress other countries' enterprises. How to coerce?
Who was coerced?
China has always taken corresponding measures against foreign products exported to China in strict accordance with Chinese laws and regulations and the rules of the World Trade Organization, with the legitimate rights and interests of relevant industries and consumer safety in mind. These measures are completely reasonable, legal, and beyond reproach.
The United States deliberately distorted China's legitimate measures to safeguard national sovereignty as "economic coercion", exposing the hypocrisy and deceitfulness of the "discourse bullying" of the United States.
In fact, the hat of "economic coercion" is well-deserved by the United States itself.
Coercion has always been its traditional strength.
Relying on the absolute advantage of the world's largest superpower, the United States has always pursued the "non-compliance is opposition" strategy, and anyone who does not comply will face its wanton suppression.
There are countless such cases: the United States has long wielded sanctions against Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Venezuela, and arbitrarily provoked trade wars against many countries; abused the name of national security to wantonly suppress high-tech companies in other countries, and use any means to suppress French Alstom, Japan's Toshiba and other companies; coercing TSMC, Samsung and other companies to hand over confidential data in the chip supply chain, engaging in blatant "extortion diplomacy"... All of these, the economic coercion implemented by the United States on a global scale can be called a black textbook.
Its own bad track record, why is the United States still addicted to fabricating the so-called "economic coercion" theory of China?
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this "thief shouting to catch a thief" trick is intended to demonize China and serve the United States' China policy.
The so-called "economic coercion" theory carefully concocted by the United States is a new round of bullying to contain and suppress China.
Behind this is the overall anxiety syndrome of the United States and the West about the rise of China.
Since the reform and opening up, especially after joining the WTO in 2001, China's economic development achievements have far exceeded Western expectations.
Some Western countries, led by the United States, are becoming more and more uncomfortable and unwilling to accept it.
In the past, they often used the name of "market economy status" to restrain China and add to China's blockage.
However, as China implements a higher level of opening-up policy, playing the "card" of "market economy status" no longer works. Therefore, the United States began to hype China's "economic coercion" theory.
In recent years, the "economic coercion" diplomacy represented by the United States' trade bullying with China has encountered major setbacks. The global new crown pneumonia epidemic has hit the economies of the United States and other countries hard, and exacerbated the social governance crisis.
Against this background, the United States turned to gather allies and partners, and tried to form a "united front for economic containment against China" by playing the "economic coercion" card, which not only led the troubles of its own governance failures to China, but also contained China's development.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, as the world's largest manufacturing country and the world's second largest economy, China has taken the lead in achieving positive growth among the world's major economies, and has become a veritable stabilizer for the global industrial chain and supply chain. cooperation and the recovery of the world economy.
Under the severe situation of a century of changes and a century-old epidemic, the United States, which has become a "failed country in the fight against the epidemic", is also facing two major challenges: the failure of national governance and the weak economic recovery. It is tantamount to catching the moon in the water to rely on others to cure its own disease. .
Jia Pingfan