BLINKIN GOES TO CHINA WITH BEGGING BOWL, SECOND TIME IN 12 MONTHS

 

• Blinkin arrived Shanghai Wed  
• Blinken in China Wed to Fri
• 2nd official visit to China of his tenure
• Chinese say visit shows US' eagerness to cooperate with China
• depends on US' attitude
• Chinese hold low expectations for positive outcome
  

• before Blinken arrived China issued 3,000-word brief
  
• brief considered negotiating memo for Blinkin 
• elaborated five main objectives
• establishing correct perceptions - (America confused)
  
• enhancing dialogue - (no threats, no gangsterism)
  
• effectively managing differences - (you do you, I do me)
  
• advancing mutually beneficial cooperation (what can we sell you)
  
• behave responsibly  (China wont dump US Bonds)

• "gap between China US on how to handle bilateral relations"
• US view China as "strategic" competitor, geopolitical challenger
• contain and suppress China 
• prevent uncontrolled competition
• simultaneously US needs China money, China trade
• Biden administration losing in Ukraine
• Asia-Pacific region might consume even more energy and resources

• difficult to expect positive progress from Blinkin's visit
  
• US is not a credible partner 

 

My Comments : I find this amusing as well. Here are the Biden boys talking crap about China 24/7 and non stop. Then Blinkin goes begging to China TWICE within 12 months. Their main concerns are China dumping US Dollar bonds, China's close cooperation with Russia ALL OVER THE WORLD. This week Niger has kicked out US troops and the US presence in Niger. A big slap in the face for the United States' Africa Command. Worse the US troops in Niger (about 1,000 of them) are being replaced by Mr Putin's Russian forces. The world is changing.

China is also rolling out new technology for a dime a dozen.  China has rolled out new missiles, new fighter planes, new super stealthy submarines, unbelievable UAV and UCAV capability (including a hypersonic drone) and the Chinese have begun building a working model of the world's first nuclear fusion reactor (3 minute video here). All of these are way ahead of anything that the US or the West may have.

The average age of the Chinese scientists and engineers working on these things is about 35 years. When the Chinese get that fusion reactor going they will not need any more oil and gas.

 

World geo-politics as we know it will come to an end.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of  MMKtT