There is a changing of the guard in Beijing. Premier Li Keqiang is retiring and Vice Premier Liu He cannot be far behind. Once they were Xi’s point men on the economy. They leave the main stage amongst considerable turmoil. Ukraine has thrown Xi’s geopolitics off balance and rallied the United States and its allies.
> But it is not obvious what kind of diplomacy on China’s part could have avoided an eventual confrontation.
China could stop talking about conquering its neighbor. Hard to believe that's not the main substance of the problem.
Also, not exactly diplomacy, but if foreign businesses were still perceiving a friendly and profitable environment, it would take a lot of the wind out from behind the critics. Trump might still have happened, but he would have been just a phase.
Mr. Tooze should tone done his adjectives if he wants to look as a serious analyst. "Blood soaked" attributes towards Russia, is probably something he never used with respect to the US.
Everything seems to hinge on America's blind eye to China's economic war on us. The moment America refuses to import more from China than it exports, the whole system collapses.
Thanks for phenomenal analysis. Enjoyed reading.
> But it is not obvious what kind of diplomacy on China’s part could have avoided an eventual confrontation.
China could stop talking about conquering its neighbor. Hard to believe that's not the main substance of the problem.
Also, not exactly diplomacy, but if foreign businesses were still perceiving a friendly and profitable environment, it would take a lot of the wind out from behind the critics. Trump might still have happened, but he would have been just a phase.
Mr. Tooze should tone done his adjectives if he wants to look as a serious analyst. "Blood soaked" attributes towards Russia, is probably something he never used with respect to the US.
Everything seems to hinge on America's blind eye to China's economic war on us. The moment America refuses to import more from China than it exports, the whole system collapses.