Singapore media: dangerous games of Western politicians -created "Chinese monsters"

Singapore's "Straits Times" article on August 14th, the original title: "Chinese Monster" -The game of politicians is very dangerous. In the process of competing for the next Prime Minister of the UK, it seems prerequisite for China. From the United States to Australia, politicians have used "Chinese threats" as a means of support. This highlights Western anxiety about the stronger and stronger today. Experts warn that the United States and China are growing up. Western politicians are increasingly looking at the problem through the perspective of "China is a global monster", which undoubtedly encourages this dangerous trajectory.

The idea of ​​seeing China as a threat can be traced back to the 1990s. With China's growing economic and military forces and its actions in recent years, these concerns have risen again. Among the fierce political differences in the United States, the "Chinese Threat" helps to pass legislation, such as chip bills, and has rare support from the two parties.

Fighting China is also a means of supporting the United States and its allies. Washington has resumed partnerships such as the "four -sided mechanism" and established new partnerships, such as signing a security treaty with Australia and Britain. Chinese scholars believe that these moves show the so -called "Chinese threat theory" in the West to look up again. (Western) This view believes that China's rise will not be peaceful, and China tries to subvert the US -led world order. China is easily used as a scapegoat for American issues.

Zheng Yongnian, a scholar of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), said in an interview that "the logic of the American hegemony" means that the United States needs to create an enemy. I want to restore these alliances, but the only starting point for this is to create a common enemy of "monsters", a common "threat 'so that other countries follow the United States".

Chinese scholars believe that Beijing's actions and strengths are designed to defend their own interests. And China has benefited from the current global order and does not break it. What China wants is to be treated as "equal partners".

Dr. Michael Swin, an expert at the Institute of Sinxi Institute, believes that China is much stronger than ten years ago, and it is not avoided by its strength. But the United States tends to exaggerate the threat of China's military power. This is not helpful for things. He said that with the Pentagon claims that Beijing's claim that the US army constitutes a "threat of force step by step" is the opposite. "Poor ways" to define the challenges constituted in Beijing, which is useless. This approach also closed the opportunity to accept or restrain, and cooperation in urgent issues such as climate change became secondary. What is even more worrying is that it has caused such a situation: the dispute around the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea issue has become a "basic zero -sum and strategic struggle."

The world is facing a dangerous dynamics: both sides believe that the other party is the worst, and exaggerated threats may become a reality of self -realization. In such an environment, isolation is easy to get out of control, which is a huge risk. In view of the tension of US -China relations, crisis management is more important than ever, but it is more difficult than ever. In order to avoid irreversible situations, a calm mind and restraint now need to be demonized each other. (Author Danson Cheong, translated by Qiao Heng)

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