Speaking at a Senate hearing on China’s role in the world on Thursday, David Stillwell, the top US diplomat for East Asia, railed against Beijing and called China a “lawless bully.” Stillwell’s comments reflect the prevalent attitude in Washington that China is a significant threat to US interests worldwide.
Stillwell said that there had been “particularly egregious examples of Beijing’s conduct” in the last few months. He rattled off the usual list of US grievances, from trade issues to the South China Sea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang.
The diplomat said that other countries need to stand up to China’s “malign” influence. “These are not the actions of a responsible global actor, but a lawless bully.”
The Trump administration has dramatically increased tensions with China this year. Just about every day, the US takes a new action against Beijing, whether it be sanctions, military drills in the Pacific, or strengthening ties with Taiwan.
Senate Democrats announced a massive spending bill on Thursday that aims to counter China. The bill will allow $350 billion to be spent mostly on boosting US science and technology industries. Some form of the legislation will likely pass since Senate Republicans introduced a similar bill in July.
Talk about “People in Glass Houses” throwing stones.
US Diplomats are the biggest hypocrites around.
There is no bigger “lawless bully” than the good old United States Of America.
No. You are wrong. There is a bigger bully.Israel which owns the United States of America.
I think they tie for first place.
No. No tie. It is Israel.The slave can and should be behind the master.
Again I think you guys are full of baloney .Israel also offers more justice and liberty than almost every country in the world .
amerikans projecting their inferiority, and racism
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Such a lot of money to maximise hate.
But think of all the money that will roll in to the military-industrial complex and its shareholders, and to the members of Congress and teh Senate who get donations from it.
Racism, supremacism, exceptionalism and chosenism — all wrapped up into one!
This reflects the deep seated conviction that inferior races cannot possibly get better at anything. They are merely copying our genius. cheating and bullying nice people like us. They have to be told to get back to the place they belong.
We are in a serious danger. Letting people like these represent the country, insulting billions of people — not just in China — but throughout Asia. This is telling all people there what America really thinks of them.
This in fact may be Trump’s defining legacy. The man who did not get his way in trade negotiations, and surprised and angered, decided to go for broke. And in the process — revealed his and his country’s deep seated hatred of inferior races trying to “cheat us”.
Must put them in their place. But they will return the favor at the place and time of their choosing. We have gone down a treacherous path.
I often agree with you Bianca But this time I don’t . The United States Constitution makes the U.S. the best and most intergrated country in the world . Granted we have never been perfect but as long as the U.S. constitution is our director we eventual will get there .
Domestically — of course. I fully agree with you.
But our inherited British Empire roots show very clearly the moment we have any issues or designs with another — what we consider inferior – people.
The language, the entitlement to superior opinion, outright condescending and insulting behavior — none of it has escaped the attention of those who have felt the scourge of supremacy on their backs.
And the moment anything unpleasant happens — like epidemic for example — all the ugliness comes out. And when that happens, no matter the race, American instinct is to bash the inferior culprit — be that by a bunch of black women beating up a Chinese woman in a bus in NY, or the supremacist talk by US president and others. From Kung Flu to other, more serious forms of debasement.
But supremacy is not limited to non-white races. It has been strong in Europe against Slavic ethnicities for millennia. What do you think — Russophobia is non-existent? Never existed before communism? Look up British history, and the origins of the slow poison that predisposes people to hate other people by definition? Or look up Centralplanost, or Master Plan for East to get the gist. Instructions to German soldiers was to not view children and women of such inferior races as human, and kill them. The land was to be incorporated into Germany — just some “elbowroom”.
Any reason our popular School House Rock contains the same expression describing our Westward expansion? Ignorance, perhaps, or just insensitivity.
So this was Hitler thing only? Not at all. Europe has bern built on Slavic slavery all up to 18 century. Millions Russian slaves were sold to Venice and Genoa alone to be chained to ores. Millions to Muddle East. The very word “slave” comes from Slavic ethnicity — in German, French and English. And words such as “slovenly”.
The merchants that sold slavic slaves and those that hunted them — all well known — those families still among us, have escaped the judgment of history. West historians dominate what us being written.
The way I see it — we the most integrated society on earth SHOULD NOT BE BLIND to supremacy dished out towards others. Why, China must always steal and cheat, inferiors cannot innovate!
Trump now claims that Russian advances in supersonic technology — are the product of stolen US technology!
We are treated as juveniles by our leaders — both parties — and are taught to feel superior. Western generosity exists only while superior. Superior in everything.
This has been put to the test. And the reaction from Europe and US has been very revealing. The childish accusations against Russia are phenomenal. And they multiply. Why? Russia did not accept its place — the place of inferior people in their constellation.
And when Trump talks about need for being on good terms with Russia, he reveals the transactional nature of such “acceptance”. He will remain “tough” on Russians. Never explaining why exactly he needs to be tough. Because the reason is transparent — no need for explanation. Inferiors cannot EVER have their own legitimate interests and concerns. They are legitimate ONLY to the extent superiors allow.
Why is Russia putting a premium into defense? Because it knows the mentality of the supremacy. Supremacy never rests, it does not accept challenge — no equals can exist outside of Euro-American universe.
The mentality of supremacism is on display when it comes to Chinese. For as long as perceived as inferior — all was well. Once perceived as serious competitors — all pretense of decency out of the window!
We have a problem. We must overcome old European supremacism born of historic convergence of circumstances. And elites that perpetrate it.
If we continue, we are setting ourselves up for a historic failure. We are now assuming that only HARD power is the answer. We must insure ABSOLUTE superiority to feel safe.
This is not natural nor possible among human beings nor nations.
And we clearly cannot remove borders, dismantle states and create a feeble global government as a cover up for the Empire as globalists envisioned.
But we cannot unilaterally force every country on earth to follow our diktat either — more of a Trump style.
We are bankrupting ourselves in the pursuit of global dominance as the only answer to security.
We need to heed messages coming from friends and adversaries alike. Take ASEAN for an example. The organization is adamantly against being drawn into US animosity towards China. No block (or pack) mentality. Free trade means free trade — if one does not like a deal, it can always walk away. Nobody should coerce anyone into acting against their own interests.
It is a real shame, as US is actually in a good position to provide leadership in new security paradigm — global security should be indivisible. And guaranteed by global powers in UN SC.
We cannot continue to run our NATO contingent in UN SC in order to dominate Russia or China. They are motivated to defend themselves, and the money is not a factor when a true danger lurks. This is where we are today.
And democrats jumped in with both feet. Anything that smells like a conflict snd war — they love it!
Pretty funny, when the US is the biggest lawless bully on the planet.
A lawless bully I wonder if it takes one to know one