The US and its European allies continue to take steps to unite against China. From NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken call for trans-Atlantic unity and accused Beijing of “actively working to undercut the rules of the international system and the values we and our allies share.”
Blinken met with Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, and announced that the US and EU are launching a formal dialogue on China. “We share an assessment of China’s role as a partner, as a competitor, and a systemic rival,” Borrell said. “We equally agreed — and this is maybe most important — to support the fullest possible involvement of the United States in the European Union defense initiative and to enhance our dialogue on these issues.”
Earlier in the day, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met with Blinken and said the alliance plans to build partnerships with Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries in Asia to counter China. “To strengthen partnerships with like-minded democracies is a way also to protect the rules-based international order. And of course, this is all about the consequences of the rise of China, and on many of the issues in Nato 2030,” Stoltenberg said, referring to a report released by NATO last year that called for more focus on Beijing.
Blinken also spoke of the informal alliance known as the Quad that is made up of the US, Japan, Australia, and India. This grouping is seen as a possible foundation for a NATO-style alliance in Asia. “President Biden recently hosted the Quad’s first-ever leader-level summit,” Blinken said. President Biden held the summit earlier this month, picking up on efforts by the Trump administration to increase cooperation between the four countries.
Blinken’s meetings in Brussels came after the US, EU, UK, and Canada coordinated on sanctions against Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. The Western blitz was a major escalation of tensions with Beijing and followed a testy in-person meeting between US and Chinese officials in Alaska. Blinken opened the Alaska talks, which were held last Thursday and Friday, by accusing China of threatening the “rules-based order.”
They are forgetting that Russia and Iran are on their side too. Is the EU ready for that?
Boxer Rebellion on a Global Stage this time and the winner this time is..
“.working to undercut the rules of the international system and the values we and our allies share.”
“rules-based international order. ”
Call it what is: Old fashioned white supremacy racism refusing to cede…
“rules-based international order. ” = We make the rules, and we give the orders.
China is starting to give as good as it gets, with national actions against US corporations and allied nations (especially Australia) to counter the US lies about fabricated China misdeeds. The US actions are just part of the death-throes of a dying US empire while China is countering US attacks with reminders about US problems relating to a lack of democracy, crime, riots in the streets and insurgency in the Capitol. That fact is that China out-weighs the US and EU in economic and technological power and is now able to hold its own militarily, while NATO is a joke..
World powers do not see they are following the pattern that has let to two world wars – that is leading us to another.
https://www.ghostsofhistory.wordpress.com/
The utter servility of the Europeans continues to surprise/amaze me. I mean, yes, they have become used to being second fiddle to the American leader; but have some pride for God’s sake!
The Dragon has awakened. China will be by far the biggest economy and the biggest market in the world soon, and then continuously for the for foreseeable future. In what way is it in the interest of the European people to make China and Russia into enemies?
“Values we and our allies share.” HEGEMY, COERCION, DOMINATION..