[오병상의 코멘터리] Scene of bloody US-China hegemony competition

1. The high-level US-China talks held in Alaska last week (March 18th and 19th) were bloody.
It was the first meeting with China by Secretary of State Blincoln and Security Adviser Sullivan, who are in charge of foreign affairs in the Biden government of the United States. In China, the Chinese Communist Party Political Bureau General Yang Jietsu and Wang Yi, the head of diplomatic affairs, appeared. However, the United States, the current hegemonic state, has decided from the very beginning to warn of China’s challenge. Then, China, an emerging powerhouse, also decided to openly fight. The scene of the massive hegemony conflict that will remain in world history has been vividly revealed.

2. It was a series of surprises.

At the first meeting on the 18th, Minister Blincoln made a two-minute speech. The content was a bit strong. Then Yang Zetsu made a bombshell criticizing the United States for 16 minutes and 15 seconds. Yang Jetsu jokingly says,’Today is the day to test the interpreter.’ This means that the manuscript is not prepared in advance, and sometimes he corrects the wrong part during the interpretation.
Then, in order to turn the meeting into private, the staff demanding that the reporters leave.. Blingen calls the reporters again, saying,’Wait a minute’. I refute Yang Zetsu’s remarks. When the reporters tried to go out again, Yang Jetsu said,’Wait… Why are Americans afraid of having reporters?’ I refute it again.

3. Let’s summarize the main remarks. These are real honest, lively, bloody remarks far from diplomatic remarks.
▶Blincoln’s All Remarks = U.S. diplomacy is the reinforcement of the “rules-based international order.” It is a system in which the world moves according to the same rules. But recently, the world is becoming more violent and unstable. We are deeply sorry for China’s actions against Xinjiang (Uighur), Hong Kong and Taiwan. China violates the’international order based on rules’. It was prepared to contribute to the promotion of bilateral relations by talking honestly.

▶Yangzetsu counter-argument = China also shares the values ​​of humanism such as peace, development, justice, freedom, and democracy. China and other countries around the world have followed the UN-centered international system. It does not follow the so-called’international order based on rules’ claim by minority countries (the United States). There is an American-style democracy, and there is a Chinese-style democracy. China has achieved peaceful growth and development. It was the United States that invaded other countries by force. This does not fit the UN spirit. The United States thinks only its own democracy is right, and should not force it on other countries.

The more the US attempts to harm Chinese socialism, the more Chinese people will unite around the Communist Party. The United States should abandon the Cold War thinking, zero-sum game approach.

Xinjiang Uighur Tibet Taiwan is a non-transferable Chinese territory. We will strictly reject the US intervention in internal affairs and will respond firmly. Human rights in China are constantly improving. Look at’Black Lives Matter’.. America should not curse other people’s countries. Let’s each do well. I’m talking about cyber hacking… America is the champion in terms of technology and ability.
▶ Wang’s remark = I want to tell the United States not to interfere with internal affairs in the style of hegemony. I called a guest and imposed sanctions against the Chinese one day ago (in relation to Hong Kong). It’s not polite. It looks like he’s trying to shake China… conversely, it reveals the weak inside of the United States. The international community is watching.

▶Blincoln counter-argument = What I’ve heard from over 100 countries around the world is very different from what you’re talking about. Anyone can make mistakes. There is no progress if you hide it or pretend to be missing. It’s painful, but revealing and finding a solution: When Biden met Xi Jinping as Vice President, he said, “It is never a good betting to bet against America.” The same is true now.

▶Yang-Jet’s re-argument = Isn’t the attitude of looking down on China in this “Position of Strength (US China’s oppression strategy)? Do. Didn’t China suffer enough from foreign aggression in the past, don’t try to choke China. Chinese history shows. Those who try to choke the Chinese are harmed themselves.

4. Yang Zetsu’s argument is a typical Chinese nationalist right-wing voice.
China suffered from Western plunder after the Opium War (1840), and after 100 years of suffering, the Communist Party established the People’s Republic (1949). This is the annual marathon history hall.
China’s nationalism is a conviction that China should be the center of the world, and the Communist Party led by Xi Jinping is full of pride that it has led this dream of supremacy.

5. The United States is the existing hegemony, and China is challenging to become a new hegemonic country.

The problem is the historical lesson (Thucydides Trap) that this rivalry for supremacy leads to war.
Unfortunately, the war is like a’trap’ that no one wants to fall into, and the war for supremacy spreads in the form of a world war in which all of the neighboring allies are drawn in, rather than a war between dominant countries.

So, the diplomatic war between the United States and China in Alaska has nothing to do with the fate of the Republic of Korea.
This is a scene to remember.

2021.03.21.