Does China Run the World?

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/trump-who-withdrawal-china/616475/

story by Anne Applebaum

But the anti-Chinese rhetoric of leading Republicans has hidden a deeper truth: A part of America’s foreign-policy establishment—and not just the part affiliated with Trump—has abandoned the language of democracy and human rights that America once used at the UN. It has also given up on international institutions that much of the rest of the world continues to respect—institutions that should, in theory, be able to hold nations like China, Russia, and Iran to account. It has offered no alternatives. Instead of building stronger coalitions—or even new organizations—around common values, this part of the establishment talks about realpolitik and “America First,” using the same nationalist and authoritarian language as the autocrats whose company Trump clearly prefers. It alienates allies, and offends the countries whose support we will need to push back against authoritarian influence in the decades to come.

“Post-Trump, whether in 2021 or 2025, some will argue for a return to the status quo—for the U.S. to rejoin the Human Rights Council and the WHO; to sign on once again to the Paris Agreement; and to recommit to the old language of universal rights, transparency, and accountability,” Applebaum writes. “But the next administration may well discover that some of the UN’s institutions, created for another era, cannot be saved. Authoritarian influence is too strong now, bureaucratic stasis too powerful. Besides, once burned, our foreign friends will be twice shy. Even if a President Joe Biden chants the old mantras, everyone now knows that his successors might not. Maybe someday President Mike Pompeo, or President Tom Cotton, or President Tucker Carlson will flip everything up in the air again. Knowing this is still possible, our allies will be wary of committing to any cause that we back.”

 

[ThePlumTiger66]

They run the Democratic party, their followers, and the NBA.

They're working on it.

 

[FescueFan]

LOL

USA isn't in the globalist movement!! They want to be an independent nation despite the (D)'s losing their shit over the notion of having our own laws and borders.

IF the USA doesn't joint team #GlobalTotalitarianism China will run the world!!

LOL China can run team #GlobalTotalitarianism.....but not the USA, sorry "progressives".

 

[LLCox]

You will know when China takes Taiwan or they charge a toll to use the South China Sea.

 

[rae121452]

the 19th century was the british empire. the 20th century was the american century. the 21st will be the chinese century.

 

[FescueFan]

the 19th century was the british empire. the 20th century was the american century. the 21st will be the chinese century.

If Democrats get their way. Rae is holding hope and doing all he can for his comrades in the CCP.

 

[Counselor706]

You will know when China takes Taiwan or they charge a toll to use the South China Sea.

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