President Xi Jinping had a phone call with US President Biden on the evening of July 28 at request. This is also the fifth exchange between the heads of state of China and the United States since Biden took office as President of the United States.

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from Reuters. After more than 4 months, the heads of state of China and the United States communicated again.

President Xi Jinping had a phone call with US President Biden on the evening of July 28 at request. This is also the fifth exchange between the heads of state of China and the United States since Biden took office as President of the United States.

Regarding this exchange, the US side appeared to be particularly active and eager. Before the call, it repeatedly released news of the upcoming call.

The urgency of communication cannot cover up the damage done by the United States to Sino-US relations.

In the past few months, the United States has not produced a satisfactory report card to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of China and the United States. In this call, China was frank and said straight to the point:

The United States must understand where its responsibilities as a major power lie.

If you want to assume the responsibilities of a big country, you must first have the worldview of a big country.

Through these four sentences, we can understand what the world view of a great country is.

Facing a world intertwined with chaos, the international community and people of all countries expect China and the United States to play a leading role in safeguarding world peace and security and promoting global development and prosperity. This is the responsibility of the two major powers China and the United States.

understands Sino-US relations. China positions its position at the level of a major country and views the breadth of the world.

Director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University Wu Xinbo told Tan Zhu that China used the big picture to guide the United States at the beginning, which is to make the United States look at Sino-US relations out of the narrow self-interest framework, instead of maintaining selfish hegemony. .

What is a great country?

In April this year, President Xi Jinping summarized what a big country should be like at the Boao Forum for Asia:

Take the lead in equality

Take the lead in cooperation

Take the lead in integrity

Take the lead in the rule of law

This is related to solving the four major challenges facing the current global governance order. closely related:

peace deficit

security deficit

trust deficit

Governance deficit

has had an impact on the global governance system, and it is "some countries" that have caused these deficits:

Executive Dean of the School of International Relations at Nanjing University Zhu Feng told Mr. Tan that the current international situation has been in the same state since World War II A rare crisis situation since . This crisis situation is the superposition of different factors - geopolitical conflicts, food crisis, energy crisis, epidemic, and climate change.

In the current crisis, big countries need to lead the world.

But what about the United States? The United States is the initiator and biggest promoter of the geopolitical crisis of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict has also exacerbated the food crisis and energy crisis—the United States has an unshirkable responsibility for these crises.

Even so, the United States is still adding fuel to the fire.

On energy issues, the United States is creating divisions in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in an attempt to control global energy production.

On the food issue, the United States continues to fuel the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has led to reduced grain production and poor transportation in Russia and Ukraine, exacerbating the tight global food supply. On the other hand, U.S. financial capital speculates on grain futures, pushing up grain prices and earning high profits from developing countries that rely on grain imports.

At the same time, the United States is still fanning the flames around the world, trying to spread conflicts and turmoil around the world.

The United States continues to push Europe to impose sanctions on Russia. Europe has fallen into multiple crises such as inflation and energy. While weakening Europe, it has also made Europe more divided.

At the Summit of the Americas held on its doorstep, the United States excluded Cuba, Venezuela, and other countries from the summit agenda, provoking internal conflicts in the region.

In the Asia-Pacific region, the United States has formed a new "small circle" and created the threat of war. Research reports show that the high-profile launch of trilateral nuclear submarine cooperation between the United States, Britain, and Australia under the United States, Britain, and Australia Trilateral Security Partnership (AUKUS) agreement involves the major and sensitive issue of "illegal transfer of weapons-grade nuclear materials." The nuclear materials involved in this cooperation can be used to make As many as 64-80 nuclear weapons .

It is an American tradition to profit from chaos. The purpose of this is to prevent the decline of US hegemony and the rise of multipolarity, including Europe.

However, if the world is in turmoil, how can the United States survive alone?

If you cannot find your position and correct your vision, you will not be able to establish a correct world view. Then the United States, which has the appearance of a great power, will drag the world into an abyss.

View and define Sino-US relations from the perspective of strategic competition, and regard China as the main rival and the most serious long-term challenge. This is a misjudgment of Sino-US relations and a misunderstanding of China's development. It will have negative consequences for the people of the two countries and the international community. misleading.

Misjudgment of Sino-US relations

Misunderstanding of China's development

Misleading the people of the two countries and the international community

The root cause lies in the American world view. Xu Bu, director of the China Institute of International Studies, summarized the cognitive bias of the United States in three sentences:

holds the idea that "a strong country will seek hegemony" and believes that the "Thucydides Trap" is related to relations between great powers. Fate;

When dealing with other countries, they seek superiority in morality, system, culture, civilization, and values, and want to be superior to other countries;

shows extreme panic and anxiety about the development of other countries.

Under this world view, the United States believes that it is the hegemon of the world and that the world must revolve around the United States. In order to curb the development of other countries, the United States began to play the role of a disruptor in international affairs.

An American law professor summed up the background of American ideology in one word - settlementism. The first batch of people who came to the New World did not call themselves "immigrants", but wanted to build a new "city on a hill." As for those "outsiders", they were just tools for the United States to achieve its goals.

Therefore, throughout the history of the United States, whether it is the massacre of Indians or the Westward Expansion to the global expansion of the United States, the United States will always continue to find "enemies" to reflect its superiority.

Confrontation and plunder are hidden in the DNA of American culture.

But peace and development are the mainstream of the times. If the United States cannot correct its world view, it will only lose itself in the times and become increasingly opposed to the majority of countries and the vast majority of the people in the world.

Going against the rules and engaging in decoupling and disconnection will not help boost the U.S. economy and will also make the world economy more fragile.

At present, economic recovery has become an urgent issue facing the world, and it is also the practical significance of Sino-US relations to the world.

In the " World Economic Outlook Report " updated on the 26th, the International Monetary Fund once again lowered its world economic growth forecast - from 3.6% in April to the current 3.2%.

The report released by the organization also pointed out the crux of the world economy:

Inflation

Rising energy prices

Rising food prices

Risks caused by interest rate hikes in developed economies

In this call, these cruxes involved the macroeconomics Issues such as policy coordination and industrial and supply chains were first mentioned in the field of Sino-US cooperation. In fact, China and the United States have been maintaining communication on these issues.

html July 5, China-US economic and trade call. In the 209-word press release, the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain was mentioned twice.

During the call, the United States also stated that it would work with China to maintain the stability of the global industrial and supply chains. But at the same time, the United States is still making the already fragile industrial and supply chains worse by imposing sanctions and imposing tariffs.

During this call, President Xi Jinping also clearly pointed out that the United States’ series of decoupling and link-breaking actions have harmed the United States itself and will not help boost the U.S. economy.

On the day of the phone call between the two heads of state, the US Department of Commerce announced the second quarter economic data of the United States:

Gross domestic product dropped by 0.9% at an annualized rate from the previous quarter.

The U.S. economy has experienced negative growth for two consecutive quarters. Generally speaking, this means that the U.S. economy has entered a recession.

But this government is unwilling to admit this fact.

Escape does not solve any problem. The economy fell by 0.9% in the second quarter and the inflation rate rose to 9.1% in June. These data reflecting the current situation of the US economy are all there.

What's more, the United States has always used the special status of the US dollar to transfer risks to the world. The United States' problems are spreading into a world crisis.

Just before this call, the Federal Reserve announced a 75 basis point interest rate hike. In June and July, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a total of 150 basis points, which was the most aggressive rate increase by the Federal Reserve since the 1980s.

The Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes will accelerate the outflow of funds from emerging market countries, triggering exchange rate turbulence and even a financial crisis. The United States relies on this "sheep-shearing" method to pass on its own crises.

In history, the United States has had six rounds of large-scale interest rate hikes, causing multiple rounds of economic crises including the Latin American debt crisis. To put it bluntly, the economic development path of the United States relies on grabbing and "sucking blood."

Therefore, when developing countries continue to embrace globalization, the United States is unwilling to watch its leading position being overtaken bit by bit, and chooses to vigorously promote trade protectionism , decouple and break links, go against the rules, and go against the general trend.

A big country cannot rise by closing itself off, let alone stay strong by closing itself off.

is a general trend that cannot be violated.

Public opinion cannot be violated, if you play with fire you will burn yourself. I hope the United States will see this clearly.

China’s warning has aroused the attention of all parties.

The Reuters report stated in the title, "China warns the United States not to play with fire on the Taiwan issue." In the text, it quoted in full "Playing with fire will lead to self-immolation. I hope the United States will see this clearly.";

Fox The news network quoted the Chinese completely in the introduction. Warning - "If you play with fire, you will burn yourself";

It is worth mentioning that the "Capitol Hill", which is read by all members of the US Congress, also quoted it in full, "Playing with fire will burn you";

and the "Financial Times" in the title Specifically, "Before Pelosi's possible trip to Taiwan, China warned the United States not to play with fire."

At the White House briefing, the first question asked by reporters also quoted this sentence.

If the United States wants to understand this sentence, it can focus on the English draft issued by China - the translation is not to burn (get burned), but to be annihilated (perish).

Resolutely safeguarding China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people. Going against the collective will of about 18% of the world's people is obviously not a wise move by a big country.

During this call, President Biden reiterated that the United States' one-China policy has not changed and will not change, and the United States does not support Taiwan's "independence." This shows that the United States is willing to take corrective actions.

However, there is still a distance between intention and action.

Americans themselves are also very anxious about this.

At the White House briefing, senior officials of the Biden administration repeatedly reminded, “The two leaders very clearly issued instructions to their teams to follow up... Remember, this is a very important point in today’s call. "

Americans themselves have expressed concerns about their ability to handle their own domestic affairs.

Don’t forget, the United States is a “big country”. A big country has a demonstration effect on the world. The United States, which cannot even handle its own affairs well, will only bring more uncertainty to the world.

What the current world lacks most is certainty.

(Source: CCTV News client)