According to recent reports by the US media, during the four years of president Trump, the United States has taken countless measures to contain China, but none of them seem to have had much effect. Moreover, the United States has alienated its relations with allies and partners. The scene of civil unrest in the United States does not help establish authority, but instead helps strengthen China's confidence.
The American strategist Guy Chap recently wrote an article to remind the upcoming Biden. In fact, it is not difficult to contain China, because the United States is still stronger than China. And the United States has the advantage of a global network of allies. Therefore, if a threat of force is made against China and the supply of chips necessary for China's technology industry is cut off, at least Biden can gain a negotiating advantage with China in the early days of his administration.
However, Chap also pointed out that so far China has limited acceptance of the "American-centric order" in the Indo-Pacific region and has successfully played a role. China will still play an important role in the future. To maintain the balance and legitimacy of the system, it requires a strong alliance of US allies and partners, and a certain degree of acquiescence and acceptance by China. Obviously, as a North American country, the power projection of the US military is difficult to form a sufficient deterrent to China, and the US is not the only producer of high-tech products such as chips. Therefore, if the United States wants to maintain the current "Indo-Pacific-order", it will inevitably require a broad alliance.
Alliance members who may join before the existing system is irreversibly damaged, do not see the value of building such an alliance, after all, these countries are much closer to China, even It is China's neighboring country. America’s need for allies and partners is often only apparent after the status quo is overthrown. Compared with China's neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region, leaders far away in Europe are naturally less concerned about the "rise of China" situation.Therefore, a major challenge that the United States must complete is to build a bridge between Europe and the "China Encirclement" formed by the Indo-Pacific region. Indo-Pacific countries such as Japan and India are also very enthusiastic about this. For example, Japan has deepened its military cooperation with the United Kingdom, and India has deepened its military cooperation with France. However, in the final analysis, needs a matchmaking bridge from the United States.
China has made remarkable economic achievements, improved the lives of ordinary people, and made the US "strategic task" more difficult. In view of these actual limitations, the United States needs to be flexible and innovative in the process of establishing partnerships. Other alliances may focus on military deterrence by expanding the so-called "four-nation mechanism" currently composed of Australia, India, Japan and the United States, and focus on infrastructure investment through cooperation with Japan and India. Text/PY
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