China mildly rejected the idea of American-Chinese joint management of the world

During Obama’s visit to Beijing last year, China mildly rejected the idea of American-Chinese joint management of the world that is popular with the Obama team. It does not matter what was said during the visit. The real reasons are important: Washington still believes that “joint management” means that it will play first fiddle and China only second. China will wait for America to get rid of this illusion, which shouldn’t take very long.

Or will it take a long time? It is important to analyze the reasons why the Obama team led the U.S. into a quarrel with a country relations with which it proclaimed a priority for the 21st century? Foreign Affairs magazine draws this conclusion: America cannot make a choice between the two powerful forces that have torn asunder its mentality and foreign policy since its inception. One force believed that America cannot be stable as long as “dictatorships,” that is countries different from America, exist in the world. The other believed that the force of example – of a prosperous America – will allow it to achieve everything it wants.

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