To say the first major diplomatic summit between the United States and China was an unmitigated mess would be an understatement. Apparently U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken thought it would be of value for the domestic audience if he was to lambast the Beijing delegation in public and on camera. His efforts were a complete fail as the Chinese knew everything was presented for domestic consumption… so, the Red Dragon threw fire right back onto the purple hair and obviously stunned an unsettled U.S. Secretary.
The train wreck was started by challenging China publicly, in front of the international press, likely believing such an aggressive posture would weaken Republican criticism about the Job Biden administration being soft/weak on China. However, using a joint press conference as the forum only provided insult to the Beijing delegation.
Public insults are expressions of weakness, not strength.
It was visibly obvious that Secretary Blinken stupidly did not anticipate the Chinese officials would retaliate in their remarks responding to him.
The Chinese diplomatic team is exceptionally skilled at verbal combat; they use facts and evident weakness to their advantage. Blinken’s foolish decision gave the Chinese officials a rare opportunity to dress down the Secretary of State very publicly in front of the international media.
Secretary Blinken was visibly shocked and destabilized by the strength of the returning words from the Chinese team. His response was extremely defensive; ‘he doth protest too much’, and he was incoherent. Blinken also repeated JoeBama’s ridiculous catch-phrase “America is back.”
Additionally, despite Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s criticism of China, there was not one word on Beijing’s responsibility for the coronavirus. Nothing about China allowing COVID to become a dangerous pandemic, and no criticism of Beijing for their continued refusal to cooperate with international investigations of the origins of the virus, including inspections of the Wuhan bio-labs.
Overall this was a pathetic (weak) and sophomoric (feeble) attempt at diplomatic confrontation; while being disrespectful and completely devoid of fact points to frame the purpose of the diplomatic meeting. The first rule in any negotiation or confrontation is to use the behavior, the accepted empirical action of your adversary, against them.
The U.S. delegation did not cite any factual examples only platitudes and generalities. This allowed a much more prepared Chinese delegation to use the stage to frame the confrontation as without merit, and embarrass the U.S. contingent. After Blinken used the catch-phrase a “rules based international order”, the Chinese shot back with a big truth: “the United States does not talk for the world, only for the United States government.” The U.S. team was dead silent and without retort.
The U.S. team was so badly beaten by the Chinese, so brutally caught off-guard, Secretary of State Blinken had to call the press back into the room after his team put together counterpoints. Yes, the U.S. team called the reporters back into the room -after opening remarks- just so they could make statements the international audience would hear. THAT is embarrassing.
All-in-all a major fail on so many levels. The JoeBama diplomacy now appears weaker and more reactionary than the Jimmy Carter diplomacy. Adversaries will take good advantage of the U.S. ineptitude.
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A picture says a thousand words…
China pretty much, bitch slapped Biden’s crew, then told them in their face, you don’t have the balls to do anything about it, because we own you and your son. Now do what we say or your not getting any more money from us….sad
The DEMOCRAPS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY WEAK ON FOREIGN POLICY, ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH OUR ENEMIES. 95% OF THE TIME, THEIR SOP IS APPEASEMENT and WHEN THEY DO TRY A MILITARY RESPONSE, IT IS USUALLY DISMAL AND IT COSTS US MORE THAN THEM. THE US. IS THE LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE WORLD! DUH, I WONDER WHY?? NOT REALLY!
Why even engage the Chinese now? If you want to make any progress, one needs patience with the Chinese. To be to anxious and to openly insult them is counterproductive. It would be better to have them come to you after some period like a year or so. Moreover, a couple moves of expelling spies or catching them in their stealth of technology would be good so that you set up a way to show them as the weak ones.
China understands a strong leader. President Trump got a tremendous greeting when he went to China and President Obama had to get off the back of plane. Strength comes from logical and consistent demands. For example, no camps for muslims in Xinjiang and no harvesting of organs. These two points are heavy and can be made an international issue over time.
President Trump maybe economic and trade gains especially for American Farmers. The first meeting should have been about trade.
Then over time develop the stigma, which is open and known, that they are not being Confucian in their own way. Very much the way of Confucius is the practice the concept of a being a JunTzu, which is a gentleman. Hold them to their own historical and cultural standards by using their own philosophy and ways. They understand that, this is their ethical background and it can be used in diplomacy with China.
You understand asian culture very well.
Did business with them for 30 plus years and took 3.5 years of Mandarin in the seventies and eighties. If the curse of the US is greed and the desire to be rich, the curse of China is pride. So, the way to handle pride is less interaction and have them come to you, it changes the complexion of the relationship. Moreover, we should call them out from a Confucian point of view, they understand that. They know what a gentleman truly is, so call them on it.
Perhaps.
The leverage is much greater than “gentlemanly Confucianism”.
The US needs nothing from China. Some rare earths would be nice and a market for more Boeings…but none of it can’t be substituted.
China desperately needs the US domestic market. Every fortune in China is built on the US retail consumer.
The US holds the winning hand, a hand The Dementia Patient is about to fold.
First meeting with China SHOULD have been about trade, you are correct. But we now have in place, an administration that is not overly concerned with American interests. In fact, American citizens and interests are of secondary interest to them. They are concerned about how the “world stage” of liberals/leftists views them. They are about impressing Europeans, leftist college professors, NYT journalismists–you get the point.
Under Joemala Harris admin, in 4 years many more US soldiers are destined to die, than died under Trump. Count on it.
Embarrassingly Pathetic…The CCP ate his lunch and he is too obtuse to know it….
Blinken only qualification was talking to kermit the frog.
Our “representation” is flacid; these inept “representatives” are a complete and total embarassment!!! WHY IN GOD’S NAME would a GROWN WOMAN choose to color her hair PURPLE???? Are you a teenager looking for popularity. GROW UP!
You folks make us look pathetic and weak. Good going.