![]() ![]() ![]() So, from that perspective, any challenge is a serious challenge. For the past 30 years, we’ve essentially been the world’s sole superpower. So, how is China being portrayed by our media and by the Western powers as the aggressive in the world these days?ĪLFRED McCOY: The United States has been the dominant power in the world for 75 years. Meanwhile, since that time, by my count, the United States invaded Grenada in ’83 in 1990, Panama in 1991, the first Gulf War in 1999, the attack, the air war on Serbia in 2001, Afghanistan in 2003, Iraq. There was a brief war in ’62 with India, a border war that was a 1979 border war with Vietnam that China participated in. From what I can tell, the last three times that China’s military went outside of its borders were back in the 1950s and '60s. Now, I confess I have a lot of problems understanding this, when you look at the record. ![]() press as China as a rising aggressive power in the world. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, Alfred McCoy, I wanted to ask you, in terms of this whole issue - and we’re seeing it portrayed repeatedly in the U.S. And that greatly increases the probability of conflict breaking out. The leaders are making statements, and their commanders are falling in line with preparations for war. And from the very apex of power in both Beijing and Washington, all the way down the chain of command, both powers are preparing for war. They increased the probability that war would come. As Barbara Tuchman said in her famous book, The Guns of August, referring to August of 1914, trying to explain how the great powers fought a war that nobody won, World War I, and basically what she found was that by preparing for war, that the powers inclined themselves. Look, when - history teaches us one thing. at the brink of war in the Pacific with China? Professor McCoy, welcome back to Democracy Now! Well, let’s put that question to you. His new piece for TomDispatch is headlined “At the Brink of War in the Pacific?” His most recent book is titled To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change. ask China not to provide weapons to Russia while it keeps selling arms to Taiwan?ĪMY GOODMAN: To look more at U.S.-China relations and the rising tensions over Taiwan, we’re joined by Alfred McCoy, history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. talk at length about respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity on Ukraine while disrespecting China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Taiwan question? Why does the U.S. QIN GANG: The Chinese people have every right to ask: Why does the U.S. China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, recently condemned the U.S. Last week, the Biden administration approved $619 million in high-tech arms sales to Taiwan, including new missiles for its F-16 fighter jets. would defend Taiwan militarily if China attacked the territory. During the past year, the threat has been additionally complicated by a deepening collaboration with Russia, which also remains an area, obviously, of intense focus for the intelligence community.ĪMY GOODMAN: When asked if the United States would defend Taiwan militarily, Haines said, quote, “I think it’s clear to the Chinese what our position is, based on the president’s comments.” She was referring to Biden’s repeated remarks that the U.S. national security and leadership globally, and its intelligence-specific ambitions and capabilities make it for us our most serious and consequential intelligence rival. national security.ĪVRIL HAINES: In brief, the CCP represents both the leading and most consequential threat to U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told senators China poses the “most consequential threat” to U.S. This comes as tensions continue to escalate between the United States and China, in part over Taiwan. Today’s vote comes just months after China’s Communist Party formally reelected Xi Jinping to the party’s general secretary for another five years. AMY GOODMAN: The Chinese parliament has unanimously voted to give Xi Jinping a third five-year term as president. ![]()
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