China Tells U.S. Diplomat That Its Rise Can’t Be Stopped

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tianjin, China in this handout picture released July 26, 2021. U.S. Department of State/Reuters  

DNYZ: In Stinging Rebuke, China Tells U.S. Diplomat That Its Rise Can’t Be Stopped 

A senior Chinese diplomat on Monday bluntly warned the visiting American deputy secretary of state, Wendy R. Sherman, that the Biden administration’s strategy of pursuing both confrontation and cooperation with Beijing was sure to fail. 

China’s vice foreign minister, Xie Feng, told Ms. Sherman that the United States’ “competitive, collaborative and adversarial rhetoric” was a “thinly veiled attempt to contain and suppress China,” according to a summary of Mr. Xie’s comments that the Chinese foreign ministry sent to reporters. 

Ms. Sherman’s meetings offered the latest gauge of the Biden administration’s strategy of stepping up pressure against the Chinese government on several fronts, including human rights and internet hacking, while seeking to work together on global problems like climate change and international health threats. 

Mr. Xie’s remarks underscored the anger that has been building in China toward the United States, undermining the chances that the approach will work.  

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WNU Editor: I am old enough to remember Soviet leaders saying the same thing. That it was inevitable that the world will embrace Marxism/communism/socialism and that it cannot be stopped. Bottom line. China is on the rise, but the world is a big place, and China's rise can (and probably will) level off.

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