American democracy is in chaos. Right-wing people in many parts of the United States responded to President Trump’s call and went to Washington to interfere with the Congressional confirmation of the electoral votes in the presidential election. Bloody clashes broke out with the police, and at least four people died. The Capitol Hill of the United States was violently captured for the first time since the British army burned Washington in 1812. At the time when Biden was preparing to take over as President of the United States, he planned to unite democracies to boycott China, but the United States’ own democratic system was challenged unprecedentedly. The US media even believes that Biden’s strategy against China will encounter many difficulties.
After Biden took office, he proposed to hold a “Summit of Democracies” (Summit of Democracies) with other democratic system partners to formulate a unified position on a series of issues such as trade, technology, human rights, labor, and the environment to respond to the rise of China. However, the “Wall Street Journal” admitted that Biden’s strategy is not easy to succeed.
The article pointed out that after Trump has been in power for four years with unilateralism, potential US partners may no longer be willing to join Biden’s plan. Because of the 2024 election,It cannot be ruled out that politicians similar to Trump take over the United States, And Trump himself expressed his intention to run for president again.
At the same time, the new crown epidemic has hit the global economy hard,China is still growing. The former Mexican ambassador to China, Jorge Guajardo, asked, Biden asked other countries to give up the opportunity in the only major growth economy. What would he get in exchange? “The United States has proven to be an unreliable partner.”
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Furthermore, the article is also called BidenThe concept of “democracy summit” may cause controversy. If the United States invites Taiwan to join, it will definitely cause Beijing’s backlash. Inviting India is equivalent to turning a blind eye to India’s bad human rights situation and impacting the credibility of the alliance. However, not inviting India will weaken any force against China.
In fact, Biden’s strategy of united front allies suffered repeated setbacks before he took office. China and 14 Asia-Pacific countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) in November last year, including US allies such as Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. At the end of December, the EU also completed the seven-year China-EU Comprehensive Investment Agreement negotiation with China. The quality of democracy in the United States itself will be severely discounted in the new year, and its ability to call on allies may be difficult to regain.
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