That China seeks to replace the United States does not surprise anyone. This ambition already appeared in Deng Xiaoping speeches in the early 1980s. But that the Chinese government prides itself on defending the values of the UN should trigger general hilarity. However, this was what Chinese Prime Minister at the UN said on Friday before representatives around the world. Unlike the claims of the Chinese Prime Minister, his country defends neither peace, world security, just trade. If it is true that China is opposed to American hegemony, it is to better impose its own.
1) How does China oppose peace?
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The massive support of China to Russia is the main reason why Vladimir Putin is still in power and that, therefore, the war in Ukraine continues. Admittedly, Beijing has drawn a line not to be crossed by opposing the use of Russian atomic armaments within the framework of this conflict, but for the rest, massive purchases of Russian hydrocarbons as well as scientific, military and commercial cooperation between China and Russia allow this war to last. China is therefore, in this important conflict, a factor of war and not of peace.
2) Why is it laughable that China claims to defend the values of the UN?
The Xi Jinping government has in recent years perpetrated very serious human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet or Hong Kong. These violations are completely against the values of the UN. That China is not the only country to violate UN values is obvious. But this does not excuse the pretension and bad faith of the Chinese Prime Minister, who strongly forgets that he directs a very authoritarian, even totalitarian regime.
3) Why doesn’t China encourage the right trade?
China does not encourage the right trade because it closes several sectors of its economy to imports or makes it extremely difficult to sell certain foreign products on its territory to protect its market. China, which is in purchasing power parity the most powerful global economy and which in terms of GDP per capita has joined the medium -sized powers, is always present as a developing country. Chinese leaders maintain this fable, among other things, to benefit from preferential treatments within the WTO.
4) Why does the Chinese government engage in this propaganda?
Donald Trump’s distance from his traditional allies, massive American cuts in international aid and the absence of American international strategies push the Chinese government to try to fill the vacuum left by the United States. China is constituting an imperialist block around it. It would be naive to believe that its leaders only seek to preserve the international order before Trump.
5) Can China take world leadership?
China has already started to assume world leadership in several areas. It has produced the largest number of patents in the world for years, far ahead of the United States. It makes a third of all consumer goods on the planet. She is world champion of green energy. The Chinese like to repeat that they establish win-win partnerships with other countries. Indeed, some people answer, China wins there twice.
