“The single most important challenge facing the United States in the 21st century is the rise of an increasingly authoritarian China under President . . . Xi Jinping.”

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FTのコラムニストのマーティン・ウルフによる、中国を封じ込めることなんて無理、というコラム。中国はかつてのソ連よりも能力が高く、ポテンシャルも高く、アメリカはかつてないほどダメ、という話。同盟国との協力で失地回復することが先と手厳しい。https://t.co/vsOOKPCwE2 @financialtimesより

— Kazuto Suzuki (@KS_1013) February 3, 2021

First, China is a far more potent adversary than the Soviet Union.

Second, China’s economy is highly internationally integrated.

Finally, over the last two decades and especially the last four years, the US has devastated its reputation for good sense, decency, reliability and even adherence to basic democratic norms.