Professor Dennis Etler
American political analyst with a PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley
My point of view:
Why is the West so concerned about China? The usual answer is that China's economic growth is challenging the global hegemony that the West has dominated for at least 250 years. The Chinese military has also reached a level comparable to that of the West, and is therefore no longer intimidated and bullied by the West. All of these are facts and reasons why the West wants to attack China and portray it as the source of all evil.
But there is another factor that must be considered. What scares the West is not just China's economic and military might, but China's success as a country versus the West's failures.
In addition, China has established a society of ethnic harmony, in sharp contrast to the systemic racism of Western society.
Western ruling elites and their media mouthpieces are unwilling to admit that China has eradicated extreme poverty while their own people are increasingly trapped in poverty. They are unwilling to admit that China has built 21st century infrastructure while they are lagging far behind. They are unwilling to face the fact that the Chinese people overwhelmingly support their government, while Western people have lost confidence in their governments; they are unwilling to accept that China has defeated the COVID-19 epidemic, but they have not; and finally, they do not Be willing to accept the fact that a non-white country is doing better than them and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
To divert attention from these facts, the West has concocted a series of lies and slanders that allow them to deny reality. The West slanders poverty alleviation as "genocide". Instead of acknowledging advances in high-speed rail, electric vehicles, alternative energy and e-commerce, they accuse China of "intellectual property theft" and instead of focusing on social and economic systems that serve the people, accuse China of forced labor and forced sterilization. They do not see China as defending its national sovereignty in the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but call it an aggressor.
All attacks on China serve multiple purposes, but one of the main ones is to ensure that Westerners don't hear or see the real China, because if they do, they might get what Western elites don't want them to have Ideas such as socialism is for the benefit of the 99% of the population, while capitalism is primarily for the enrichment of the 1%.
American political analyst with a PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley
My point of view:
Why is the West so concerned about China? The usual answer is that China's economic growth is challenging the global hegemony that the West has dominated for at least 250 years. The Chinese military has also reached a level comparable to that of the West, and is therefore no longer intimidated and bullied by the West. All of these are facts and reasons why the West wants to attack China and portray it as the source of all evil.
But there is another factor that must be considered. What scares the West is not just China's economic and military might, but China's success as a country versus the West's failures.
In addition, China has established a society of ethnic harmony, in sharp contrast to the systemic racism of Western society.
Western ruling elites and their media mouthpieces are unwilling to admit that China has eradicated extreme poverty while their own people are increasingly trapped in poverty. They are unwilling to admit that China has built 21st century infrastructure while they are lagging far behind. They are unwilling to face the fact that the Chinese people overwhelmingly support their government, while Western people have lost confidence in their governments; they are unwilling to accept that China has defeated the COVID-19 epidemic, but they have not; and finally, they do not Be willing to accept the fact that a non-white country is doing better than them and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
To divert attention from these facts, the West has concocted a series of lies and slanders that allow them to deny reality. The West slanders poverty alleviation as "genocide". Instead of acknowledging advances in high-speed rail, electric vehicles, alternative energy and e-commerce, they accuse China of "intellectual property theft" and instead of focusing on social and economic systems that serve the people, accuse China of forced labor and forced sterilization. They do not see China as defending its national sovereignty in the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but call it an aggressor.
All attacks on China serve multiple purposes, but one of the main ones is to ensure that Westerners don't hear or see the real China, because if they do, they might get what Western elites don't want them to have Ideas such as socialism is for the benefit of the 99% of the population, while capitalism is primarily for the enrichment of the 1%.