China and the United States, two opposing views.

By José Reinaldo Carvalho, 247 - Amid the ongoing Special Military Operation launched in Ukraine by Russia on February 24, which monopolizes international news, it is worth highlighting the meeting held in Rome last Monday (14), between high-ranking representatives of China and the United States.

The Asian socialist country was represented by Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and director of the Foreign Affairs Commission Office of the same party body, while the imperialist country of North America sent the White House advisor for US National Security Affairs, Jake Sullivan.

This was the first high-level meeting between China and the US since the video conference between their top leaders last November. On that occasion, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed adhering to the principle of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and mutually beneficial cooperation when discussing bilateral relations in the new era. In turn, Joe Biden promised that he would not promote a new Cold War, would not attempt to change China's system, would not form alliances with third parties against China, and would not support Taiwan's independence. Biden also stated to Xi Jinping that he does not want confrontation. 

It is also worth remembering that exactly one year ago, on March 18, at the first meeting between the US and Chinese governments after President Joe Biden's inauguration, there were heated exchanges. "China's actions threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," warned US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. 

In turn, Chinese diplomacy emphasized that Beijing "has no room for concessions on issues related to its sovereignty, security and fundamental interests," and urged the US not to maintain a "megaphone diplomacy" with China. 

The official statements issued after last Monday's Rome meeting were more moderate, referring to the holding of an open, in-depth and constructive dialogue on bilateral relations, international and regional issues of common interest. Ukraine, Afghanistan and the Korean Peninsula were among the topics discussed. 

The differences of opinion regarding the role of major countries in promoting and guaranteeing world peace and stability became evident, which is explicit when we observe the opinions of both sides regarding the true reasons for the current conflict in Eastern Europe. The United States and its NATO allies completely ignore the evolution of political problems in the region and the seriousness of the security threats to Russia stemming from the long process, which has dragged on for about three decades, of NATO expansion, something that China has been drawing attention to since casting its votes when the issue was examined at the United Nations. There is a clear divergence of approaches between the Asian country and the United States when it comes to seeking peaceful solutions to a conflict of this magnitude. 

Regarding bilateral relations, the Chinese side, albeit diplomatically, did not fail to severely criticize the attitude of the United States government. The Chinese side expressed its discontent with the White House's failure to fulfill promises on issues sensitive to China. The US announced arms sales to Taiwan, sent officials to visit the island, and issued a new strategy for the Indo-Pacific region, reinforcing the boycott and an attempt at military encirclement of China. They suggest that the recent alliances established in the region could lead to the creation of a miniaturized replica of NATO. The Chinese noted that all recent US actions contradict the promises made by Biden, thus obstructing the normalization of Sino-American relations. 

China is protesting the United States' failure to keep its word. While Biden declared to the Chinese leader that he accepts the principle of a single China as the basis for the healthy development of bilateral relations, and pledged in words not to support Taiwan's independence, in practice his government incites separatists in Taiwan, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Tibet. 

In any case, diplomacy is part of the geopolitical struggle and is a valid instrument for mitigating or lessening the effects of conflicts. Peace and cooperation are beneficial to all humanity. And they are always a banner of progressive forces, since it is the imperialist powers that seek hegemony and do so through wars and other mechanisms of oppression and exploitation of peoples. 

Throughout the second half of the 20th century and the two decades of the 21st century, the United States has consistently sought hegemony through confrontation, abuse of power in international relations, and violation of international treaties and agreements related to the stability and well-being of all countries and peoples.    

The American superpower views China and Russia as current obstacles to the realization of its plans for world dominance, which is why it has established as a goal of its foreign and defense policies to prevent China's rise to the forefront of international political and economic life and to limit Russia's national power. Although it has not made eloquent public pronouncements, it is pleased with the strengthening of the strategic partnership between the two Eurasian giants, who celebrated a new stage in their cooperation in the historic Joint Declaration of February 4th. 

It is an illusion for the United States to assume that it is possible to challenge the main trend of the times, which is contrary to its hegemonic dominance. The world is moving towards multipolarity, which for peoples is an opportunity to fight under better conditions for peace, democracy, social progress, and cooperation. 

It is also illusory to attempt to impede China's progress by assuming that the great people of that country, its government, and the leading political force of society, the Communist Party, will renounce their own development and its sharing with the peoples and nations of the entire world. 

Likewise, the US effort to corner Russia, imagining that this would reduce the country politically and militarily, is a futile option. The conflict in Ukraine is the clearest proof of this. 

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