Overblown national security concerns pushing China, US closer to cold war, expert says
- Expert on China-US relations says ties with Beijing could be severed if Washington pushes for closer relations with Taiwan
- Jia Qingguo says Taiwan Policy Act will have a disastrous impact on China-US relations if it is passed
In an interview published on Tuesday by the Carter Centre, Jia Qingguo, a professor of international studies at Peking University, said China and the US are edging closer to a cold war.
“I feel that national security issues are overemphasised in both countries. Facing the actions of the other side, some people in both countries believed that the other side poses a serious threat to their own national security, and so they must respond,” he said.
“Whether the other side develops armaments, or develops hi-tech, it will be considered a serious threat to national security.”
Even though China and the US are not engaged in a full-blown ideological or military confrontation, Jia said the risk of the two countries terminating bilateral ties is running higher.
