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US-China relations
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Alex Lo
Alex Lo

My Take | US warns China: no killer fridges and dishwashers for Russia

  • What was once the Russian hi-tech sanctions story has been repurposed for the Chinese ‘dual use’ narrative that is being spun by Washington

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US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pose with Nato allies and partners ahead of a dinner at the White House. Photo: Reuters
Alex Loin Toronto

Failed in Ukraine, try China. That’s the sorry state of what passes for American foreign policy these days.

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As the US-led proxy war against Russia has gone to the dogs, policymakers in Washington are trying to smooth the transition of their hostilities from West to East. Nato now wants a piece of the action in Asia.

This means preparing the American public to take on China, which really has nothing to do with their lives and would rather sell them nice consumer stuff than fight Americans.

But US hegemony is the name, global dominance is the game.

So in one breath, US spin doctors say China’s economy and communist regime are collapsing, in the next, they say it poses the biggest threat to America. How? China threatens the US in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. Really. Next thing you know, what the Chinese are doing in the Yangtze is undermining US national security, too. It’s already saying what Beijing is doing in Hong Kong, a Chinese city, warrants more US sanctions.
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Why worry so much if the Chinese are collectively going down the drain anyway?

Well, enabling a genocide in Palestine, and losing a proxy war to Russia while dismantling European Union economies are clearly not enough for the dynamic duo of US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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