An editorial published by China’s Global Times yesterday reflects the bitterness with which many Chinese policymakers now view perspectives for China’s relationship with the United States. This shift in outlook, which has been building as the McCarthyite assault on China goes uncontested, is a strategic factor of the first order, to which thinking Americans need pay attention, Schiller Institute President Helga Zepp-LaRouche warned today.
“Thanks to the ruling elites in the U.S., who have successfully mobilized severe prejudice and hostility toward China,” any kind of lie against China can “be spread in the U.S. without a hitch,” and there is “no force in today’s U.S.” which will oppose it, Global Times writes. There is little the Chinese people can now do “to urge American society to restore an objective understanding of China,” so until the United States begins to “self-examine,” China should concentrate its efforts on other Western countries, which it hopes will not “fall into the same emotional mentality towards China.”
The editorial cites the general acceptance of President Donald Trump’s assertion that China has more deaths from COVID-19 than the United States, “a pure lie,” as exemplary of the situation.
“Political correctness has been shaped in U.S. public opinion — people can defame China however they want … given the anti-China stance in the U.S. When it comes to China-related issues, the spirit of seeking truth from facts in American society has been wiped out. Political elites and media outlets have been leading the construction of this iron curtain of U.S. public opinion on China. This has led to the two parties’ fierce competition over being tough on China, which in turn has squeezed out the last bit of potential for some Americans’ objective understanding of China.”
The editorial holds out the hope still that when it comes to major U.S. interests, people will remember that “maintaining trade and cultural exchanges is in the interest of Americans,” and the idea of “decoupling from China” will not be implemented.
