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We are certainly heading into a different World, the media is very active in pushing change, I think the change will happen and the media wont like it.
Time will tell.
Singapore: Joe Biden did not say ‘China’ once in his speech to the United Nations. Xi Jinping did not utter the words ‘United States’. Yet both might as well have been talking directly at each other as a crowd of foreign leaders at the General Assembly amphitheatre placed bets on the favourite.
The diplomatic dance between the two superpowers in New York on Wednesday morning (AEST) revolved around phrases like “small circles”, “inclusive growth”, and “peaceful resolution to shared challenges”.
Biden’s version of US primacy still gives precedence to old blocs: NATO, the European Union, ASEAN and a new one: the Quad. All four were highlighted by Biden on Wednesday. China belongs to none of them and each treats Beijing with varying degrees of scepticism or hostility.
Xi spoke to those who feel snubbed by American exceptionalism. Think Pakistan, Myanmar, Syria, Cuba, Venezuela, Afghanistan. In contrast to Biden, Xi did not mention Chinese prosperity once. The Chinese President framed China’s role as a facilitator, not a leader.
Time will tell.
Xi goes global as Biden pushes old alliances at the UN
The Chinese President courts those who feel snubbed by American exceptionalism. Joe Biden puts America’s “enduring security and prosperity” first.
Singapore: Joe Biden did not say ‘China’ once in his speech to the United Nations. Xi Jinping did not utter the words ‘United States’. Yet both might as well have been talking directly at each other as a crowd of foreign leaders at the General Assembly amphitheatre placed bets on the favourite.
The diplomatic dance between the two superpowers in New York on Wednesday morning (AEST) revolved around phrases like “small circles”, “inclusive growth”, and “peaceful resolution to shared challenges”.
Biden’s version of US primacy still gives precedence to old blocs: NATO, the European Union, ASEAN and a new one: the Quad. All four were highlighted by Biden on Wednesday. China belongs to none of them and each treats Beijing with varying degrees of scepticism or hostility.
Xi spoke to those who feel snubbed by American exceptionalism. Think Pakistan, Myanmar, Syria, Cuba, Venezuela, Afghanistan. In contrast to Biden, Xi did not mention Chinese prosperity once. The Chinese President framed China’s role as a facilitator, not a leader.