Opinion | Debunking Biden's anti-China foreign policy

By Augustus K. Yeung

Three big international news were flashed as a signal of freedom in just one day: India rushed to close a border deal with China; The Philippines hastily made peace with China after its engineered high-profile marine dispute; Italy's prime minister made a five-day trip to Beijing to reset ties having withdrawn from the Belt and Road Initiative.

Are these isolated cases, and have nothing to do with the United States? Or the devil is in the details?

This article aims to report, review and rebuke these three countries' undertakings with China and America, debunking President Biden's anti-China policies.

The undertakings of India, the Philippines and Italy with China have all been significantly and negatively "influenced" by the U.S, whose foreign policy is not to help these countries economically – but to politically form cliques or clubs to contain China.

But does this ill-intentioned foreign policy benefit America, the perpetrator? Biden wasted four years committed to his anti-China policy, resulting in his "surrender" legacy.

How this mindset of anti-China policy help – to make the president or America great, or to build ties between nations?

Consider India. "India and China agree to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal of troops," according to Macau Daily Times (MDT).

India and China have agreed to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal of tens of thousands of troops stationed along their disputed border in a long-running standoff, India's government said.

Indian FM Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, last week on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in Laos. They stressed the need for an early resolution of outstanding issues along their disputed long Himalayan border.

Note: Ties between the two countries deteriorated in July 2020 after a military clash killed 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese, leading to a standoff with each side backed by artillery, tanks and fighter jets.

These foreign ministers now "agreed on the need to work with purpose and urgency to achieve complete disengagement at the earliest," an Indian statement said last week.

Jaishankar in his opening remarks said the border issues have "cast a shadow" over India-China ties for the last four years despite considerable efforts by both sides to solve them.

Wang stressed that improving China-India ties is beneficial for both countries as well as for other nations, Xinhua reported.

Consider the Philippines. "Philippine forces sail to hotly disputed shoal without incident for first time since deal with China," reported MDT.

Philippine government personnel transported food and other supplies Saturday, July 27, to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent but closely guarded by Beijing's forces in the South China Sea and no confrontations were reported, Philippine officials said.

It was the first supply trip to the scene, which has been the spot of increasing violent confrontations between Chinese and Philippine forces, since the two sides reached a deal a week ago to prevent clashes, the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila said in a statement.

A top Philippine security official told The AP that the Chinese and the Philippine coast guards communicated for coordination Saturday, and their ships did not issue two-way radio challenges like in the past to demand that each other's ships leave the shoal immediately.

Also, Chinese coast guard ships did not shadow or block the Philippine vessels as they had repeatedly done in the past, said the official.

China's coast guard said the Philippine ship delivered daily necessities "in accordance with a temporary arrangement reached between China and the Philippines."

The deal was reached after a series of meetings between the two country's diplomats in Manila and exchanges of diplomatic notes aimed to establish a mutually acceptable arrangement at the shoal.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the news that the resupply mission was completed without a confrontation, although the deal has not been made public by either side.

Consider Italy. "Italy and China sign a three-year action plan as Italian leader Meloni tries to reset relations," was the title of the article. (Source: MDT/AP)

Italy and China signed a three-year action plan on Sunday, July 28 to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation, Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni said in Beijing.

Her five-day visit comes several months after Italy dropped out of China's Belt and Road Initiative, a signature policy of Xi Jinping to build power and transportation infrastructure around the world to stimulate global trade while deepening China's ties with other nations.

Still, Italy remains keen to pursue an otherwise strong economic relationship with China…

Premier Li Qian, addressing Italian and Chinese business leaders after the meeting with Meloni pledged to open Chinese markets further… (Source: MDT/AP)

After Biden's "surrender" speech, these three countries felt free to mend fences with China. In contrast, Indian PM Modi was given a veiled lecture after his recent endearing meeting with Putin who hugged him. The U.S. side told the Indians flatly that it "has not deepened enough" its relationship with the U.S.

Now you read: "U.S. boost alliance with Manila with $500 million funding and pact," this MDT newspaper titled the article (Wednesday, July 31). Marcos Jnr. was photographed standing between Blinken and Austin – with reference to the cheque, it comes with "strong support in Congress, U.S. military funding may double next year."

Are you surprised? These two came with $500 million to bribe a foolish guy, who found the political situation in the U.S. "interesting".

Between now and January 2025, this is probably the last country that Biden can bribe and/or pressure into submission. The first small country was Lithuania, which in 2020 changed its official business-nametag with Taipei, angering Beijing. I ask, "Was this necessary?"

To conclude, Biden can only brag about his crazy legacy of goading Nancy Pelosi to Taipei, triggering Beijing's angry response, pleading Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schuma to visit China – in a joint effort to hurriedly resuscitate the flimsy relationship with Xi Jinping, who was just about to give up.

 

The views do not necessarily reflect those of DotDotNews.

To contact the writer, please direct email:AugustusKYeung@ymail.com

Read more articles by Augustus K. Yeung:

Opinion | Trump as a spent force VS Harris, a Black feminine snowball

Opinion | Initiated by Xi and Macron, Summer Olympics in Paris is for world peace

Opinion | France's China engagement will lead Europe in its 'rebel' with a noble cause

Opinion | Why can't Kamala Harris bring Trump to trial of century in American history?