US wanted to defeat China in the Cold War “following the example from the USSR.” The corresponding material of the Political Observer of Britte Stephens (Bret Stephens) “How to win us in the second Cold War?” Published The New York Times.
The text states that the desire of the United States to defeat the growing China will require the search for “secret weapons” from Washington, which would destroy the country from the inside, as was done in the Cold War from the USSR.
Analyst noted that this weapon was not created by the CIA, nor the management of promising research projects of the US Department of Defense (DARPA), nor weapons laboratories in Los Alamos. According to him, the main vulnerable place of the Soviet Union became the “inefficient communist economy”. Stevens stressed that communism “helped the West”, since he buried the “imperialist Russian state”, and it could not keep up with their competitors on the free market.
“Now we are entering the second cold war, this time with China. Such is the conclusion of the American-Chinese Summit, which recently took place in Anchorage. Both sides made it clear that they were not only conflicting interests, but also incompatible values” , – said Stevens. In his article, he suggested to think about how the “secret weapon” can be, which this time the United States will apply to China.
The author notes that in China, they abandoned “orthodox marxism”, but the state has vulnerable places. The first of these Stevens called the rejection of nationalism in neighboring countries, which explains the “Beijing’s aggressiveness”. Also, the Columnist offered to use the “cult of personality” from Jinping. In addition, the United States can help the negative attitude of the Chinese authorities to religions, since “Religious consciousness is more free from political control.”
Earlier in March, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington should build relations with Beijing from the position of force.
In February, Biden wanted to fight the European Union with the European Union and resist his “economic abuse and coercion”. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Biden stated that the United States and their foreign partners should “force China to report for its economic practice.”