The problem is, as last week's summit illustrates, that China is not a good-faith partner. Whatever assistance the West has provided to the beleaguered Ukraine, Beijing has done the same for Russia - providing technology, financial backing, intelligence, and, perhaps most importantly, propaganda. From TikTok to generously funded influence operations on university campuses, including the famous Confucius Institutes, China is seeking to destabilize US politics, and sow discord and chaos.
The answer is to start treating China consistently as a rogue state, central to the new axis of evil spanning from Moscow, via Tehran and Beijing, to Pyongyang. For that, the United States will need effective deterrence and also a strengthening of our economic partnerships with Europe and Asian allies, not an increase in our economic and technological ties to China.
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