![]() ![]() To be fair, America’s internal problems have preceded President Donald Trump. In relative terms, the Trump administration has raised the stature of China, which is now perceived as the more competent country in the world. Post-coronavirus and post-George Floyd, America is delivering the opposite impression. Kennan, for example, advised that the long-term outcome of the contest with the then Soviet Union would depend on “the degree to which the United States can create among the peoples of the world” the impression of a country “which is coping with the problem of its internal life” and “which has a spiritual vitality.” No such impression has been created by the Trump administration. Nor has it heeded the wise advice of key strategic thinkers, like Kissinger or George Kennan. Clearly, the Trump administration has no thoughtful, comprehensive and long-term strategy to manage an ever-rising China. ![]() ![]() Yet, if the Chinese leaders think long-term and strategically, as they are wont to do, they could also calculate that the Trump administration may have helped China. ![]()
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