China Looms Large Over G-7.
The group of powerful Wold leaders are having difficulty determining how to curtail Chinese power across the Glob. (Politico)
“The U.S. came out early, telling reporters it would make a priority of singling out China’s use of forced labor against the Uyghur and other minorities in Xinjiang in the text. And Canada publicly expressed the desire to list the names of two citizens that Beijing detained in retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a Huawei executive. Then, as the day wore on, EU officials questioned whether the framing should be about China’s violations specifically or forced labor more broadly, according to a senior diplomat involved in the talks.
It was a back-and-forth reflective of the divisive issue that China has become among Western allies — even with what Europeans view as the welcoming presence of U.S. President Joe Biden — as the leaders grapple with the country’s ascendance as a geopolitical and economic counterweight to the democracies they represent.”
China is becoming a whale of a nation whose moves cause ripple effect across the whole World, in every possible corner. No nook or cranny of the planet is left untouched by Chinese influence, and now the G-7 nations are taking ascendant Chinese power very seriously. China itself wants to be squarely front and center in global power struggles and is willing to purchase its way to center stage through various big ticket infrastructure initiatives aimed at developing countries who are in desperate in need of capital infusions. The G-7 now has a difficult situation to navigate in order to curtail Chinese influence.
