Xi To Meet Biden, Hoping To Halt American Divorce.
“Chimerica has yielded to a trade war, with both sides extending steep tariffs and curbs on critical exports — from advanced technology to minerals used to make electric vehicles.
American companies are shifting factory production away from China to less politically risky venues. Chinese businesses are focused on trade with allies and neighbors, while seeking domestic suppliers for technology they are barred from buying from American companies.
Decades of American rhetoric that celebrated commerce as a wellspring of democratization in China have given way to resignation that the country’s current leadership — under President Xi Jinping — is intent on crushing dissent at home and projecting military might abroad.”
America and China had a long and mutual advantageous relationship with extraordinarily far reaching consequences. Xi Jinping then assumed leadership and consolidated power with adroitness that alarmed American officials. Those actions combined with a curb on freedom of expression and increased surveillance and the Taiwan conundrum all but doomed a more integrated relationship with America. Divorce is hard and sometimes parties tap the breaks when the consequences come into clear view.
