The World Is Splitting in Two
Clear propaganda piece, I am afraid<p>A couple of pieces of evidence:<p>De-coupling is evidently a US driven initiative, starting with the Trumpian &#x27;China Bad&#x27; rhetoric starting from 2016, placing over 200+ Chinese firms from the prohibited list, setting up AUUKUS military alliance, Quad military alliance etc.<p>China has massively benefited from status quo, no motivation at all to change it. Clear from Xi Jingping&#x27;s speech at Davos where he cast China as a supporter of globalisation. It is precisely because China has closed the gap with the US via globalisation that the US is now keen to de-couple China from the system the US set up<p>This piece - typical of the Atlantic (lemme guess Applebaum was the author?) - is recasting the &#x27;world splitting into two&#x27; as the responsibility of China malfeasance, rather than US fears of loss of absolute hegemony<p>Propaganda