My post was just to show Huawei's latest move on the game board, and at the same time, fireup a few members maybe.
@plat1098 , I was hoping to have a wristphone at this point and I'm baffled why there isn't. Interesting forum, here is a semi-senseable post
GlenBarrington Ars Centurion
REPLYDEC 16, 2018 12:54 PM
Albino_Boo wrote:
"Only buy this watch if you are happy with the Chinese government watching you".
Your fears are not totally unfounded. I'm sorry I discounted your post, earlier. My apologies. The Chinese are NOT currently our friends. However, I do believe that by enmeshing them inextricably into our economic system, they will become shareholders in its success.
The best thing we, as the representatives of western economic powers, can do to, and FOR, China, is to make them understand THEIR success depends on OUR success. That trade has to be more than a one-way street. They need to become more than SELLERS to the west, they need to become buyers as well.
By the same token, 'smaller' Asian nations like Viet Nam, Indonesia ( I know Indonesia is not small, but it isn't a global political power, either), and, in time, even N.Korea have no reason to trust China or its motives. More engagement with them will go a long way in achieving this goal. I also think the USA needs to emphasize its inherent differences from the old European colonial powers. We need to be seen by them not as an ersatz European power, but a genuine, new-world power, making a clean break from Old Europe. This is true in that American's of European ancestry are soon to be in the minority in the USA,
This would also help, I think, with China's efforts in Africa. From what I've read, the African nations are very ambivalent about their engagement with and reliance on European nations, and as a result, see China as a way to temper that reliance. The USA should also be seen as such a moderating force.
I think a policy of 'competitive-cooperation' with China makes a lot of sense for the West. so isolating them economically and/or culturally, makes no sense.
Please regard me as an 'old white-guy' who likes to think about big ideas. There are no guarantees I am correct about anyting.