Anonymous ID: 38a6d4 April 9, 2020, 5:09 p.m. No.8739752   🗄️.is 🔗kun

A word about China and US relations whilst Obama was in power.

 

Article titled "How America's relationship with China changed under Obama" Barack Obama had six diplomatic priorities in his 8-year term. The sixth and final priority was the strategy of “returning to the Asia Pacific,” shifting a focus which had been on Europe for 200 years, to Asia, or from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Obama proclaims himself "America's first Pacific president." Behind this title, China is a direct factor.Originally called a “return to the Asia-Pacific”, the strategy was later rephrased as a “strategic pivot” and finally a “rebalancing”. Despite the rhetorical changes, its intent remains consistent —to contain the rise of China. The strategy was first introduced by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the ASEAN Regional Forum held in Hanoi on July 23, 2010, which outraged China because there was no prior consultation with it. The then foreign minister of China, Yang Jiechi, demanded an adjournment, followed by a one-hour rebuke to Hillary. Obama visited China in November 2009, the first year of his presidency, which was a rarity. As a rule of thumb, a US president would not visit China unless he had won the second term. The reason behind Obama’s different approach to China is because the US cannot accommodate the rise of China, hence the “return to Asia” policy.

 

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/america-china-relationship/

 

"More of an equal balance of power between the US and China"