US China Relations have been full of ups and downs as long as it has existed. Economically speaking, however, Lawrence Korb from the Center for American Progress says that the two countries rely on one another. According to Korb, if China does not lend the United States money to stimulate its economy, Chinese goods will go un-bought. While the United States may in fact always be looking for enemies, says Mr. Korb, these two superpowers need each other and will avoid unnecessary tensions at all costs.
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In an interview for RT News, Mr. Korb shares his view about U.S China Relations: “If China doesn’t lend the U.S money to deal with its deficit problem, then the U.S cannot stimulate its economy enough to buy Chinese products. So, yes, we both need each other. That is a good thing, because since we both need each other, neither of us is going to do anything that will create unnecessary tension or anything that might create an armed conflict between us.”
Watch: US China Relations, Interview with Mr. Lawrence Korb
The interviewer poses a difficult question to Mr. Korb: “Who has the upper hand here with the United States being so reliant on China to finance its debt?” -- “Well”, Replies Mr. Korb, “Right now until we get our economic house in order China has more leverage than they would otherwise. But it’s not completely, because as I have been saying we have to buy from China, and if their economy doesn’t keep growing, they’re going to have problems with their country.”
Mr. Korb thinks that some politicians in the United States view China as a threat or as a potential enemy, and they see the rise of China much like the rise of the soviet union after WW2 and up until the 90′s. However, China has in fact helped the United States with North Korea, and it did not veto the resolution to apply forces in Lybia. Mr. Korb concludes that the two nations need and rely on each other and that despite bumps ahead, US China Relations are strong and will remain so in the near future.
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I like your comment about the US always looking for enemies. It really pegs them as international shit disturbers.
This is the reason why a great nation like the US would fall, when the government is always looking for enemies to combat with, the people and all other domestic issue would be sacrificed.It is so much easier to talk about global affairs which would give all Americans the kind or pride that government can never bring. Because, everyone knows that the US government cannot do many things with other government like forcing China to revaluate its national currency. Even though the government fails, it is not the fault of the government. It is the fault of the Chinese government. It is so easy to blame the others and divert attention of the American people from governmen inefficiency in the domestic realm. Domestically, people ask for better living, job security, medical and social protection. The government can never satify all these claims. It is more clever to divert attention with global affairs so that the American presidents, congressmen, bureaucrats, technocrats, and scholars can continue to repeat all old things they have learned before. When we read all the American books, they never deviate from major theories. This is the core reason leading to the fall of a great empire. Lack of innovation in theory apart from neo-conservatism, realism, liberal democracy and human rights. It is very much easier to repeat all these grant theories than finding new ones for the new world. Finding new enemy can revive the long gone war of the last century which helped the accendance of the US to hegemonic status. Only by reviving long gone history, everyone can find old theories from the old books.