“New international alliances are emerging to address relations with China, which has shifted away from passive and low-key global engagement towards a more assertive and high-profile one dubbed ‘wolf warrior diplomacy.’”
Alex He in the South China Morning Post
Duelling Economic Powers: The United States and China
Competing America-first and China-first policies have led to a virtual stalemate of the world’s duelling economic powers. The result: 2020 has seen a protracted trade war with tit-for-tat economic sanctions in the form of ballooning tariffs that has shown no signs of resolution. CIGI’s Alex He and Yong Wang have been monitoring the tensions closely, with He’s final paper in a series exploring the decision-making process in China offering an unflinching critique of China’s quest for economic supremacy.
China’s policy “may have pushed through some difficult economic reforms, but it created a variety of new problems and exacerbated the existing bureaucratic problems in China’s political economy,” He wrote. “These problems can have catastrophic consequences when facing an emergency situation, such as a public health crisis.” He provided analysis to numerous media outlets, including the South China Morning Post.