I wasn't able to read your article on SCMP, but was able to do so via CISS' institutional webpage. The sharing of the information you gathered in your trip is very valuable and interesting. You made some very interesting and positively-sounding points, such as the détente that is pursued by significant elements of U.S society.
However, as you yourself also noted in the section of the article when you mentioned this U.S leadership's use of the Central Kingdom as a scapegoat for fentanyl-related issues - and in alignment with Prof. Yan Xuetong's own recent warnings of rising populism that could escalate into jingoism (namely in his Dec'24 article "Why China Isn’t Scared of Trump" - I am also worried - even more, given the historical parallels with the 1920s "Roaring Twenties" into 1930s "Oct'29 Stock Market Crash » Great Depression » consequent Rise of Fascism / Pre-WWII" Eras - of what I also perceive as a very real threat of populist and "scapegoatist" tendencies in the West, as opposed to assuming responsibility for past errors so they can be corrected - above all I identify the West's reckless financial mismanagement, which was only possible due to the monetary regime that has prevailed for the past 50/60 years, a regime that is finally really starting to crack more visibly after 2020 and the deglobalization meme, after a first "smaller earthquake" during the 2008 GFC.
Do you not agree with Prof. Yan Xuetong's caution on this subject, and do you not see parallels between the present era and the 1920s/1930s eras I mentioned?
Lastly, regarding Dr. Jian's article, nothing more can be said, I believe, than that it is cirurgically precise. In fact, I hope that a European Liu Xiu might eventually emerge (quite possible, according to history) from the coming economic depression that continent will experience starting (I also think, like you) from this upcoming Fall, and finally begin to strive for that old continent to recover some of its past status, by engaging with the Central Kingdom in international institutional reform. Is there any other destination in sight for Europe as long as it doesn't reform its political institutions and establishment than the gloomy one I suggested?
Dear Chenghao,
Firstly: ni hao. Ni hao ma? Well, I hope ;)
Secondly, moving on to the content of this post:
I wasn't able to read your article on SCMP, but was able to do so via CISS' institutional webpage. The sharing of the information you gathered in your trip is very valuable and interesting. You made some very interesting and positively-sounding points, such as the détente that is pursued by significant elements of U.S society.
However, as you yourself also noted in the section of the article when you mentioned this U.S leadership's use of the Central Kingdom as a scapegoat for fentanyl-related issues - and in alignment with Prof. Yan Xuetong's own recent warnings of rising populism that could escalate into jingoism (namely in his Dec'24 article "Why China Isn’t Scared of Trump" - I am also worried - even more, given the historical parallels with the 1920s "Roaring Twenties" into 1930s "Oct'29 Stock Market Crash » Great Depression » consequent Rise of Fascism / Pre-WWII" Eras - of what I also perceive as a very real threat of populist and "scapegoatist" tendencies in the West, as opposed to assuming responsibility for past errors so they can be corrected - above all I identify the West's reckless financial mismanagement, which was only possible due to the monetary regime that has prevailed for the past 50/60 years, a regime that is finally really starting to crack more visibly after 2020 and the deglobalization meme, after a first "smaller earthquake" during the 2008 GFC.
Do you not agree with Prof. Yan Xuetong's caution on this subject, and do you not see parallels between the present era and the 1920s/1930s eras I mentioned?
Lastly, regarding Dr. Jian's article, nothing more can be said, I believe, than that it is cirurgically precise. In fact, I hope that a European Liu Xiu might eventually emerge (quite possible, according to history) from the coming economic depression that continent will experience starting (I also think, like you) from this upcoming Fall, and finally begin to strive for that old continent to recover some of its past status, by engaging with the Central Kingdom in international institutional reform. Is there any other destination in sight for Europe as long as it doesn't reform its political institutions and establishment than the gloomy one I suggested?
Best regards,
Rafael