与美国的竞争只会让中国更强大

Give up on “winning” against China By Christopher Beam In April, when Washington and Beijing were exchanging tit-for-tat blows in the trade war, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent projected con- fidence. China had a “losing hand,” he told CNBC. “They’re playing with a pair of twos.” During Trump’s first term and under the Biden administration, China hawks spread the idea that the US had to beat China before China could beat the US. This camp breathed a sigh of relief when China’s economy began showing signs of malaise in 2023: a slow-motion property crisis, a stock market selloff, legions of unemployed college graduates. …