Susan Shirk on How China’s Actions Derailed its Peaceful Rise

Oct. 6, 2022: Susan Shirk on How China’s Actions Derailed its Peaceful Rise
For decades, China's rise to power was characterized by its reassurance that this rise would be peaceful. Then, after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and Xi Jinping took power in 2012, something changed. In her illuminating new book “Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise,” Susan Shirk explains what happened by prying open the "black box" of China's political system and looks at what derailed its peaceful rise. Through extensive interviews and meticulous analysis, Shirk reveals the dynamics driving overreach. Combining her decades of research and experience, Shirk, one of the world's most respected experts on Chinese politics, argues that we are now fully embroiled in a new cold war. To counter it, she argues, the worst mistake the rest of the world, and the U. S. in particular, can make is to overreact.
Speaker: Susan Shirk, Chair, 21st Century China Center, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Moderator: Victor Shih, Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

[@mgronich948]

For Shirk, over reach really means not meekly accepting US agressive actions. But US agressive actions were meant to provoke these reactions from China. The US asked and Morrison complied with many anti-china actions, that eventualy resulted in Chinese sanctions that in part caused Morrison to lose an election. While Australia's agressive policies haven't changed its propaganda profile has been lowered. The sanctions China has used against other countries have been extremely extremely mild compared to sanctions US has placed on dozens of countries that have not bent a knee to the neocons. But the reason for China-US conflict was outlined in the book Thucydidies trap. A rising power against an established power. The US is used to being able to on a whim, invade another country and kill 1 million civilias as in Iraq based on the lie fo WMDs and no country would raise a peep. If China's economy overtakes the US's it might constrain US's ability wage wars on a whim. This is why the reason for the conflict, the imperial US empire does not tolerate a peer competitor.

[@medicuswashington9870]

Meritocracy is the future. Empower the United Nations and the International Criminal Court. The fact of China brings change and hope.

[@spy_balloon]

America exceptionalism has comes to an end, enjoy dedollarization

[@KyleWilliamMarston]

See you on Network 20/20 Susan, looking forward to it.

[@kennethkong5484]

Serious. Listening to that crap

[@alst4817]

The sound is terrible, mic needs changed

[@guest353]

Overreach trash 😂😂😂