Xi Realizes China’s Role
Published at 14:50 on 14 April 2025
In a move whose significance is being overlooked by many, China’s leader recently came openly out in favour of working with the EU, to the exclusion of the USA, in defence of “…international fairness and justice and international rules and order.” This is both highly significant, predicted here, and very much good news, as it is probably a precondition for turning back the fascist tide.
In more good news, Spain seems to get it as well, while the fascists seem too addled by too addled by groupthink and leader worship to realize the full import of what is happening.
Now, this is Trump we are talking about, so that policy could well (and probably will, and to some degree already has, with the temporary tariff exemption for certain electronics goods) turn on a dime, but that is only of limited significance.
- China knows that the U.S.A. is unreliable, and will not soon forget it.
- The U.S. economy is certain to be damaged by the trade wars. A fascist regime that damages itself early on is less a threat than one that makes a strong start.
From a political dark arts perspective, my hope is that this all results in a generalized Sinophobia amongst the Trump right, which would help lock China in as an anti-Trump world power. The world needs an anti-Trump world power, and China is the most logical actor to become such a power.
Note finally that this process might take a while to complete. It’s not as if the current state of China-EU relations is all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. That, however, is mostly the lingering result of a world order that is now squarely receding in our rear-view mirror. The logic of a strategic partnership will, I hope, prove itself too strong to ignore.