Opinion: Opinion | China Is No Longer Waiting For Trump To Set The Rules. And He Knows It
This opinion piece argues that China is increasingly asserting its own geopolitical agenda rather than waiting for US leadership or policy shifts. It suggests that China's role as a 'swing power' is now being exercised with greater independence from Washington's influence.
Why it matters
Understanding China's shift toward a more autonomous foreign policy is critical for analyzing the future of global power dynamics and US-China relations.
Since the 1970s, US-China relations have been the fulcrum of the world order. While the strategic balance has always been shaped by the military balance of power between the US and the Soviet Union, and, in our time, between the US and Russia, China has been the classic 'swing power' in…
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