China should stop US decoupling at any cost, even humiliation

 

China should stop US decoupling at any cost, even humiliation, ultranationalist writer warns

• Those who advocate triumphalism and proactive decoupling risk causing ‘endless harm’, bestselling co-author and nationalism standard bearer says
• China would pay the greater price, Wang Xiaodong warns, as he causes stir with call for a return to Deng’s moderate policy

 

China is about to close yet another difficult year, marked by a deepening feud with the US and the seemingly interminable coronavirus pandemic.

Faced with the twin challenges of a slowing economy and a new Cold War brewing on its doorstep, China has shown both resilience and defiance as it tackles an increasingly hostile global environment. And leading this fightback has been its army of propagandists and Wolf Warrior diplomats, busy spinning an alternate narrative where China is defeating a Western plot to contain the rise of a popular, benevolent and peace-loving power.