{"id":22223,"date":"2017-12-19T16:53:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/19\/following-trumps-report-china-urges-us-to-accept-its-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:06:38","slug":"following-trumps-report-china-urges-us-to-accept-its-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2017\/12\/19\/following-trumps-report-china-urges-us-to-accept-its-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Trump&#8217;s report, China urges US to accept its rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=d810b9a1-2393-4dfa-af31-b9c7377d9879\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-d810b9a1-2393-4dfa-af31-b9c7377d9879.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Defense News Associate Editor Aaron Mehta offers his analysis of President Trump&#8217;s new national security strategy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING \u2014 The Chinese government on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to label Beijing a strategic rival and called on Washington to \u201cabandon a Cold War mentality\u201d and accept China\u2019s rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2017\/12\/18\/trumps-national-security-strategy-unveiled-with-focus-on-economics\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover635211\" style=\"\">Trump\u2019s decision<\/a> reflects a \u201cvictory of hardliners\u201d in his administration, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It warned U.S.-Chinese economic relations were likely to face \u201ceven more pressure and challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe urge the United States to stop deliberately distorting China\u2019s strategic intentions and abandon a Cold War mentality,\u201d said a foreign ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying. \u201cOtherwise it will injure others and damage itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/civilian\/2017\/12\/18\/what-trumps-national-security-strategy-says-on-cyber\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover875624\" style=\"\">Trump\u2019s report Monday hit a series of sore spots for Beijing.<\/a> It affirmed ties with Taiwan, the self-ruled island the mainland government claims as its territory, and pledged to \u201cre-energize our alliances\u201d with Southeast Asian governments, some of which have conflicts with China over claims to portions of the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States and China share one of the world\u2019s biggest trading relationships and cooperate in areas from clean energy to public health. But Beijing sees Washington as an obstacle to its ambitions to be East Asia\u2019s dominant power, and strains over Taiwan, trade, technology policy and the South China Sea are growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is selfish to put your national interest above other countries\u2019 interest and the mutual interest of the international community,\u201d said the Chinese Embassy in Washington in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Chinese side is willing to have peaceful coexistence with all countries,\u201d said the embassy statement. \u201cThe United States should also adapt and accept China\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials are uneasy about Beijing\u2019s rising military spending \u2014 already the second-highest behind Washington. They see President Xi Jinping\u2019s \u201cBelt and Road Initiative,\u201d a project to build railways and other infrastructure across countries from Asia to Europe and Africa, as part of efforts to erode American influence and nurture a China-centered political structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Especially sensitive is Taiwan, the democratic island Beijing has declared a \u201ccore interest\u201d over which it will go to war, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s report promises to \u201cmaintain our strong ties with Taiwan\u201d and provide for its \u201clegitimate defense needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has taken a tougher stance toward Taiwan since last year\u2019s election of President Tsai Ing-wen, who has refused to endorse Beijing\u2019s contention that Taiwan is part of the Chinese nation. Chinese commentators speculate on the possible need for military steps to put pressure on Tsai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Trump signed a law this month that opened the way for U.S. Navy ships to visit Taiwan, a Chinese diplomat quoted by state media said the mainland would attack the day that happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s report doesn\u2019t change Washington\u2019s official stance but might aggravate tensions if Taiwanese who want formal independence see it as sign of U.S. support and \u201cwant to take advantage of it,\u201d said Xiong Zhiyong, a U.S. relations expert at China Foreign Affairs University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Chinese government is also anxious,\u201d said Xiong. He said the Chinese diplomat\u2019s remark is a \u201cwarning out of real worry that something may happen unexpectedly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hua, the foreign ministry spokeswoman, urged Washington to stick to diplomatic commitments on how to handle Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Chinese warplanes flew around Taiwan in what the military said was a test of their \u201cocean combat ability.\u201d Taiwan\u2019s defense ministry said Japan launched fighter planes to track the Chinese aircraft, but the Japanese government would not confirm that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s report promises to \u201cre-energize our alliances\u201d with governments including the Philippines and Vietnam, which have conflicting territorial claims with Beijing in the South China Sea. It also pledges to expand military cooperation with India, a country Beijing sees as a rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report emphasized economic security and repeated complaints that China steals technology and uses \u201ceconomic inducements\u201d to persuade other governments to serve its strategic interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It proposes restricting visas to prevent intellectual property theft by foreigners, particularly Chinese, who travel to the United States to study science, engineering, math and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign business groups in China report that companies are increasingly frustrated with market barriers and other restrictions they say violate Beijing\u2019s free-trade promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report is another abrupt turn in Trump\u2019s stance toward Beijing, which has veered between blistering criticism on trade and currency and optimism about cooperation on North Korea and other problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina seeks to displace the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, expand the reaches of its state-driven economic model, and reorder the region in its favor,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, Trump announced that he was setting aside complaints about trade and currency in hopes of winning Chinese cooperation on North Korea. U.S. officials resumed criticizing Beijing in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/11\/10\/trump-thinks-us-china-could-jointly-solve-worlds-problems\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Trump switched back to friendly overtures during a visit to Beijing<\/a> in November. 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