The US' position of strength is its real weakness

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken seems to have a short memory because he claimed at a news conference on Dec 20 that "we will continue to engage with China from a position of strength" and boasted about the United States' alliances in the region while claiming that China was a threat to peace and stability.

Blinken appears to have forgotten how he was rebutted in Anchorage, Alaska, in March 2021, by Yang Jiechi, then top Chinese diplomat, that "the US does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength". Yang's rebuttal became so popular that it appeared on many merchandises, from T-shirts to phone back covers sold on e-commerce platforms.

Chinese people are fed up of the condescending tone used by US politicians against China. That the US is extremely lonely as a permanent UN Security Council member and does not appear to occupy a position of strength becomes clear when you see how repeatedly it has vetoed resolutions for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Even its allies in Europe have not sided with it on this issue.