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In the past year, if you just read or listen to the statements coming from the top political leaders of the U.S. and other Western countries, as well as from the many articles and reports coming from various major Western mass-media companies, you will undoubtedly conclude that China is the enemy of the U.S. Recently, the “Coalition Peace Initiative,” together with 11 other co-sponsors, organized a series of nine webinars, to promote peace between the U.S. and China. This just completed webinar series discussed the three topics of U.S.-China relationship, modern Chinese history, and Chinese experience in the U.S. [1]

The last webinar in this 9 webinar series is titled “China Is Not United States’ Enemy.” This article is the summary by the author given at the end of this webinar program.

I want to take a few minutes to summarize this series of webinars.  As we have emphasized repeatedly, the most important question facing the world today is whether the world is moving toward war or peace, and the key to answering that question is the relationship between the United States and China. There are many critical global problems that the world is facing.  It is absolutely critical that the world’s two most important and most powerful countries work cooperatively to solve these problems that could lead to a win-win situation for all the people of the world. 

As our speakers tonight pointed out that China is not the enemy of the United States.  In this summary, I want to discuss what would happen if China were the U.S.’ enemy.

1. If China were the U.S.’ enemy, China would have many military bases surrounding the U.S.  China does not. But the United States does have many military bases all around China.
2. If China were the enemy of the United States, China would have alliances with countries around and near the U.S.  China does not.  But the U.S. does have many alliances, including military alliances, with various countries around and near China.
3. If China were the U.S.’ enemy, China would be fabricating accusations against the U.S. in order to psychologically prepare its citizens when conflicts and wars break out between the two countries. China has not done that.  But the U.S. has repeatedly done that as we have discussed throughout this webinar series.
4. If China were the U.S.’ enemy, China would be boycotting U.S. companies and arresting U.S. business leaders on trump-up charges.  China hasn’t done that.  But the U.S. has done that.
5. If China were the U.S.’ enemy, China would try to destabilize the U.S. and try to encourage secession activities within the U.S.  China has not done that.  But the U.S. has repeatedly done that.
6. If China were the U.S.’ enemy, China would provide encouragement, financial support, and perhaps even military support to those organizations or parts of the U.S. who have differences of opinion from the U.S. government.  China has not done that.  But the U.S. has repeatedly done that.

In summary, China has not taken any of the actions which an enemy of the U.S. would likely be taking.  However, on the other hand, the U.S. has repeatedly taken all of those actions. 

That is why in this webinar program, we have repeatedly emphasized that the U.S. government’s demonization of China is essentially based on fabrications, and not based on facts.

Of course, the U.S. and China will also need to compete against each other.  As a matter of fact, we believe that it is healthy to have competition between the U.S. and China.  But that competition should be based on decency and fair play.  The U.S.’s foreign policy should not adopt a Tonya Harding-like foreign policy to unfairly attack its major competitor. 

On the other hand, it is equally important to recognize that the U.S.’s policy and actions all reflect the U.S. government’s belief that China is U.S.’ enemy.  The U.S. must look within itself, instead of blaming others for its problems. This is the most important attitude that needs to be changed.  If that is not changed, we in the U.S. will not be able to solve our internal problems, and we will not able to help the world to solve many critical global problems, and we will move the world closer to war, instead of peace.

Finally, I want to thank all the speakers of this whole webinar series, and I especially want to express my appreciation for all the participants, especially those who have attended multiple webinars.  Let’s all work together harder for peace in order that our children and grandchildren will have a livable world to grow up in, because there is really no alternative. 

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[1] For an explanation of why these three topics are relevant for discussion and understanding of modern U.S.-China relationship, please read the accompanying article “Campaign to Promote Peace Between the United States and China” in this issue of this website: https://www.dontow.com/2021/12/campaign-to-promote-peace-between-the-united-states-and-china/.

[2] You can see the replay videos of all 9 webinars at the Coalition Peace Initiative website: https://www.coalitionpeaceinitiative.org/replay-files-for-webinar-series/, including the talks by K. J. Noh and Sheila Xiao on the topic “China Is Not United States’ Enemy” during the last webinar on 11/17/2021. Also, the audio podcast of this summary to end the Webinar Program on 11/27/2021 can be found at:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n07xoft8rhd3jw1/P9c-20211117-Tow%27s%20Closing%20Remarks.mp3?dl=0.