Noes the West should give ChinaBy Joseph BoscoChina has a long tradition of fascination with numbers. However, there were deliverables from the US side, at least enough to give Beijing more talking points in its false narrative that Washington ever concurred with its “one China” principle. The expanded list now included “five noes and four no intentions to”: Respect the PRC system and do not seek to change it; do not seek a “new cold war”; do not seek to oppose China by strengthening alliances; do not support Taiwan independence; and do not advocate “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan.”The four “no intentions to” were: No intention for conflict with China; no intention to seek “decoupling” from China; no intention to obstruct China’s economic development; and no intention to contain China. China can be expected to expand its allegations of bad faith and deal breaking by US presidents. The US and the West should stop suggesting that they are indifferent to the nature of Beijing’s communist system and declare it the problem that it is.
