(Eerlijke taal en uiteenzetting is interessant zonder het pro/contra propaganda gekwaak.)
Rudd's expertise ter zake is een verademing, wat mijn betreft:
Xi Jinping’s worldview in ten concentric circles.
Understanding how China sees the world is not just an idle academic reflection. What is unfolding underneath our feet is profound change. Xi has changed China and broke with the path of evolving continuity of his predecessors. He has taken Chinese politics and economics to the left, and nationalism and foreign policy to the right.
It is vital to understand Xi’s worldview, to be able to respond to it. His ten priorities are:
1. Keep the Party in power, and himself as its leader, at all costs.
2. Secure national unity as was done in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and will be done in Taiwan.
3. Grow the economy.
4. Do so in an environmentally sustainable fashion.
5. Modernize the military into a world class force that can fight and win wars.
6. Have at least a benign relationship with the 14 neighboring states, but preferably have them be compliant.
7. Push the U.S. back by securing maritime influence in the Pacific and undermining American alliances in Asia.
8. Convert Eurasia into a zone of economic opportunity that becomes increasingly dependent on China.
9. Become an indispensable partner to the rest of the developing world.
10. Change the nature of the international system, making it more compatible with China’s worldview.
Conversatie in Zuerich, begin juni 2022 met Mr. K. Rudd, ontegensprekelijk een expert ter zake, uit ex-'convict-land'.
Waarschuwing: meer dan 1 uur durend gesprek.
Dat een Aussie dit komt toelichten in Zürich en (behoudens vergissing mijnerzijds) niet in Straatsburg of Brussel voor een E.U. gezelschap, toont -wat mij betreft- een correct beeld van de
Euro-Comic Beleidsbende die bewijst weeral niet mee te zijn. Iemand?