China is closing the gap

What I saw at the start and end of the decade. 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While preparing for the trip, I’d read a bunch of books, articles and studies, and they tended to come down on one side, either bullish or bearish on China. I ended up closer to the middle. Late last year, at the very end of the 2010s, I returned to China. This time, I emerged more clearly in one of the two camps: I think China has just enjoyed a very good decade. In particular, it has closed more of the global power gap with the country it is chasing — the United States — than seemed likely when I was there 10 years earlier. But the reasons are complicated. China still has both major strengths and major problems. It is deeply flawed and yet making progress on most of those flaws. The United States remains substantially stronger — but it is not making progress. Instead, it is stagnating in some areas and regressing in others. It has had a worse decade than I would have guessed back in 2010. I’ve written a column for this weekend’s Sunday Review [about the lessons from my two trips to China](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgBDcWP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMS8xNi9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9jaGluYS1lY29ub215LXRyYWRlLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMDAxMTc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTUyNjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMDQxNCZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDIwMDExN1cDbnl0QgoAKRayIV47aFLVUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), which is online now. My main conclusion: China’s greatest strength today is America’s weakness. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgBDcWP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODUmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjAwMTE3VwNueXRCCgApFrIhXjtoUtVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgBDcWP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODcmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjAwMTE3VwNueXRCCgApFrIhXjtoUtVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgBDcWP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODYmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjAwMTE3VwNueXRCCgApFrIhXjtoUtVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ For more … - If you read the column and want to go deeper, I recommend a recent New Yorker piece by [Evan Osnos](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgBDcWP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3eW9ya2VyLmNvbS9tYWdhemluZS8yMDIwLzAxLzEzL3RoZS1mdXR1cmUtb2YtYW1lcmljYXMtY29udGVzdC13aXRoLWNoaW5hP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjAwMTE3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1MjYwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjA0MTQmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAxMTdXA255dEIKACkWsiFeO2hS1VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), who spent years reporting in China. His conclusion: To avoid catastrophe, both sides will have to accept truths that so far they have not: China must acknowledge the outrage caused by its overreaching bids for control, and America must adjust to China’s presence, without selling honor for profit. The ascendant view in Washington holds that the competition is us-or-them; in fact, the reality of this century will be us-and-them. It is naïve to imagine wrestling China back to the past. The project, now, is to contest its moral vision of the future. - [Keyu Jin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgBDcWP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cua29yZWF0aW1lcy5jby5rci93d3cvb3Bpbmlvbi8yMDE5LzA3LzE5N18yNzIyODkuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWRhdmlkLWxlb25oYXJkdCZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIwMDExNz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNTI2MCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIwNDE0JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMTE3VwNueXRCCgApFrIhXjtoUtVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) of the London School of Economics, writing for Project Syndicate: China is taking advantage of doubts about Western liberalism by pushing a new worldview of its own. The West’s vulnerability has been exposed by its slow economic recovery since the 2008 financial crisis, declining life expectancy among some cohorts, stagnant standards of living, and the breakdown of traditional alliances. In exporting an alternative agenda, China is unapologetically advocating increased state intervention to improve livelihoods, as well as a value system that ranks collective welfare above individual desires. - [Kurt Campbell and Jake Sullivan](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgBDcWP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9yZWlnbmFmZmFpcnMuY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2NoaW5hL2NvbXBldGl0aW9uLXdpdGgtY2hpbmEtd2l0aG91dC1jYXRhc3Ryb3BoZT90ZT0xJm5sPWRhdmlkLWxlb25oYXJkdCZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIwMDExNz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNTI2MCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIwNDE0JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMTE3VwNueXRCCgApFrIhXjtoUtVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), who both served in the Obama administration, writing in Foreign Affairs: Rather than relying on assumptions about China’s trajectory, American strategy should be durable whatever the future brings for the Chinese system. It should seek to achieve not a definitive end state akin to the Cold War’s ultimate conclusion but a steady state of clear-eyed coexistence on terms favorable to U.S. interests and values. Programming note On Sunday at 10 p.m., FX will air an episode of “The Weekly” about the Times editorial board’s [endorsement process](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgBDcWP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMC8wMS8xMy9vcGluaW9uL2VsZWN0aW9uLW55dGltZXMtdGhlLWNob2ljZS5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjAwMTE3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1MjYwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjA0MTQmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAxMTdXA255dEIKACkWsiFeO2hS1VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) in the Democratic presidential primary. (The other columnists and I are not part of the board.) 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