This mental approach, coupled with his irresponsible statements, runs counter to the promises and commitments the United States has made in the three China-US joint statements. On October 25, 1971, The United Nations General Assembly unanimously approved Resolution 2758, which unequivocally states that “the representatives of the Government of the People’s Republic of China are the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations.”
Six months after the historic UN General Assembly resolution, in February 1972 to be precisethe United States and China signed the Shanghai Communiqué, which categorically states: “all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait maintain that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China.”
Why is the United States’ latest attempt to foment controversy in the Asia-Pacific region by playing the “Taiwan card” doomed to failure? First, as many media outlets and academics expressed, the post-World War II Western-backed global order is crumbling due to the growing gap between what is professed and what is practiced.
Secondly, the world is witnessing two contrary searches: as China employs efforts to help democratize international relations through connectivity and cooperation, as exemplified by the Belt and Road Initiative, which has seen $1 trillion invested in projects in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe over the past 10 years; On the contrary, the United States, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has been trying to militarize international relations, provoking confrontations and conflicts. Additionally, the United States has wasted $6.5 trillion of American taxpayer money on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Somalia.
Third, the Global South, which encompasses large parts of the Asia-Pacific, is in no mood to return to the days of the Cold War. That’s why There are no “buyers” for the US recipe for confrontation or a new Cold War.complemented by hundreds of military bases around the world and new security blocs and alliances, such as AUKUS and QUAD.
The “Taiwan charter” has long expired, and It would be beneficial for American policymakers to realize this as soon as possible.
The author is founder president of the Pakistan-China Institute and chairman of the Defense Committee of the Senate of Pakistan. This is a translated and abbreviated version of an article published in China Daily. The opinions do not necessarily reflect those of China Daily.
