Xi Jinping on all fronts: how far will the China-US rivalry go? • FRANCE 24 English 

I think most people outside China misinterpreted the phrase "great wall of steel". This is a traditional phrase used to mean fence out intruder. It's a defensive phrase in stead of an offensive one. Of course, many people want it be an offensive phrase.😂

Can anyone explain why the interpretation of Xi Jinping’s speech at the very beginning is totally wrong? He didn’t say anything about war or military.

So funny that they had to go back to the 19th century to give an example of a Chinese war 😅

Great wall of steel. We all know what Great Wall is. It is for defense, not invasion.

China said: let' s mutual respect, cooperation for peace development. USA said: No , I will trip up you, despite I will pay big price.🤣

One of the panel couldn't help it and whispered "of course" lollll

Please....don't make Taiwan a Ukraine of Asia. Let's keep status quo.

Welcome Honduras to China 🙏

It’s like a whole lot of people kind of forgets how much military power over a trillion$$ a year gets you.

Two wars between China and US in last decades. The first was a direct war, the Korea war, where US planned to diminish the North Korea, bombarding up to the border area of China. China, having no air force no nuke, opened fire to US army and at the end the US's plan failed, North Korea survived. The second war was an indirect war, the Vietnam war, where the US's aim was to diminish the North government. China supported the North in various ways. At the end, the US's aim failed, the the US ally, South government, was destroyed and US's army withdrew.

I wish we in the usa had a great world leader like Xi. A peace maker instead of a warmaker. Xi even has a working brain ! Aukus in the nato of Asia, trying to start their expansion like in Eastern Europe.

Don’t worry ! U.S. military spending is 4 times more than China & exceed the sum of spending of the next 9 countries . The U.S. Has 750 Overseas Military Bases, with over 40+ Military Bases surrounding China w/ Warships & Missiles . China should be the one who worried .

In m opinion it is really up to the US how confrontational this relationship might go. I think China is willing to meet the US half way on issues where they disagree on while working together on issues where they share common interest. We need real adults to get this bilateral relationship on more solid footing and suppress the endless hijacking of the relationship by war monger neocons.

No, Sir! China is not the bad guy. Its the Western world keep demanding your democracy on non-western. Let’s us or individual countries figure out democracy for themselves. Thanks!

Power is no more powerful in living with other countries. But the wisdom and love to others will do.

Am I the only one that catch that “ofcouse” whisper when ask if it sinks in close door Washington that China broker the Iran and Saudi deal 😂

The presenter is totally biased but The two Chinese commentators are both excellent.

China is the superpower of Asia😎

Insightful debate. Good jog France 24

With recent USA diplomatic antics in the strait now the unification of Taiwan is eminent and the Ukrainian war has left it's friends too weak to do much about it.

China is militarily ready to allow high stakes politics and diplomacy to wrestle Taiwan politically, since the global mood has shifted from the whims of the west... Taiwanese politics and democracy is about to implode with activity.... I foretell that we will be seeing active moves towards political and social reunification in 5yrs.... If there is anything in Taiwan that the west would be willing to invade China to secure, they can always seek compensation, reparations, restitution, reimbursement or relocation-Taiwan is China, and the world knows and recognises Chinese sovereignty....

Action louder than words Matching your words with actions is important Lead by example rather than showing the contradiction of your action with your words, which are rather common in the last two years

The thing about steel, is that it's susceptible to rust... let that sink in....

How about Pulau Pinang is the next Singapore being Grab ?

'Red flags U.S-China rivalry in Indo-Pacific'.. - Admiral R. Hari Kumar (India, 2023)..✌️😊✌️🇮🇳

China owns Asia, period! Its the most accomplished civilisation in the entire Continent since 3500 years to date, along with Persia to a lesser extent. In the case of China, it appears as though by sheer providence however. This is why I understand President's Xi's vision of China taking its rightful place in the world. You must understand that the Chinese civilisation has been almost unmatched in human history. By ancient authority, the same way, the Italian people have a leadership claim on Westetn Europe. In Europe, no civilisation has come close to the magnificence of the Roman empire, at least in longevity. I am not a Chinese person. I am a Qatari - Saudi Civil Engineer. The more I research Chinese culture and history, the more impressed I am. So, Kudos to China.

Rather than a mere rivalry between China and US, we are seeing a completely new global order unraveling before our eyes - one that is about dialogue, peace, multilaterism, construction, and development. It is not merely a strategic alliance of the Global South but one that embraces anything but the NATO-north.

I don't know why do this educated European say that word autocracy repeatedly.. It's upon people of a country whom to elected as much as possible they like.. Why should every countries in this world have same kind of govt system like them

sounds like China has got a good chess game going. where you got the queen , bishop, and knight all active. all focused on an abjective. Making the other side make moves it does not want to make.

Why does sky news dis able comments? For rally in UK. Let's be transparent. We're starting to resemble russia

Why do some people believe rumors from the USA and UK that China will 'invade' for seizing TSMC? We are building a domestic semiconductor industry chain, which is hard but achievable. Nine out of ten Chinese people don't know what TSMC does, but they are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve sovereignty and territorial integrity. which is difficult to understand for countries that are waging wars for oil, land, or selling weapons

If you are French and you still trust Britain and US, I have to admire your memory. Maybe you forget about Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, Alstom, and the lost of the multibillion-dollar deal to Britain when Australia bought nuke-powered submarines.

Just love how Western media twisted meanings into their own bidding.

I would really like to know what "claim" the US has on Taiwan that they didn't make clear in the Shanghai Accord.

what is the final result of competition snd war? How can you defeat a country with massive nuclear weapons?

The US support of Taiwan now is more based on the necessity of the chips/TSMC . For how long and how much is still uncertain. It's fact the determination of CCP China to take over Taiwan is built in its constitution and its nationalism and collective ego - its core.

If Aussies are stepping in China's conflicts, China is welcoming that, China can take all Australian land.

It's laughable USA is not saying it wants more land

Great Wall of Steel meaning strengthening the defense against all external threats, just like how the Great Wall of China deterred the Mongols.

The obsession of the neocons now influencing US and European foreign policy in their pursuit of global economic and military dominance, is such that Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are left with no option but to form a strategic military alliance between Russia and China, an alliance that makes it clear to the international community in general and to the US administration in particular, that a nuclear war against one is a nuclear war against both. The Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) strategy for deterring nuclear war must now become mad enough to deter the even more insane ambitions of these American neocons.

這是專業的競赛每个人都是同起跑

All these old men know nothing at all about China..

The two old French guys added no value

Honestly, I have no idea what’s really going on all this conversation is surface level intelligence. The truth is so far from reality that you know that you would question your reality. Therefore, it’s a secret.

This is news, bravo🎉

The US should just fund NATO endlessly and supply military aid to European countries at their beckon call; and countries like Germany, France and Hungary should make friends with China and Russia for their economic interest like they always do. Hmmm...I wonder how the average Americans feel about this.

Military buildup is necessary to be done simultaneously with political reunification because they are not only reunifying politically but reunifying territorially because now that area must be defended and patrolled by Chinese military

The Hon Anthony Albanese MP and Rishi Sunak Prime Minister of the United Kingdom no more after their election 2024. Henry Kissinger Quote: “To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.”

Tawain just help ....puti and they frightening with gas ⛽

When xi said in 2014.. Pacific is large enough for two major powers.. I thought he was naive.. in today's world, still is a rule of jungle.. the pride can only have one King, and all the lionesses must bear his cabs.. Japan, Australia, UK, some European countries..

There is no rivalry - the US has new official friends. China is one of those friends. I think Xi is amazing.

French 24 need to read some Chinese dictionary, this is totally BS translation,, he did not mean any offensive, just heavy responsibility

Listen to what the former Australian primester Paul Keating have to say 听听澳大利亚前总理保罗·基廷怎么说 on RU-vid

Oh boy. So many compliments to China. Iran peace talk with South Arabia. and Americans so happy about it. Hm, Small note, AUKUS agreement and Biden signs oil drilling in Alaska. That tell a lot about our stand on all what is going on. I think that we entering uncharted waters here. good luck to us all.

Volkswagen's decision to double down will be looked back upon as the final nail in its ⚰ ! As possibly, along with Tesla.

最高兴有🈶普！和魔迪

I don't know bro. Sun Tzu me this: two armies of equal size and tech, one has developed the tech, the other steals it. Who wins?

It will go as far as the RIO GRANDE !!!

What I heard thus far was us picking a fight with china for the past 4 years....& this fight was not started by china. I thought us insisted to fight china on all fronts to prolong us hegemony.

Anglo Propaganda on high gear

Love this open dialog....very informative. I would never get all this information so straight forward on US media. Even as a US citizen I can see the writing on the wall, China is about to rise as the new top superpower and the their dollar(or BRICS)will become the standard globally. The reign of the US is in its twilight.....could be 2 years could be 30 years but it will happen. Only question is if there will there be a military conflict like every other time a new world order emerged or will it happen peacefully. Our corporations, Wall street and politicians bled us dry and sold us out. Time to pay the piper. Rough times ahead for us😢

They look for exchange money

Wall of steel sounds defensive to me! If I had the USA with their guns pointing at my country I would do the same!

Lots of words, as expected from China.

dont mess with TAIWAN and there will be peace

Chinese in Caribbean move people around . tawain few people

With telecommunications ... telephone company business partner ship

How far will yhe US-China rivalry go? This question reflects the difference between western and we Chinese philosophy. We are peace loving people. We emphasize on harmony and coexistence. Even when we Chinese were the super power in Asia, we had not invaded any other smaller countries. No Japan (they invaded us). No Korea. No others. We had never bully the weak. We grow strong now through our own blood, sweat and tears. Rivalry? That's what the Americans look upon us. We are only their self made enemy. How are will the rivalry go? Ask the US, not us!

Time for Ping Pong!!!

Nuclear exchange

Please approach better n smarter people to conduct your interview on TV

Despite all the conversation in this video, The fact remains that China wants to employ force as a foreign policy tool because it's by far the biggest bully in the region. Of course, there's a problem with China getting its way because there is someone else in the area which is far bigger and more powerful than China and of course that's the US. I seriously doubt any other country in the region are truly allies with China. Some countries have relationships of convenience with China but probably even those would not support Chinese military aggression if a shooting war breaks out somewhere. Some countries like Australia don't even bother with some veneer of accepting a Chinese presence in the area and when a country commits fully to the World Oder based on International law, the US is willing to extend extra benefits. Australia is not the only country to be mending and upgrading relations with the US, the Philippines has switched from independent and alone to inviting the US to increase the capability of US air and sea bases in that country.

One thing is crystal clear, US is the trouble maker here. I don’t see how stirring up Taiwan tension makes US more competitive. If anything it will accelerate China’s advancement to close the military gap or getting even further ahead on technology development. War is a great motivator for China.

Left Willy somewgere

West barks and then acts. China acts and then barks.

In recent times, the Philippines has undergone a shift in its foreign policy stance, opting to distance itself from the United States while seeking closer relations with China. This shift was driven by the hope that China would address its encroachment and aggressive behavior towards the Philippines, including the harassment of Filipino fishermen and the use of military-grade lasers to target Filipino coast guards, resulting in temporary blindness. Despite concerted efforts to foster friendly relations, China's persistent aggression and disrespectful conduct have continued, including instances of aggression occurring shortly after a visit by the Philippine President to China. While China may espouse principles of peace, stability, and friendship in its rhetoric, its actions have consistently contradicted its words, characterized by a pattern of deception, hypocrisy, and inconsistency. As a result, the Philippines has come to the realization that maintaining strong ties with a trusted, long-standing friend nation is a wiser course of action than attempting to placate a deceitful neighbor. Furthermore, EDCA sites are not intended for offensive actions, unless China initiates the activation of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the US.

I applaud France 24 for this platform for rational conversation. I expect the US will get even more belligerent as China emerges stronger and over shadows US economically.

What rivalry? China is extending hands of friendship but US put sanctions after sanctions and forming anti China alliances with AUKUS, IPEF, Chips Act and QUAD.

West should not poke china

Is not the tawain is Caribbean Belize American get trouble

"economic depression"? where, u mean the US...

Till the nukes fly. ☢️

外國人的生活方式不会因台湾改变只会是慢慢融入除了做台:弯有什麼

Key events have changed the dynamic between "number 2 and number 3" a lot. If the CCP like the USSR isn't reformable, that's a historic challenge for pretty much everybody on the planet, not only for neighbours. Perhaps a bit less of a challenge for North Korea; but certainly for Russia, especially in a longer-term perspective - of course Russia does not have less pride than the CCP, however its political options for the post-Putin era are more uncertain, more flexible as well, historical options more open. Xi appears to have been pushed into, landed or gone into a strategic position, where not all, but many of his potential moves can only fail or depend on Putin. The public does not know what information the two men shared and share, but it is Putin who has the escalation lever and took the initiative with his internationally condemned 2022 surprise-attack on Ukraine; it wasn't Xi with a surprise-attack elsewhere. Some entities are fine with "helping" China to believe that it could soon become world hegemon, perhaps calculating that opportunities, more relative power and influence will go to them, once the CCP alternative reality evaporates due to hubris, once propaganda clashes with facts. Miscalculation risk also increases with internal pressure on the CCP, which in a sort of foundational tradition or proof of insecure personality, even in the 21st century continues to disappear, imprison, muzzle those who question the "supreme leader". Some political systems and policy frameworks are relics of the past that will not stand the test of time. History has plenty of them. How to improve transitions, while also avoiding conflict and unnecessary tensions?

India much courtol because gogo idea

美國银行倒了那么多人败灯这那么高兴。

To the end when world leadership changes 😁

What expansionist designs does China have? Do they intend to catchup to the US or France in overseas bases? Or military deployments outside legal UN missions? Or is China building their military so they can defend themselves in case they are attacked? Your government recognizes Taiwan is part of their national territory. So if the US tries to declare Taiwan is independent the way Russia declared Crimea independent will France send China weapons to help China repel U.S. belligerence?

If China want to be seen as a world power it need to unite the island by force, following what the collective west done in Mid -East and Africa.Since Russia had already follow the act of the west, it only right for China to do the same so as not to let those military spending go to waste.

Taiwan's constitution says both taiwan and mainland belong to China. Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 This Act is specially enacted for the purposes of ensuring the security and public welfare in the Taiwan Area, regulating dealings between the peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, and handling legal matters arising therefrom before national unification. With regard to matters not provided for in this Act, the provisions of other relevant laws and regulations shall apply. Article 2 The following terms as used in this Act are defined below.1. "Taiwan Area" refers to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and any other area under the effective control of the Government.2. "Mainland Area" refers to the territory of the Republic of China outside the Taiwan Area.3. "People of the Taiwan Area" refers to the people who have household registrations in the Taiwan Area.4. "People of the Mainland Area" refers to the people who have household registrations in the Mainland Area.

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CHINESE GUY’s claim that Marco Polo and China relation is not really accurate. When Marco Polo visited China, it was not called China that time, it was MONGOL EMPIRE who had conquered China in 13th century! So it is correct to say that relation between MONGOLIA 🇲🇳 AND ITALY 🇮🇹

Bluvla Will give the Willy back to the che

China self sufficient and not stealing technology never.

WAAAGH!

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The disaster of Ukraine should make PRC think twice, still the US should not antagonize PRC

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