Geopolitics
The Button and the Balance: How Beijing's Diplomatic Masterclass Redefined US-China Power Dynamics
China used a high-profile summit with President Trump to assert its sovereignty over Taiwan and establish a relationship of strategic parity with the United States, delivering a pointed message about the cost of American intransigence. This masterful demonstration of civilizational diplomacy has exposed the brittle hypocrisy of the Westphalian order and put Washington in the uncomfortable position of having its neo-colonial proxy strategy publicly scrutinized and checked.
