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Vo1. 39, No. 6, November/December 2021

Abstract

3 The Biden Administration’s Posture toward China: Behaviors beyond
Strategic Military Front
SHI Yinhong
[Abstract] Since taking power eight months ago, the Biden administration has been
constantly strengthening and upgrading its vigilance, containment and rollback against
China on the strategic military front. Beyond that, its posture and behavior toward
China have been highlighted by fierce competition and confrontation. It continues the
trade war with China and launches a campaign of reshuffling global supply chains
targeting mainly at China. In the high-tech area, an across-the-board policy of
containment and decoupling has been implemented by the Biden administration that
pursues alignment diplomacy with its allies and partners to isolate and siege China in
the diplomatic realm. As regards China-US cooperation, little room has been left for
any significant concrete cooperation programs that are intricately intertwined with
US-China competition over world prestige, leadership in global governance,
ideological clout and economic/technological development. Taking the increasingly
intense competition between China and the United States as a wide-ranging global
ideological battle, President Biden who identifies himself as the man shouldering a
great mission (Bidenism) intends to show that democracy still works in the face of
threats from authoritarianism, and other major challenges of the 21st century. Along
with this came a general guideline for the Biden administration’s China policy: China
is America’s number one adversary who poses serious threats to its interests on all
fronts not only in the short term, but also in the medium term and even in the very
long term. Relevant goals to be attained by the United States aim at not only
outcompeting China but also triumphing over China. China needs to pay close
attention to the difficulties faced by the Biden administration and its changing
performances, while properly understanding the capabilities as well as achievements
made by it. Therefore, it is necessary for the Chinese government to make continuous
observations about the comprehensive strengths and potentials of the Biden
administration and take into full consideration all the contributing factors including
capabilities, gains and losses, costs and risks. Only by adhering to this basic policy can
China correctly plan for its future development in the right direction.
[Keywords] the Biden administration, China-US relations, trade policy toward
China, high-tech decoupling, ideological rivalry, diplomacy with allies
[Author] SHI Yinhong, Professor, School of International Studies, Renmin
University of China; Specially Appointed Professor, School of Government,
Nanjing University (Beijing, 100872).

28 Evolution and Evaluation of the Concept of International Financial
Security
ZHANG Falin and YAO Yuan
[Abstract] International financial security is not only a key security issue in the process

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