China threat theory
Chinese officials believe that the threat theory originated from statements used by Western countries to suppress China's development in the post-Cold War era.
"[citation needed] However, the ideology of white supremacy and the conflict between Eastern and Western civilizations, which are reflected in it, can still be found in the subsequent "China threat theory.
"[12] At the inception of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), there was also a surge in the "China threat theory" in the United States.
[2] This theory suggested that the success of the Chinese Communist Revolution could potentially initiate a domino effect in Southeast Asia,[13] thus presenting a "red threat" to the United States.
[25] The British media, BBC, interpreted it as mainland China gaining control over Europe through the purchase of European bonds.
[26] Japan, Europe, and the United States believe that mainland China's investments, trade, and economic assistance in Africa are viewed as "neo-colonialism.
[34][35] Alongside economic growth, mainland China's military spending has also increased, raising concerns among neighboring countries, regions, and the United States.
[40] The military expenditure of the United States is three to four times higher than that of China, surpassing the combined total of the countries ranked second to fifteenth.
[51] These conflicts have highlighted the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party and continue to influence Taiwanese politics to this day.
[54][55] Some believe that the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China has continued to deteriorate after the Beijing Olympics.
[3] After the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, some media and individuals believed that the authorities in mainland China began promoting nationalist and authoritarian political propaganda to consolidate their power.
[65][66] They successively promoted nationalist media, such as the Global Times, threatened Taiwan with force, and simultaneously increased military spending.
[75][51] In recent years, Taiwan has undergone a revision of the Constitution of the Republic of China and has ceased temporary provisions against the communist rebellion since 1991.
[85] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was the first Asian leader to reject the "China threat theory.
It is necessary for Asian countries to enhance mutual understanding through dialogue.In the context of the post-Cold War era, on December 13, 1991, New York Times columnist Leslie H. Gelb wrote an article titled "Breaking China Apart".
[89] The remarks made by Major General Zhu Chenghu of the Chinese People's Liberation Army regarding US nuclear weapons have caused great controversy.
[93] After assuming office as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, Xi Jinping led China to abandon its strategy of "hiding its power and biding its time" and instead implemented the "One Belt, One Road" initiative.
[100] Shinzo Abe also stated that in the past 20 years, China's military spending has grown rapidly and has now reached about 20 times.
[102] Some British parliamentarians who were close to the Henry Jackson Association were invited by the Japanese government to visit Japan to help Japan create and promote the China threat theory in the UK;[103] In the report of the Chinese Mainland media Global Vision, Okada Chong, a guest commentator of Kyodo News Agency, also claimed that many Japanese journalists privately lamented that "if you don't add comments criticizing China in your manuscript, your manuscript will not pass", "this is not the order of your boss, but the self-censorship of journalists", "China threat theory has become normal in Japan's speech space", and so on.
[112] This China threat ideology is also very common among the dissident Soviet intellectual community,[113] as historian Roy Medvedev wrote:[114][115][116] Joseph Stalin did not fully consider Adolf Hitler's adventurism in 1941.
Therefore, we should consider the irrational risk-taking behavior from the Mao Zedong Group.On June 15, 1993, when meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China said that China's limited national defense capabilities are entirely for self-defense and are defensive in nature.
Those who spread the rhetoric of "Chinese threat" and "China needs to fill the vacuum" are actually provoking relations among Asian countries, attempting to achieve the goal of divide and rule, which will not succeed.
