In the traditional “State of the Union” address, the American president reviews the state of the nation in the past year and the administration’s plans for the next one. Airing on March 7, President Biden’s address focused mainly on the various domestic issues that concern the American public. As for foreign affairs, the president referred to the three main areas of interest of the administration at the present time, namely the Russia–Ukraine war, the war in the Middle East, and the competition of the United States with China. In the context of the superpower competition, the president described the United States as a positive global power, which promotes advanced technologies, enjoys economic prosperity and well-being, and protects peace and stability. In contrast to the pessimistic assessments of many commentators and despite China’s progress, the president claimed that the United States is on the rise; its economy is the strongest in the world, its gross national product is increasing; and the trade deficit with China is at its lowest level in about a decade.
President Biden detailed the main points of American policy in terms of the strategic competition with China—challenging China’s unfair economic conduct around the world, standing up for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, strengthening the array of US partnerships and alliances in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Australia, Japan , South Korea, and the islands in the Pacific Ocean), and preventing the leakage of advanced American technologies to China for its own use. In conclusion, the president claimed that because of his administration’s policies, the United States is now in a good position of power, which will enable it to win the main strategic competition of the 21st century.
China, for its part, gave a routine response, objecting to the use of the term “competition” to define relations with the United States and viewing it as a pretext for the American attempts to delegitimize China.
In the traditional “State of the Union” address, the American president reviews the state of the nation in the past year and the administration’s plans for the next one. Airing on March 7, President Biden’s address focused mainly on the various domestic issues that concern the American public. As for foreign affairs, the president referred to the three main areas of interest of the administration at the present time, namely the Russia–Ukraine war, the war in the Middle East, and the competition of the United States with China. In the context of the superpower competition, the president described the United States as a positive global power, which promotes advanced technologies, enjoys economic prosperity and well-being, and protects peace and stability. In contrast to the pessimistic assessments of many commentators and despite China’s progress, the president claimed that the United States is on the rise; its economy is the strongest in the world, its gross national product is increasing; and the trade deficit with China is at its lowest level in about a decade.
President Biden detailed the main points of American policy in terms of the strategic competition with China—challenging China’s unfair economic conduct around the world, standing up for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, strengthening the array of US partnerships and alliances in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Australia, Japan , South Korea, and the islands in the Pacific Ocean), and preventing the leakage of advanced American technologies to China for its own use. In conclusion, the president claimed that because of his administration’s policies, the United States is now in a good position of power, which will enable it to win the main strategic competition of the 21st century.
China, for its part, gave a routine response, objecting to the use of the term “competition” to define relations with the United States and viewing it as a pretext for the American attempts to delegitimize China.