China-US tension: Is the world heading towards a new cold war

Posted on 23rd Sep 2020 by rohit kumar

A glimpse of the ongoing tension between the US and China is also seen in the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

 

In the United Nations General Assembly session, US President Donald Trump once again held China responsible for the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. He said that 'China's accountability' should be fixed in this matter.

 

At the same time, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his speech that 'China has no intention of going into cold war with any country'.

 

Both the United States and China are big global powers, but for some time there has been tension on both fronts. On many issues, both countries have even threatened each other.

 

This annual summit of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York is virtual, with all global leaders sending their pre-recorded speeches.

 

This new format has the effect that the kind of 'geopolitical drama' used to be seen every year in the annual meeting of the United Nations is not this year. Each country has sent one representative each in this session, due to which it is unlikely that any country will immediately surround the front country on any issue or ask questions.

 

But this possibility remains through speeches. For example, President Trump has used the session spoke of the United Nations General Assembly to count his achievements and attack his opponent.

 

China 'infects the world': Trump

 

In his speech, President Trump openly stated that "China - which is responsible for the worldwide spread of this epidemic, we must fix its accountability."

 

Trump said that "In the early days, when the corona infection spread, China banned domestic flights, but it did not stop international flights. The flights continued to fly out of China and they infected the world. The travel ban imposed by me above was denied. That too when he banned domestic flights and imprisoned his citizens in their homes. "

 

President Trump, who has his record of the Coronavirus in question and the US elections on his head, again accused China of 'trying to hide information related to the epidemic.'

 

Trump said that "China could have controlled the epidemic if it wanted to." But China has described these attacks as baseless.

 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated in the context of the Corona epidemic that "selfishness has no place at this time of the epidemic. Populism and nationalism have failed. Rather these ideologies of stopping the virus have made things more complicated." Only made. "

 

But contrary to his statement by President Trump in his speech, he presented the view that "Only when you can take care of your citizens, then you will get the right basis to cooperate."

 

Meanwhile, the number of deaths from Covid-19 in America has increased to more than two lakhs, which is more than any country in the world. Experts say that 'American President Trump is one of the few leaders in the world who initially underestimated this epidemic, which American citizens are paying for.'

 

There is tension between China and America on many issues, but the US has been openly speaking on the issue of trade, technology and technology, Hong Kong, and minority Muslims living in the Xinjiang province of China.

 

What did China say in response to Trump?

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech was conducted soon after the recorded speech of US leader Donald Trump ended. He warned in his speech about the 'risks associated with the clash of two civilizations'.

 

He emphasized that the consequences of a confrontation between the two could be very bad.

 

Xi Jinping said in his speech that "We will continue to work towards resolving our differences and disputes through dialogue. We only develop ourselves, we do not think that and also do not want to cause any war due to disputes Get off in. "

 

Before his speech, Xi Jinping remarked that "no country has the right to try to dominate global affairs and control the destiny of others, or all the opportunities for development and the benefits that come from it." Keep it. " However, many critics accuse China of 'dominating'.

 

In his speech during the session of the United Nations General Assembly, Xi Jinping also said that "China, which is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, aims to be carbon neutral by 2060".

 

Is the world moving towards a new cold war?

The General Assembly was opened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for discussion. Then, without naming China or America, he warned that "We are moving in a very bad direction. This world is not ready to tolerate a confrontation between the two global powers. So we should make every effort so that new The Cold War could be avoided. "

 

Tensions between China and the United States, now many other global leaders are feeling 'threatened for international stability'. The words of France's President Emmanuel Macron expressed concern over the current situation, it clearly shows this concern.

 

He said that "Today the world cannot be left to rivalry between China and America".

 

International political analysts believe that 'multilateralism is in the most serious disorder' at the moment.

 

At this time, President Trump demonstrated his oratory and used international forums like the United Nations General Assembly once again to target China.

 

'Trump targets American voters'

 

Senior BBC correspondent Laura Trevelyan wrote in her analysis that there is now less than 40 days left for the presidential election in the United States, and shouting at China, calling China bad, is part of Donald Trump's election campaign.

 

It seems that they want to suppress their imperfections related to the control of the epidemic in America, by telling China guilty of the outbreak.

 

But the question is whether, in a bipolar world in which both America and China want their supremacy, it will eventually take the form of a military conflict? This is the concern of Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

 

The open discussion on the consequences of this 'Maha-Dar' clearly shows how fast the world is changing and how diplomats are flirting to maintain the status quo.

 

The Chinese president, however, made it clear in his speech that "China has no intention of entering any kind of war". And this in itself is quite a clear message. But all things together, which direction is taking this tension, it is difficult to say right now.

 

Analysts believe that 'the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly were quite constructive in which big international leaders used to discuss each other diplomatically. But now only anarchy appears in them and most of the leaders are unable to talk further than narrow interests.

 

During this period of the Corona epidemic, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said 'it's time to work together' and reversed the US President's statement in a few hours saying that 'all global leaders should follow him You should put your country and your people first, they should give priority. These are very conflicting views.

 

BBC correspondent Laura Trevelyan wrote that 'if Donald Trump is elected president again, his unilateralism will become more pronounced. Also, the United Nations will be further marginalized by the United States.

 

So will this weaken America's commitment to NATO as well? On this question, Laura wrote that 'if Biden was elected the President of the United States, this tension between the United States and China would be a little less certain, though the original American-China rivalry between the two countries would continue.'

 

It would not be wrong to say that a new 'global order' is being decided in the world, this world is again being re-organized with which things are changing. In such a situation, the question arises that how does the old multilateral system accept it? And how does one reconcile with it? - Because this will decide who will lead after all.