STORY: "De-risking" indicates U.S. aim to stymie growth of China: Australian commentator
DATELINE: Aug. 5, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:20
LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China
CATEGORY: POLITICS
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of U.S.
2. SOUNDBITE (English): JERRY GREY, Australian media commentator
3. various of U.S.
4. various of China
 
STORYLINE:
 
As the U.S. and some of its Western allies clamor for the idea of "de-risking" from China in recent months, Australian media commentator Jerry Grey has shared his thoughts on what's behind such an ambiguous strategy.
 
SOUNDBITE (English): JERRY GREY, Australian media commentator
"America has taken an adversarial position with China. 
They're obviously aiming to stymie or restrict the growth of China. 
There are two aspects. One is they don't want China to be the number one economy. Okay, that's competition.
The second one is a threat. China is not a threat to the United States, not in any way, shape or form, but they see it as a threat, which is a perception, not a reality.
If the world decides that it's going to go into a split dual polarity with America on one side and China on the other side, then this globalization issue will take a backward step. Because China won't do this, but America will, require people to take sides. They're already doing this. They're signing countries into agreements and saying, we don't want you to deal with China."
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China.
(XHTV)