Michael Pillsbury, a China expert at the conservative Hudson Institute who informally advises Trump, said the decision was in line with an administration strategy Trump authorized months ago to more aggressively challenge China’s influence on the world stage.
Another author, Michael Pillsbury, echoes Kissinger’s view that China is playing the longest geopolitical game ever conceived, far longer and more subtle and comprehensive than any campaign a Western nation has ever undertaken.
“So this is the problem with action against China. We have the rhetoric,” Pillsbury told Just the News during an interview with the John Solomon Reports podcast. “If we had widespread understanding that we are about to enter a Chinese-led world order, and then we are about to become a little brother to our Chinese leader, if that were widespread, I think you would see a different attitude.”
“We are underestimating China’s competitive drive to surpass us,” Pillsbury told Dobbs. “Lou, what they want to come out of this coronavirus crisis is to be number one in the world.”