America Loses Contest of Systems

America Loses Contest of Systems When U.S. President Joe Biden visited Europe in June — his first foreign trip — he tried to make the G7, NATO and U.S.-EU summits a highlight for democracy. He also tried to fortify his European allies as a camp against China by spinning China-related issues on the agenda as the antithesis of democracy. Clearly, Biden has become a direct successor to Trump in following the grand strategy of framing China-U.S. relations as a global contest between democratic and autocratic systems. Ever since China and the U.S. established diplomatic relations 40-some years ago, China's modernity…