Beijing believed the United States was in terminal decline, with its industrial base hollowed out, commitment to allies undercut, struggling to manage a once-in-a-century pandemic, with many openly proclaiming 'the East was rising and the West was falling.'
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“the PRC believed the United States was in terminal decline, that our industrial base had been hollowed out, that our commitment to our allies and partners had been undercut, that the United States was struggling to manage a once in a century pandemic, and that many in Beijing were openly proclaiming that, quote, 'the East was rising and the West was falling.'”
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