{"id":330905,"date":"2017-10-17T22:20:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T21:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-real-reason-behind-trumps-angry-diplomacy-in-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T21:20:12","slug":"the-real-reason-behind-trumps-angry-diplomacy-in-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-real-reason-behind-trumps-angry-diplomacy-in-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason behind Trump\u2019s Angry Diplomacy in North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To understand the United States\u2019 stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are underway in that region. China\u2019s clout as an Asian superpower and as a global economic powerhouse has been growing at a rapid speed. The US\u2019 belated \u2018pivot to Asia\u2019 to counter China\u2019s rise has been, thus far, quite ineffectual<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The angry diplomacy<\/a> of President Donald Trump is Washington\u2019s way<\/a> to scare off North Korea\u2019s traditional ally, China, and disrupt what has been, till now, quite a smooth Chinese economic, political and military ascendency in Asia that has pushed against US regional influence, especially in the East and South China Seas. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the fact that China has reevaluated its once strong ties with North Korea, in recent years, it views with great alarm any military build-up by the US and its allies<\/a>. A stronger US military in that region will be a direct challenge to China\u2019s inevitable trade and political hegemony.<\/p>\n

The US understands that its share of the world\u2019s economic pie chart is constantly being reduced, and that China is gaining<\/a> ground, and fast.<\/p>\n

The United States\u2019 economy is the world\u2019s largest, but not for long. Statistics show<\/a> that China is blazing the trail and will, by 2030 \u2013 or even sooner \u2013 win the coveted spot. In fact, according to an International Monetary Fund report in 2014<\/a>, China is already the world\u2019s largest economy when the method of measurement…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To understand the United States\u2019 stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are underway in that region. China\u2019s clout as an Asian superpower and as a global economic powerhouse has been growing at a rapid speed. The US\u2019 belated \u2018pivot to Asia\u2019 to counter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-330905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}