Biden's Asia Czar has spoken and has declared the era of engagement with China is donezo.

Speaking at an event hosted by Stanford University, Kurt Campbell, the US coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs on the National Security Council, said, "The period that was broadly described as engagement has come to an end." From now on, US policy toward China will now operate under a "new set of strategic parameters," Campbell said, adding that "the dominant paradigm is going to be competition."

Not that this new pronouncement should surprise anyone paying even scant attention to the US-China relationship.

From a 2020 Pew Research survey, most of the surveyed countries have an unfavorable opinion of China. Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United States, South Korea, Spain, and Canada all reported negative views on China - all at their highest points since Pew Research began polling on this topic more than a decade ago.

Earlier this year, Pew Research found most Americans support a tough stance toward China from human rights to economic issues.

According to this latest Pew Research survey, roughly nine in ten US adults (89%) now consider China a competitor or enemy rather than a partner.

Many Americans surveyed also support taking a firmer approach to the bilateral relationship, whether by promoting human rights in China, getting tougher on China economically, or limiting Chinese students studying in the United States. More broadly, 48% think limiting China's power and influence should be a top foreign policy priority for the US, up from 32% in 2018.

Under Xi Jinping's leadership, the intensity toward China has only grown.

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