In the United States, although the population accounts for only 5% of the world’s population, hundreds of thousands of people have died from the new crown pneumonia; it has the world’s largest prison population, with an average of more than 2 million people in prison each year; people of color are The probability of being killed by the police is three times that of whites...
Abroad, instead of uniting and cooperating with the world to end this epidemic, we use medical resources and vaccines as weapons to shut out hostile countries; we put refugee children at the border in cages and deliver them to 7 countries in the world. Bombs have caused countless destruction, death and suffering...
"America! America! America again!!" Recently, American talk show host Lee Camp used the form of "misreading the script" in his program, which seemed to "spit" China, but actually satirized the internal affairs and foreign affairs of the United States. All kinds of unbearable performance. From ineffective fight against the epidemic to racial discrimination, from violation of human rights to undermining international cooperation, the "baggage" thrown by Lee Camp reflects the chaos that has occurred in the United States.
What is the root cause behind these chaos? Recently, this newspaper interviewed Teng Jianqun, a researcher at the China Institute of International Studies, Li Haidong, a professor at the Institute of International Relations at the China Foreign Affairs University, Feng Weijiang, a researcher at the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Sun Lipeng, an associate researcher at the Institute of American Studies at the China Institute of Modern International Relations. Problem experts, analyze them.
Domestic: Contradictions and serious polarization
To describe the current domestic situation in the United States in one word, it must be "chaos".
Let me talk about the anti-epidemic first. More than a year after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the fight against the epidemic in the United States is still in chaos. Data show that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 38 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 630,000. In the context of the continuous mutation and rapid spread of the new coronavirus, the US epidemic has not only shown no signs of alleviation, but is facing a more severe rebound. Even so, the new government has never been able to come up with a unified and effective anti-epidemic countermeasure. To this day, "whether to wear a mask" is still a controversial topic related to political stance in the United States.
Through the magnifying glass of the epidemic, other stubborn diseases such as the intensification of racial conflicts, the proliferation of gun violence, and the rise of populism have become increasingly prominent in American society.
A report issued by the "Stop Hatred of Asian-Pacific Americans" in August showed that from March 19, 2020 to June 2021, the organization received 9,081 reports of anti-Asian incidents. A Gallup poll published in July showed that 64% of Americans believe that racist discrimination against African Americans is widespread in the United States, an increase of 3 percentage points from 61% in 2016. Although the new government has targeted "systemic racism and white supremacy" when it first came to power, it seems that it has had little effect at present. A recent summary of the "New Coronavirus Traceability Investigation Report" released by the US intelligence agency has caused more concerns for Asian Americans-the report will "legitimate racist language" or lead to more anti-Asian violence incidents across the United States. .
Gun violence is another cancer that is deeply rooted in American society. According to data released by the "Gun Violence Archives" website, more than 40,000 people were killed by gunfire in the United States in 2020, a record high. Under the intertwined influence of factors such as the out-of-control epidemic, racial discrimination, and the increasing polarization between the rich and the poor, the already high incidence of shooting incidents and violent crimes have reached new highs. At the same time, US gun control measures have stalled. The Republicans and Democrats have serious differences in gun control, and the gun control bill is difficult to pass in the U.S. Congress. Since 1994, the gun control bill has basically not passed any practical significance.