There Is An "American Chamber of Commerce In China"

Before the Russia-Ukraine conflict took off, there was a post here about how US saber-rattling makes little sense when there's so much economic connectivity. I'll admit my blind spot was assuming that America's desire to make an easy buck would outweigh the desire to waste resources on a foolish quest to maintain hegemony on the world's stage (after all, the United States has outsourced itself to the bone, American workers be damned). 

But I wasn't the only one with the blind spot: Russia's economy has not only survived but thrived during the conflict, Ukraine's pretty much out of soldiers and land to defend and US/NATO is burning through (what now has to be made-up or borrowed because there's clearly not enough tax money being collected) cash. Remember: Russia is so weak yet so scary. 

There was also a post here about how aside from the economics, militarily-speaking, America is in way over their head. Losing a proxy war is one thing, but thinking that you can go toe-to-toe with a country that is fresh from winning a modern-day war when all your most recent battles involve less-trained opponents with next-to-nothing in term of resources (some who you technically didn't even defeat, but I digress) is delusional at best. 

Nevertheless, The US wants to provoke China, in hopes that it crashes and burns (economically-speaking more than anything else) so the United States can remain the top dog. To this point, American political leaders would have us all believe that China is an independent economic threat, that if taken off the board, will only boost Uncle Sam.

Well, since my last attempt to show how linked American was with Russia was met with the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia locking down their site sometime after I mentioned them, I thought I'd try something different with the American Chamber of Commerce in China. 

Oh yeah...there's an American Chamber of Commerce in China. And instead of just links, I'm also providing screenshots in case memories start to get a bit fuzzy.

Here are the Board of Governors:

In case it's not clear, the following (some American) companies have no problem working with China: Covington & Burling, Boeing, Urban Land Institute, Apple, Met Life, Mars, KKR, Intel, Microsoft, Honeywell, and WilmerHale, and Vermeer. Just a cursory look on the homepages (at least the ones who weren't either forcing cookies or purposely hiding their global outreach), you'll find examples of how to treat another country diplomatically. Covington states that "Our Beijing and Shanghai teams are built on a strong foundation of Chinese nationals trained both in the United States and China as well as lawyers and advisors from the United States with deep China experience." Honeywell worked to bring safe drinking water to schools. In 2016, Met Life funded "a wide range of financial inclusion initiatives, totaling $5.8 million USD in grants over 9 projects, reaching as far as the Sichuan province in the west of China to the Jiangsu province in the east." Intel held a summit in China two years ago. 

And here's Mars explaining why they are doing business in China:

Mars decided to locate the Mars GFSC in China not only because of China’s significant role in the global marketplace, but also to leverage the intensive scientific focus the region is bringing to food supply and safety issues today. Mars has been in China over 30 years, and our commitment to China is long-term. Clarence Mak, Regional President of Mars Wrigley China shares, “I still remember in 2011, I was in a Mars leadership meeting in our global headquarters when we initially discussed the idea of building a food safety research center. What I was really impressed by was the decision to locate the GFSC in China, not just for China, but also for the globe. We know food safety is an important topic in China and China is a country with high expectations. Instead of building this center elsewhere, we made the decision and commitment to this very important market and region to drive science that will impact China and the world.”

Those weren't the only companies, by-the-way. Here's information on the "Policy Plus" and "Top" members:

And finally, here's AmCham China's policy page:

The goal here isn't to "expose;" it's to highlight that despite the words coming from the State Department, US Congress and the White House, America is doing business with China and quite frankly, and it seems to be going well. If China is destined to someday become the #1 economic powerhouse, then so be it; like every nation before it that era will not last forever. 

America should be working on adapting to the new reality instead of clinging to an old, outdated system. A military conflict is not necessary, and the US will be worse off for instigating it.