UThomas Friedman wahlalutya imfazwe eqhubekayo yase-US-China kwikholamu yakhe yamva nje yeThe New York Times.UJohn Lamparski / imifanekiso kaFetty ngeVeki yeNtengiso yeNew York Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesine eyadlulayo, INew York Times Incwadi kaThomas Friedman, Ihlabathi liphezulu: Imbali emfutshane yeNkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye , waba ngoyena mntu wathengisa kumazwe aphesheya. Incwadi, eyapapashwa emva kokugqabhuka kwembumbulu yamachaphaza eMelika, yahlalutya imeko yelizwe jikelele eyathi uFriedman waxela kwangaphambili ukuba iza kususa yonke imiqobo kunaniselwano lweempahla, iinkonzo kunye nolwazi.
Ngokukhawuleza phambili kwishumi leminyaka kamva, nangona kunjalo: ngelixa sisekwisigaba sokuqala senkulungwane yama-21, ilizwe esiphila kulo namhlanje lijonga yonke into kodwa lisicaba. Ngokuchasene noko, iinkokheli zehlabathi, ngakumbi ezo zase-US kunye ne-China, ziphakamisa izithintelo kwimpahla yorhwebo kunye neenkonzo, zithintela abo bakhuphisana nabo ekuqhubeleni phambili kubuchwephesha babo ngelixa besandisa ukwahlula phakathi kwabantu babo kunye nabanye.
Wenza ntoni umphawuli ophumeleleyo kwimicimbi yehlabathi uPulitzer ngayo yonke le nto? Kwi uluvo kwiveki ephelileyo, UFriedman uchonge amandla aphambili kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo eye yaqhuba i-US kunye ne China kwimfazwe embi malunga norhwebo, ubuchwepheshe kunye nezopolitiko namhlanje: I-China ayisafuni ukuthengisa iintlobo ezifanayo zeempahla ebezithengisa eMelika amashumi eminyaka.
Uhlobo lwentengiso yase-US-China lutshintshile-lwaya 'nzulu,' ubhale watsho uFriedman.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu yokuqala [yokuvulwa kwezoqoqosho e-China], urhwebo lwase-US-China lwalungashwankathelwa njengoko i-America yathenga izikipa, izihlangu ze-tennis kunye nezinto zokudlala ezivela e-China, ne-China zathenga iimbotyi zesoya kunye IBoeing jetliners ezivela eMelika, uqhubeke wachaza. Kwaye okoko kunjalo, khange sikhathale nokuba urhulumente waseTshayina ubukomanisi, ubungxowankulu, ubuzwilakhe, inkululeko yenkululeko okanye imifuno.
Kodwa kule minyaka ili-10 idlulileyo, i-China ngokuthe ngcembe yakhula ikwazi ukwenza iimveliso ezinobunkunkqele. Ngo-2015, uMongameli wase-China u-Xi Jinping, owathatha amandla ngo-2012 kwaye uzimisele ukuhlala emandleni ngokungenammiselo, wabeka isicwangciso seminyaka eli-10 esibizwa ngokuba yi-Made in China 2025 esijolise ekwenzeni i-China ibe yinkokheli yehlabathi ekwenzeni iimveliso zobuchwephesha, ezinje. njengeetshiphusi zekhompyuter, isoftware, iinethiwekhi ze5G kunye iirobhothi .
UFriedman ubonakalise ezi mveliso zintsha i-China ifuna ukuthumela ngaphandle njengetekhnoloji enzulu enokungena kwiziseko zophuhliso, umzi-mveliso wakho kunye noluntu lwakho kwaye unokusetyenziselwa ukucofa uluntu lwaseMelika ngobukrelekrele okanye ngeenjongo ezimbi.
Ubudlelwane bethu ne China buhluke kakhulu kobo sasinabo neSoviet Union ngexesha loMlo obandayo, watsho uFriedman. Sasingaxhomekekanga kwezoqoqosho nakwezobuchwephesha kumaRashiya. Sikunye ne China. Kwaye ngoku i-China ingena nzulu eMelika njengoko i-Apple ingena e-China, umahluko kumaxabiso ethu-i-China luluntu lobukhomanisi olungacacisiyo, kwaye eyethu luluntu oluphandle lwentando yesininzi-luqala ukuba nomcimbi.
Xa urhweba ngobuchwephesha obunzulu, 'ukuthembela' izinto ngendlela engazange ibekho ngaphambili. Asinakuthengisela omnye komnye, kwaye sithenge omnye komnye, obu buchwephesha bunzulu, kwisikali, ngaphandle kwamanqanaba aphezulu okuthembana kunye namaxabiso abelwanayo, wongeze watsho
Kwimeko enjalo, uFriedman wakhankanya ukuba bobabini uMongameli u-Xi wase China kunye noMongameli uDonald Trump bahambe kakhulu befuna isisombululo esinoxolo. Ngokuqaphelekayo, umlo oqhubekayo wemirhumo ye-tit-for-tat (esandula ukuba yimfazwe yemali) kunye nesohlwayo esinzima e-US kwizitshaba zobuchwephesha zase-China zilimazile ezoqoqosho zombini kwaye azishiyi naliphi na icala igumbi elininzi lendlela efanelekileyo ngaphandle.
Ukuba uMongameli uTrump noMongameli Xi Jinping abayifumani indlela yokuyiphelisa kungekudala, sizakufika apho siya khona — siphula inkqubo yokudityaniswa kwehlabathi elizise uxolo emhlabeni nokuchuma kule minyaka ingama-70 idlulileyo kunaleyo nangaliphi na elinye ixesha kwimbali, uFriedman walumkisa.
