When you mix democracies with thug states in one international body, the body tends to be corrupted by the thugs rather than uplifted by the democracies.
How ... even handed of him:
UN chief urges U.S. and China to fix "dysfunctional relationship" to avoid new Cold War[.]
I'm sure we can both find room to give in our disagreements, as the UN hopes.
China wants to:
--Eliminate Uighurs,
--Enslave Hong Kongers,
--Erase Tibetan culture,
--Seize Indian territory,
--Keep North Korea as their little pet nuclear psycho,
--Take Japanese territory,
--Own and control the South China Sea,
--Prevent Hollywood from producing unapproved entertainment,
--Avoid responsibility for the Xi Jinping Flu Covid-19 pandemic that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan where a Chinese biological lab does work,
--Flood America with deadly Fentanyl,
--Oppress all Chinese with a Social Credit score,
--Conduct unopposed espionage against the West,
--Maintain trade deals meant for a poor China that still benefit China,
--and invade and crush Taiwan.
Did I miss something major?
America, on the other hand, wants China to continue to peacefully prosper in the system America designed, yet stop doing those other things.
Surely we can split the difference to have a functional relationship that avoids a cold war, eh?