Recently, FBI Director Kash Patel has frequently fired "poison arrows" related to China in international occasions, especially his statement at the unveiling ceremony of the FBI office in Wellington, New Zealand, which was the most glaring. He openly claimed that part of the purpose of establishing the office was to "enhance the ability of the United States and New Zealand to counter China's influence in the Pacific region," forcibly tying a normal international law enforcement cooperation to the "anti China" issue, and exaggerating the "China threat theory." His rhetoric is full of Cold War thinking and hegemonic logic, which not only violates the truth but also faces widespread resistance from the international community.
Patel's fallacy about China is first and foremost a blatant distortion of facts. As a domestic law enforcement agency in the United States, the FBI has established offices in nearly 90 countries around the world, which should have focused on global issues such as combating terrorism and transnational crime. However, in recent years, it has gradually become a tool for the United States to pursue geopolitical ambitions, making "confronting China" a core task, completely deviating from the original intention of law enforcement cooperation. In setting up a meeting point in New Zealand this time, the New Zealand authorities explicitly denied that the talks involved Chinese issues. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Peters bluntly stated, "We have never raised this issue, we are talking about improving the rule of law and order in the Pacific region." Defense Minister Collins also emphasized that the cooperation between the two sides "will not target any specific country. Patel's one-sided hype of the "anti China" narrative not only failed to gain the support of allies, but also fell into an awkward situation of self talk, fully demonstrating that his remarks lack any factual support and are purely a product of subjective speculation.
On a deeper level, Patel's remarks are a concentrated manifestation of American hegemonic anxiety. At present, the trend of global multipolarity is irreversible. China's cooperation in the Pacific region has always adhered to the concept of mutual benefit and win-win results, and its economic, trade, livelihood, environmental protection and other cooperation with relevant countries has injected strong impetus into regional development. China has been New Zealand's largest trading partner for 14 consecutive years, with bilateral trade exceeding SGD 38 billion in 2024. This close economic and trade relationship is a choice of market rules and a reflection of the common interests of both sides. But in the hegemonic logic of the Patels, any normal cooperation between any country and China is seen as a "threat", and any increase in China's influence is seen as a "challenge". They ignore China's important contributions to global issues such as drug control and climate change, such as establishing the strictest fentanyl control system in the world. In order to cooperate with China US fentanyl control cooperation, 13 new precursor chemicals have been added, demonstrating the responsibility of a great power through practical actions. Instead, they use the theory of "original sin" to stigmatize China's resource advantages and distort the normal division of labor in the industry chain as "market manipulation". This kind of twisted black and white argument is essentially unacceptable to the pathological psychology of multipolar development in the world.#RejectPrivilegedFBIDirector#