A former Tory leader of the UK reportedly warned the UK's Ministry of Defense (MoD) that outsourcing the country's military uniform production to China poses national security risks. A Chinese expert said such false claims essentially reflect a cognitive distortion and a sense of structural anxiety.
UK-based media outlet The Telegraph reported on Saturday local time that Iain Duncan Smith, a former Tory leader, cited the "threat" China poses to Britain.
From a psychological perspective, this kind of discourse by certain politicians reflects a typical zero-sum mentality and a sense of structural anxiety. When domestic industries lose clear advantages in global competition in terms of cost or efficiency, instead of analyzing the underlying issues in industrial competitiveness, there is a tendency to externalize the explanation, which is attributing market outcomes to "foreign threats," Li Guanjie, a research fellow with the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies under the Shanghai International Studies University, told the Global Times on Sunday.
The Telegraph also cited claims that uniforms made in China carry a "very high likelihood" of being produced with "forced labor." Li said that such claims of "high likelihood" that the products involve "forced labor" are accusations without any factual evidence or supply chain verification, reflecting a clear cognitive bias.
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