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二 |     By Wang Gaofei, Wu Xinru     (ECNS) -- Do sunflower seeds and dumplings pose a "threat" to U.S. national security?    The question may sound absurd, but the latest additions to the so-called Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) entity list have raised questions about the breadth of the U.S. trade restrictions on Chinese goods. 43 Chinese companies have been added to the list in a single day, bringing the total to 187. From advanced chips to food and everyday apparel, the overreaching "big stick" of U.S. sanctions has finally ripped away its own fig-leaf.    Is this move really driven by "human rights concerns" as the West claimed, or is it merely the result of political calculation by Washington's elites? What lies behind Washington's decision to escalate sanctions just one day after reaching a consensus?    Josef Gregory Mahoney, an American scholar and professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University, was recently invited to join News Lounge of China News Network where he unpacked the real intentions of U.S. sanctions.        Sunflower seeds and dumplings land on the list: The absurdity and futility behind overreaching sanctions     "This move is logically indefensible," Mahoney stated bluntly, "These consumer goods firms have absolutely no connection to the so-called 'forced labor' allegations. Claims are entirely fabricated and lack any factual basis."     He argued that the U.S.' true intention is clear -- using groundless excuses to suppress China's competitive ordinary industries, disrupt the stability of China's industrial and supply chains, and protect the market share of its own traditional industries at the expense of Chinese enterprises' legitimate rights.         When even sunflower seeds and dumplings are labeled as "threats," the veteran scholar of China-U.S. relations emphasized, it exposes the absurdity and desperation behind Washington's containment strategy.     Turning to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) itself, he was even more incisive: "In the context of international law, the UFLPA has no legitimate legal foundation. In fact, it violates basic WTO rules and international trade norms."    He also added that the enforcement criteria of UFLPA are fatally flawed, adopting an unfair, rebuttable presumption that treats all related entities as guilty without evidence. When the law arbitrarily expands restrictions without clear, consistent judgment, it reverses the fundamental legal principle of presumption of innocence.     To suppress China, Washington has disregarded legal principles and fallen into logical contradictions, going to extraordinary lengths to achieve its ends.    Mahoney stressed: "It is blatant economic coercion, which could bring far-reaching harm," including erecting unnecessary trade barriers, hindering the flow of bilateral goods, and disrupting global industrial chain arrangements. Washington will hardly be able to bear the bitter fruits of these spillover effects.    Backtracking the very next day: Political calculation trumps economic and trade consensus     Just one day before the sanctions were announced, senior Chinese and U.S. officials in charge of economic and trade affairs had just held a video call, during which both sides stated that they were ready to jointly push for stable and sound China-U.S. economic and trade ties. Yet Washington brandished the big stick of sanctions almost immediately after those remarks. According to Mahoney, the timing is a deliberate and calculated provocation.     "The U.S. uses engagement and escalation as two sides of the same policy. It aims to create unilateral leverage before the follow-up consultations, break the mutual trust just built and force China into unnecessary concessions, completely violating the consensus reached by both parties."    The so-called "human rights concerns" appear to be a plausible pretext by the U.S. Yet in Mahoney's eyes, the sanction escalation stems almost entirely from domestic U.S. political calculation.     As the midterm elections draw near, demonstrating toughness on China remains one of the few tactics to unite Washington's bitterly-divided political establishment. The U.S. Congress has consistently demanded more aggressive UFLPA enforcement, and expanding the entity list helps insulate the White House from criticism by China Hawks.    Mahoney sees through this ploy: "It says nothing more than a convenient political fig leaf."    But just how much of Washington's shame can this fig leaf possibly cover?        Mahoney pointed directly to long-unresolved domestic issues in the United States, including sweatshop labor, prison labor and the abuse of migrant labor. Abroad, Washington has resorted to the aggression against Venezuela, against Iran, and supporting the genocide in Gaza.     Plagued by deep-seated domestic ills and a dismal human rights record, Washington, though, has long posed as a self-appointed "world's policeman," but its actions only serve to expose its deep hypocrisy.    Mahoney warned that, faced with election-driven pressures, continued festering of domestic governance problems in the U.S. could push Washington toward increasingly radical foreign policy stances. This sanction move, which represents a betrayal of previous consensus, has further eroded the already fragile China-U.S. mutual trust and introduced considerable uncertainties for subsequent high-level consultations.      Truth long obscured: Heavy barriers hide the reality     Western public discourse has long been awash with various false narratives targeting China, Xinjiang in particular.    "One of the interesting things we know about the cotton industry in Xinjiang is that there's no 'forced labor,' period. One of the things that is sort of interesting is that anyone can go to Xinjiang. It welcomes all visitors." Mahoney iterated in the interview.    During his recent visit to Xinjiang, Mahoney not only witnessed firsthand the highly-mechanized cotton-harvesting operations, but also toured local factories that produce harvesting equipment.    Inside the production workshops, he saw working teams led by female engineers, and members included Uyghurs who were there as professionals. Everyone performed their respective duties, actively contributing ideas and energy to production with great enthusiasm. Nowhere did he see "forced labor" or "slave labor" decried in Western media narratives.     Only by experiencing it firsthand and verifying through on-the-ground investigation can one get a glimpse of the truth. Mahoney noted that foreign visitors traveling to Urumqi, Karamay, and Kashgar are consistently struck by the region's stability, public order, and the well-being of its people.    Not everyone can afford, unfortunately, to travel to China, as Mahoney introduced, especially many Americans who find their position eroding economically because of the very policies that the current administration is putting into place. "They're kind of trapped in economic decline."    Some anti-China forces have long engaged in blame-shifting, seeking to externalize domestic governance conflicts and divert public discontent through media narratives. Trapped within pre-set information echo chambers, ordinary citizens lack the means to verify the truth by traveling to China. Exposed over time to one-sided, misleading and even false reports, they readily develop deep-seated negative stereotypes about China.    Encouragingly, the current media landscape is quietly shifting.    Mahoney noticed that a level of criticality has sort of entered the discussion now, which is creating an opening for people to take a more balanced look at China.    In recent years, China has rolled out multiple visa-exemption policies, and the popularity of travelling to China continues to surge. In his view, this offers an excellent opportunity for people overseas to break free from false narratives and see a multifaceted, authentic China. At the end of the interview, Mahoney shared his observations on the future development of China-U.S. relations.     In his view, how relations unfold between these two major powers has implications well beyond the two nations but also the global order.     Mahoney explained how Europe, faced with persistently high risks of deindustrialization, is further impacted by the energy crisis amid regional conflicts stoked by the United States, such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Iran-Israel conflict. A large volume of opportunities and investment therefore has flowed outward, forcing Europe to adopt trade-protectionist stances toward China, which brings complications to China's relationship with the EU. Mahoney said that a growing number of countries are seeing these developments. And they realize that if they want to avoid the boot heel of American hegemony, they have to find more constructive alternatives and the ability to advance according to their own agendas. "And these, in fact, are the alternatives that China is offering them."    He held that some significant headwinds would be raised for the short-term development of China-U.S. relations and they would become more complicated.     His position is that the United States is facing a relative decline and is being hollowed out from within by itself while still being engaged in imperial overreach globally. Increasingly, the world is building alternatives to that type of U.S. dominated model.     On the contrary, China is probably the country best-positioned in the world to weather those types of risks and to even moderate them to some extent. He believes the country will work through this.    "China has been a responsible major power that has committed itself to stability over conflict," said Mahoney.    "If the U.S. can wake up to that realization, while at the same time figure out a way to change its behavior and commitment to structural inequalities, then I think we might find the two countries being able to move together in a way that would better result in a shared future for humanity," he concluded.                    。

三 | 这是他连续第四年与中乔体育携手奔赴中国各地。

四 | 本年度活动以 “修行之旅” 为核心主题，跳出往年单纯的球迷见面会、球场对抗模式，串联郑州、太原、晋中、大同四座中原城市，将中华传统历史文化、非遗人文与街头草根篮球、专业球鞋研发深度融合。刚结束 2025-2026 赛季，凯尔登·约翰逊状态火热，全勤出战 82 场常规赛，场均贡献 13.2 分 5.4 篮板 1.4 助攻，凭借稳定高效的替补表现斩获 NBA 最佳第六人荣誉，带着赛场沉淀的成长感悟，开启这场横跨中原大地的文化与篮球双重修行。战鼓启幕・郑州：中原热土迎远客，鼓声响处热血燃首站落子郑州，中原球迷的热情早已将城市点燃。抵达当日，凯尔登・约翰逊直奔郑州中牟杉杉奥特莱斯，完成本次中国行的首场公开亮相。开场仪式上，他亲手挥槌，敲响定制马刺战鼓。雄浑沉郁的鼓点穿透人潮，与全场欢呼层层共振，既把马刺队的赛场血性带到中原腹地，也正式叩响了这场 “修行之旅” 的热血序章。

五 | 当晚活动现场，全场氛围高涨。凯尔登・约翰逊联袂中乔体育品牌代言人-孙铭徽，与赖益烨、杨浩等篮球KOL同台登场，和本土草根球员展开正面交锋。球场之上，他腾空暴扣轮番上演，攻防两端倾尽全力，每一次突破都引爆全场呐喊，每一粒进球都掀起声浪高潮。用最纯粹的球场表现回应球迷长久的等待，让滚烫的篮球热爱，成为这场修行之旅最鲜活的开场底色。次日，凯尔登・约翰逊奔赴嵩山少林，在晨钟古刹间沉浸式感受禅武合一的东方武学底蕴。跟随少林武僧习练基础拳法，在一招一式中体悟呼吸与发力的平衡；在少林球场与武僧队小队员们轻松切磋，让篮球的爆发力与武学的沉稳气韵相向而生。在郑州大学的训练营里，凯尔登·约翰逊化身教练细致拆解突破、卡位技巧，将实战经验倾囊相授。比赛不只是切磋比拼，更是授业传技的载体，用实战教学让年轻球员直观领会赛场修行的真谛。

六 | 而在晚上的“突袭战”里，他更是全程鏖战、毫无保留，用始终在线的投入度，注解 “修行” 二字的真正含义。晋韵寻踪・太原 / 晋中：古城文脉鉴匠心，战靴新色启新程一路向北步入晋地，千年古城的厚重底蕴，与篮球的热血活力撞出别样火花。漫步古城街巷，触摸古建肌理，凯尔登・约翰逊在岁月沉淀的晋地文脉里，读懂日复一日的坚守与厚积薄发的力量 —— 这份笃行不怠的气质，恰与他职业生涯步步进阶的成长轨迹同频共振。

七 | 本站最受瞩目的产品沙龙落地太原，凯尔登・约翰逊与设计师、行业媒体齐聚一堂，共同见证锋刺 RISE3 全新 “荣耀” 配色的重磅首发。

八 | 这款专为致敬凯尔登斩获 “最佳第六人” 荣誉打造的战靴，作为其赛场专属旗舰款，搭载无需 “磨合” 的适配型中底，兼顾高强度竞技支撑与外场耐磨属性，实现实战性能与穿着体验的双重跃升。现场凯尔登分享了自身球鞋穿着体验，他评价该款球鞋拥有出色反馈与支撑性能，足以支撑高强度快节奏对抗，是日常训练与赛场比拼的得力装备。晚间 上升实验室 RISE LAB，再度将城市的篮球热情推至顶点。凯尔登・约翰逊与孟博龙及林秉圣展开职业级的较量。突破劈扣、外线远投、贴身防守轮番上演，他全场紧逼的竞技态度、毫无保留的赛场表现，让现场球迷直呼尽兴。

九 | 7 月 25 日晋中天美杉杉奥特莱斯门店签售现场，凯尔登始终笑意满满，耐心回应每一位球迷的诉求，签名、合影、暖心互动，把远道而来的亲切感拉到最满。石窟收官・大同：千年云冈藏匠心，热血终章意未尽作为本次 “修行之旅” 的收官之地，大同以雄浑的北国风光与千年石窟文明，迎接凯尔登・约翰逊的到来。驻足云冈石窟，一尊尊石刻造像在岁月里静默伫立，他认真聆听讲解，凝视刀凿镌刻的千年匠心，感叹于文明传承的厚重力量。这场与千年历史的对话，也为本次 “修行之旅” 写下了最具分量的精神注脚。品尝地道晋北美食，感受本土民俗风情，他用最接地气的方式，拥抱这座城市的烟火温度。

十 | 夜幕降临，大同万达广场化作篮球热爱的聚集地。凯尔登・约翰逊甫一登场，便收获全场山呼海啸般的欢呼。他穿行在人群之中，为每一位到场球迷签名留念，认真回应每一声呼唤，把真诚与热情送到每个人面前。收官战球局之上，他再度披挂上阵，与球员们展开精彩对决。一次次腾空暴扣炸裂全场，一记记精准远投引燃氛围，既是对球迷热情的最好回礼，也为这场八天四城的 “修行之旅”，画上了热血滚烫的圆满句点。从个人的赛场修行，到全民的热爱共鸣，“天下大同” 的内核在此刻具象 —— 篮球从无边界，热爱始终同频。2026 凯尔登・约翰逊 “修行之旅” 中国行，从来不止是一次跨越南北的球迷之约，更是中乔体育将东方文化内核与篮球精神深度融合的一次全新探索。从战鼓揭幕的热血开场，到禅武修身的精神共鸣；从锋刺 RISE3 依托超级巭超临界科技，凭借均衡缓震、稳定支撑与全天候抓地耐磨表现，成为凯尔登赛场征战的伙伴，完成产品的技术迭代，到下沉民间的真诚互动，中乔体育始终以 “科技助力每一步” 的品牌理念为锚，不断拓宽篮球文化的表达边界。未来，中乔体育将继续携手凯尔登・约翰逊，深耕实战篮球场景，传递笃行精进的运动精神，让篮球文化扎根更多城市土壤，推动中国篮球生态持续向上生长，共同解锁更多属于热爱与热血的高能时刻。