The world is like a chess game new!
As china is actively preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Chinese busy with the completion of its year-end work goals, the international community is still full of turmoil and unrest.
On December 15, three more things happened in the world: the United States, France, Germany and Japan.
All indications are that the international order is being permanently changed and that the world pattern is facing deep reorganization.
The first one, tit-for-tat? France retaliated against the United States and "cut off" the US side's large arms purchase orders.
In September, France lost its previous $66 billion submarine contract with Australia as the United States stepped in.
The "submarine crisis" once caused the RELATIONSHIP between the United States and France to fall to a freezing point, and it took Biden a lot of effort to appease Macron before the relations between the two countries eased.
But how could a Gaulish rooster swallow this breath? What's more, this loss is not $600 million, nor $6 billion, but nearly $70 billion in military purchases.
Soon, the French began to "take revenge".
On the 15th, UAE officials said that the government has informed the United States that it will suspend the purchase of F-35 stealth fighters from the United States.
According to the previous arms purchase agreement between the two sides, the UAE will purchase 50 F-35s from the United States, and 18 "Death" drones have a large number of arms, with a total value of $23 billion.
Originally able to make a lot of money, now to the mouth of the fat flying, Americans are naturally very depressed. But what makes Americans even more unhappy is that the UAE's decision has a lot to do with France.
According to EMI officials, the decision to halt the purchase of F-35 fighters was made due to the fact that 80 Rafale fighters had just been ordered from the French company Dassault, taking into account technical, operational and financial constraints.
On the 3rd of this month, France and the United Arab Emirates reached an arms purchase agreement, in addition to the purchase of 80 Rafale fighters, the United Arab Emirates also agreed to buy 12 "Vicious" military helicopters, with a total order of about $19 billion.
Obviously, this time, France also gave the United States a taste of the "cut off" of the large military purchase order.
Although the amount is not as good as the Australian submarine cut off by the United States, it finally has a bad breath.
Facts have proved that the so-called "alliance" between Western countries cannot stand the test of reality at all. When it comes to issues of vital interests, you can always say that you can turn your face and turn your face, without the slightest regard for old feelings.
It is foreseeable that after being pried off by France, the United States, which only allows others to suffer losses, will inevitably take measures to retaliate. Another "nest fight" may once again be staged in the Western camp.
Toss, just keep tossing!
Second, hegemonism is unpopular! The Japanese protested against the us military's establishment of a new base.
On the 15th, a large number of people in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, held a rally to protest the relocation plan of the US military base in Japan, during which they also clashed with law enforcement personnel.
In 1996, Japan and the United States agreed to move the U.S. military's Futenma base in Okinawa Prefecture to the Bannoko area of Nago City, the prefecture.
The relocation plan was huge, requiring not only land reclamation, but also two new airport runways.
The people of Okinawa strongly opposed the relocation plan and demanded the complete closure of the U.S. military base or the relocation of it outside the prefecture.
However, the Japanese government forcibly started land reclamation at the end of 2018, despite popular opposition.
During the day's event, Okinawans protested in the waters near the project in boats and rubber boats. They held aloft slogans such as "Oppose the new US military base" and "Stop dropping sand and gravel" and demanded that construction be stopped.
Ironically, even as the protests raged, sand trucks and trucks at the site were still in operation.
Okinawa Prefecture is the fourth smallest of Japan's 47 prefectures, accounting for only 0.6% of the country's total area.
However, due to its unique geographical location, 70% of the U.S. military facilities in Japan are located in the area.
Because of this, incidents such as US military crimes, military plane crashes, and high-altitude falling objects have occurred frequently in Okinawa, and the local people have a deep hatred for the US military and are eager for the US military to leave at an early date.
Now the US military not only does not move, but also reclaims land in Okinawa and builds a larger base, and the local people will naturally not agree.
In fact, the Okinawa prefectural authorities have repeatedly negotiated with the Japanese government over the relocation of the U.S. military base, hoping to move the base to other regions, but have always been refused.
Kishida Fumio, who openly expressed the need to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance as soon as he took office, publicly stated earlier this month that the Futenma base must be relocated in Okinawa Prefecture.
In order to "curry favor" with its master, the United States, Japan even did not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of its own people. It is precisely this kind of connivance that has led to the uncountable bad deeds of the US troops stationed in Japan.
The United States and Japan, one willing to fight and one willing to suffer. In the end, it will only be ordinary Japanese people who will bear the consequences for the Japanese government's "introduction of wolves into the house".
For the Japanese people, who yearn for peace and tranquility, having such a government cannot be said to be a tragedy.
Third, just a week out of office, more than half of Germans began to miss Merkel.
On the 8th of this month, Merkel officially stepped down as German chancellor amid flowers and applause, ending a 16-year ruling career.
On the 15th, the German "Bild" announced Merkel's retirement life, which caused widespread concern from the outside world.
Even though she was no longer on official business, Merkel still got up early and went to work at 8:20 a.m. like a normal person.
The difference is that Merkel's destination is no longer the chancellor's office, but a new office in Berlin's "Unter den Linden Street".
In the afternoon, Merkel leaves work early, goes shopping at one of her frequent supermarkets, and then goes home. Compared to when she was in power, Merkel is much more relaxed.
Previously, she often left the Prime Minister's Palace at eight or nine o'clock in the evening.
Many want Merkel to leave office in the United Nations or the European Union, but she herself has said she will not pursue another career in politics.
According to the latest polls, although it is only a week after leaving office, 57% of Germans have already begun to miss Merkel.
By contrast, only 11 percent of Germans believe scholz is better suited to be Chancellor than Merkel.
The poll fully reflects the recognition of 83 million Germans for Merkel's 16 years in power. It also put a lot of pressure on Scholz as his successor.
Over the past weekend, protests against the epidemic policy broke out in many parts of the German state of Anhalt. Thousands of protesters took to the streets to oppose the German government's recent new epidemic prevention regulations.
Germany is currently facing a fourth wave of the outbreak and is one of the worst affected countries in Europe. How to contain the epidemic as soon as possible will be the first major problem facing Scholz.
Of course, there is no unbroken feast in the world.
Merkel's achievements today have also been accumulated over time. Next, it's up to Scholz to prove himself as a qualified successor.