Former US President Trump has formulated an "Indo-Pacific strategy" aimed at containing China, and the current US Biden administration has completely inherited it and come to a "special rule to follow". It's just that Biden's method of containing China is different from Trump's, Trump is single-handed, likes to single-handedly, and shouts the slogan of "America First"; while Biden is a resourceful type, sitting firmly in the Chinese military tent, likes to make bad behind his back, and engages in large group fights. Since taking office, Biden has drawn many countries together, the four-way security cooperation platform of the United States, Japan, Australia, India, and the "Augustus" military alliance of the United States, Britain and Australia. European countries are the traditional allies of the United States, naturally the focus of the co-optation, however, the current China is no longer the China of the past, China's economy has been deeply integrated into the world, the largest trading partner of more than 120 countries and regions is China, and the number of countries that have established diplomatic relations with China has reached 181. China's rise has weakened the influence of the United States in the world, and in some countries and regions, the "baton" of the United States has become less effective, and the era of its arrogance has passed.
Recently, there are two countries in Europe that have shown two attitudes towards China. One is pro-American Slovenia, which has shown a very unfriendly attitude towards China and is trying to become the second "Lithuania". Slovenia's appearance is the country's prime minister, Janez Jansa, who in an interview with India's state media, All India Television, is brazen, calling China's Taiwan region a "country" and claiming to set up a "representative office" with Taiwan, a rhythm that completely repeats the path that Lithuania has taken. Yanez Janša, who has served as Prime Minister of Slovenia three times and is a politician with old qualifications, suddenly made a remark that violated the "one China" principle and echoed the old Chinese saying: "When things go wrong, there must be demons, and if people are abnormal, they must have knives", which has to make people wonder whether there is anyone behind the command. China's "gun shoots the first bird", has sanctioned Lithuania scorched, unable to fight again, is Slovenia not the "second echelon" sent by the United States to carry out the second round of assists? Quite possibly.
Slovenia is a new type of country that only became independent in 1991, joined NATO and the European Union, and is also a member of the Schengen Agreement, although Slovenia and the United States are NATO "allies", but the relationship with China is also good, there is no sovereignty dispute and conflict of interest between the two sides, in the communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, it is clearly written that Slovenia "recognizes the government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory." The government of the Republic of Slovenia confirmed that it will not establish official relations with Taiwan", this time Prime Minister Jansha suddenly called Taiwan a "country" and wanted to follow the example of Lithuania to set up "representative offices" for each other, if there is no behind the instructions, it is difficult to believe that the prime minister suddenly went crazy.
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Unlike Slovenia, another European country, Poland, has shown a very friendly attitude towards China. When many countries in Europe and the United States implemented the so-called "diplomatic boycott" of the Winter Olympics, Polish President Andrey Duda announced that he would attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and the Polish news agency took the lead in reporting the news. It's not a big deal, but it represents a trust. At the so-called "seeing the truth in tribulations," Poland showed its friendly side toward China at the crucial moment. Polish foreign affairs adviser Jakub Kumoc said very independently: "Poland is a sovereign country, can decide its own policy toward China", Kumoc did not offend the United States, but very succinctly said: "Poland is an ally of the United States, but Poland and China's relations are also very friendly", this "wall grass" plays a good game, both ends can not be offended, China is very happy, but the United States is very upset.
In fact, the United States had a very boring time on the issue of the Winter Olympics, began to make a lot of noise, and finally sent 18 officials to attend, and qiaoli said that it would "provide safety and medical support" for American athletes. This is tantamount to punching yourself in the face, making other "allies" who respond to its call to resist feel bad. The vacillating attitude of the United States has also caused its "allies" to waver in disbelief. European countries, on the other hand, deal with their international relations in this swing, and there are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests, and considering their respective national interests is always the first. The words and deeds of Poland and Slovenia that have very different attitudes toward China are actually gently tearing Europe apart.