The Chinese side refutes the unreasonable sophistry of the United States! Wang Yi: The US side has made three mistakes on the Taiwan issue

Source: Global Times

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] US House Speaker Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has caused serious damage to Sino-US relations. After the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced countermeasures against Pelosi's channeling, a number of US officials actually accused the Chinese side of "overreacting" and "irresponsible" on the 6th, trying to push the responsibility for the damage to Sino-US relations and regional tensions to China. On the 7th, during his visit to Bangladesh, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi pointed out that the US side had made three mistakes in Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in response to the latest situation and the unreasonable sophistry of the US side. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying also spoke intensively on US social media, fighting back at the US side for conniving at Pelosi to sneak into Taiwan and beating a rake to accuse the Chinese side. Corresponding to the blame throwing by US officials is the objective voice of international public opinion. Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" said in an article on the 7th that although the Biden administration strongly denied that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan caused any crisis, many experts believe that Pelosi's trip did push Sino-US relations to the precipice, the tension in the Taiwan Strait also escalated to the highest level in the past 30 years, and the risk of military conflict is also increasing. The New York Times published an editorial on the 6th criticizing the Biden administration for not showing the willingness to improve relations with China since taking office, calling on it to take practical measures to improve relations with China, stop treating China as a hostile country, stop trying to change China, and make a clear statement on the one-China policy of the United States.

Wang Yi: The US side has made three mistakes on the Taiwan issue

After the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced 8 countermeasures against Pelosi on the 5th, the US side accused the Chinese side of "overreacting", while pretending to seek to reduce tensions, hoping to maintain communication with the Chinese side, and deliberately emphasized one of The Chinese countermeasures: suspend sino-US climate change negotiations. U.S. Secretary of State John Blinken called China's countermeasures "irresponsible" and "punishing the world" because climate change is a global problem.

This fallacious reasoning and heresy was immediately refuted. Lianhe Zaobao quoted Vasco, director of the International Climate Action Plan of the World Resources Institute, as saying on the 7th that China's countermeasures "are definitely not to withdraw from the world stage on climate issues or refuse to take action on climate issues." Another African climate group leader said Beijing's announcement did not mean it would renege on its commitments because "China is ahead of the United States in many ways in its response to climate change."

Wang Yi pointed out on the 7th that the US side made three mistakes in Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. The first is gross interference in China's internal affairs. Ignoring China's repeated exhortations and warnings, the US side insisted on going its own way and arranged for the third-ranking figure of the US Government to conduct a so-called "visit" to the Taiwan region. The second is to connive and support the "Taiwan independence" forces. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party in the Taiwan region has written the pursuit of independence into its party program, and in recent years has tried in every possible way to engage in gradual "Taiwan independence" and create "two Chinas" and "one China, one Taiwan." The speaker of the US House of Representatives openly supported him, joined forces with separatist forces, and made enemies of the Chinese people. The third is to deliberately undermine peace in the Taiwan Strait. The United States is accustomed to creating a problem first, and then using it to realize its own strategic plans. There are indications that the United States has repeated its old tricks on the issue of planning Pelosi's visit and is taking the opportunity to increase regional military deployments, which deserves high vigilance and resolute resistance from all sides.

On the evening of the 7th, Hua Chunying sent a number of tweets in a row to hit back at the US side. "The United States should not pretend to be surprised by China's reaction, because we have done everything in our power to warn Pelosi of the consequences of her visit to Taiwan," she said, and "instead of blocking this provocative visit from the outset, the U.S. government now has the face to describe China's legitimate countermeasures as 'overreacting.'" This proves that the United States Government has been complicit and must therefore bear all responsibility and consequences. "The US side cannot, on the one hand, infringe on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and on the other hand, demand that China cooperate with the US side in its selected fields." "China is doing more than the U.S. in addressing climate change. The United States should fulfill its commitment to mobilize more funds and provide more technical support to help developing countries meet this challenge. ”

A New York Times editorial called on Biden to improve relations with China

"The scale of Beijing's military exercises and countermeasures indicates that Sino-US relations have fallen into a trough or far-reaching and lasting," Lianhe Zaobao said in an article on the 7th, and Ge Laiyi, an expert on China at the German Marshall Foundation, said that Sino-US relations are now in a very bad situation. Pelosi's visit to Taiwan is anachronistic, and while it is not known what the consequences will be, the countermeasures Beijing has taken so far are worrying enough.

"The relationship between the United States and China does not need to be so tense", the editorial board of the New York Times published an editorial on the 6th, which aroused concern. The United States, which has long seen China as a target of philanthropy, now sees it as a competitor and increasingly as a threat. "The Biden administration rejects the Trump administration's hateful (Chinese) rhetoric, but does not offer a vision of a balance between competition and cooperation." The editorial said the Biden administration could take several steps to improve relations with China. First, the United States should not rely on punitive trade policies that fear China becoming a competitor, and Biden should have broken with the Trump administration's failed strategy of trying to coerce China into concessions through tariffs. In addition, the United States needs to get rid of the old notion that economic participation will gradually change China's politics and society. "Viewing China as a hostile state is a counterproductive simplification," the article said. "The United States and China need each other."

U.S. experts: We must "recognize and take seriously China's great power status"

The US "Newsweek" website published a long article on the 6th, interviewing a number of US experts to analyze the current Sino-US relations. Baucus, who served as U.S. ambassador to China during the Obama administration, said, "U.S. policy toward China should be to de-escalate tensions, not exacerbate tensions, and Pelosi's visit has clearly exacerbated tensions." Before Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the Chinese and US dollars exchanged views on Sino-US relations and issues of concern to both sides, and instructed the working teams of the two countries to continue to communicate and cooperate, but now, these follow-up contacts are likely to be in danger.

Pelosi's trip could also hurt U.S. relations with many countries, "although some U.S. allies criticize China's military actions, but no country defends Pelosi." "This visit could also put Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea in an awkward position, as Pelosi's visit to these countries is overshadowed by the rapidly spreading Taiwan Strait crisis, which could have long-term implications for an already complex and delicate architecture of regional relations." Grein told Newsweek, "I don't think that's what Southeast Asian countries want to see." ”

The Swiss mainstream media "Daily Herald" criticized on the 7th that the behavior of major US foreign politicians is like "sleepwalkers": blindly testing relations with China without considering the possibility of escalation.

Paul Hull, an analyst who has worked at the CIA and other departments, told Newsweek that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan is the latest blow to U.S.-China relations, and the core problem is "a serious erosion of the substance and credibility of the US one-China policy." Both Baucus and Hull said Taiwan had long been a red line for Beijing. Although the White House has repeatedly expressed its support for "Taiwan independence," increasing U.S. military aid and political ties have brought Taipei "as close as possible to this line, pushing the situation to a "flashpoint." To avoid such an outcome, Washington must "recognize and take seriously China's great power status."

Hull said that because of the way american politics operates, it will be harder for Biden to take steps to improve relations than China's leaders. "But I think he has to grit his teeth if we're going to have productive relationships with the world's most important competing power."

[Global Times Special Correspondent in the United States and Germany, Yingchen Aoki, Global Times Reporter Wang Panpan, Liu Zhi]

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