Nowadays, with the rise of China, the relationship and attitude between China and the United States have become delicate.
One of these two countries is an ancient country with a history of more than 5,000 years; One is a supercountry that has been established only 200 years ago, but it has ridden the dust.
Throughout history, these two powerful powers have also intersected.
However, this intersection is not a friendly contact, but a bullying of one party to the other, quite a taste of "taking advantage of your illness, killing you".
But China was not defeated, it overcame all suffering and oppression.
Finally, in 1949, dragging his scarred body, he once again stood in the world with a new look, announcing the rise of the oriental dragon.
However, China's strength is not a good thing for the United States.
Faced with such an object that should not be underestimated, the United States began a "rubber band-like international relationship" that was suddenly close and far-flung to us.
Initially, the attitude of the United States towards us was relatively friendly.
In the 70s and 80s, there was also a "honeymoon period", when the US side planned to win us over with benefits, not only visiting China one after another, but even intending to invite us into NATO.
This move was definitely a special recognition for China, which was still relatively poor at that time.
Especially then the United States also promised that if we join NATO, a large amount of military equipment will be provided free of charge.
You must know that although there are many countries in the world, China is still the first to allow the United States to prescribe such conditions.
Therefore, as soon as this news came out, both domestic and foreign media were reporting it with great fanfare, and they believed that China would definitely accept the invitation of the United States.
Surprisingly, however, we rejected this seemingly tempting condition.
So why is China doing this? What kind of deliberation is behind this matter?
What is NATO
To figure out what happened, we must first start with the source of the incident - NATO.
Many people are relatively unfamiliar with these two words, and the only contact we have more about NATO is in history textbooks in middle school.
NATO, whose full name is the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization", was born before the founding of New China, and now more than 30 countries of all sizes have participated in it.
When everyone is in middle school, the biggest headache must be the difference between NATO and the EU.
If there is a most accurate and obvious way to divide, it is the participation of the United States in these two organizations.
NATO is a Western military organization with nominal sovereign equality but in fact everything controlled by the United States, and it was originally established to fill the ambitions of the United States.
In contrast, the EU is much more normal, and its essence is a regional organization that gathers both political and economic entities, which has a good role in promoting the development of the economy and even the whole of Europe.
So if you look closely, NATO is actually an ambitious alliance of the United States, then why did the United States invite China, a socialist country, to enter for the first time many years ago?
It turned out that this had to mention our "big brother" - the USSR.
At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were the two most powerful countries in the world, and as long as the Soviet Union existed, then the United States was bound to be unable to do evil in the world.
Therefore, the relationship between the two countries is also deteriorating year by year, and in the 7th and 80s ushered in the famous "Cold War period".
Since the two sides have torn their faces, both the United States and the Soviet Union are trying to bring together members of the opposing camp to isolate each other.
And China, which is large and developing rapidly, soon became the next target of the United States.
China and the Soviet Union are both socialist countries, and at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union gave China a lot of economic and technical assistance.
Therefore, the relationship between China and the Soviet Union was also very close, and they were recognized as "brothers" at that time.
If you can bring the closest partners of the Soviet Union to your side, then you will definitely hit the other side very hard.
In addition, China's development speed is indeed not to be underestimated, and if it really becomes a powerful country in the future, then the United States will have another difficult enemy.
So the United States first targeted us.
However, due to the historical US aggression against China, the United States also felt that we would definitely not easily join NATO, so after issuing an invitation, the US delegation offered another attractive condition - to provide 90% of military equipment.
As soon as this condition came out, the world was directly in an uproar, after all, it was the first time that the United States was willing to work so hard to treat a country that was not rich.
So at that time, almost everyone thought that we would not refute the face of the United States, but the result pushed this uproar to a climax, that is, we finally decided to refuse this "good intention." ”
Reasons for refusal
With our refusal, the hat of "ignorance of evil" is also firmly fastened on our heads.
But in fact, from the current point of view, this refusal is actually a very wise move.
The reason why China did not accept the invitation of the US side is also very obvious.
First, the intention of the United States to let us join NATO was obvious, to isolate the Soviet Union.
And the USSR has helped us a lot in history, and if we forget about the former "gentleman's friend" for the sake of some interests, then we will definitely be called "treacherous", which is really not the act of a ceremonial state.
And looking at the dozens of countries that joined NATO, without exception, they are all capitalist systems.
As a socialist country, if China is associated with capitalism, it is "fighting for the tiger" and oppressing the people in disguise, so whether out of morality or principle, the United States cannot go up.
Second, the United States has not only invaded China, but also deceived China.
In 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference after the end of World War I, China, as the victorious power, wanted to regain sovereignty over Shandong and other regions.
At that time, although the United States nominally agreed to protect China's rights and interests, it actually transferred Shandong to Japan, and then the famous "May Fourth Movement" broke out because of this incident.
And the purpose of the United States in doing so is nothing more than to redistribute, the imperialist world order, and divide the interests of other countries.
The United States, which exposed itself for years ago, has now imposed a tempting condition that makes one wonder whether its promises are true or false.
The last reason is also the most essential reason.
That is, NATO, nominally humane and equal, is in fact nothing more than a bunch of followers of the United States.
If China really joins, then in the future, big and small things will be restrained by the United States, and even threaten the country's internal affairs, which we absolutely cannot tolerate.
Chinese people have just broken free from the control of the great powers, how can they throw themselves into the net and continue to live like puppets.
So to sum up, NATO will not join and cannot join, this is out of consideration of the overall situation, protection of the future.
epilogue
Today, China is a powerful country with rejuvenation in sight.
We can no longer see the shadow of bullying and poverty from our predecessors, which are all obtained by countless ancestors who paid their blood and energy.
At the same time, our current situation also proved one thing to the world.
That is, if you want to develop, you don't need to hold the thigh of another country without dignity, as long as you have a firm belief and work hard for it, then you can achieve amazing success.