The American media quarreled for a long time, but Blinken had not yet arrived, and Bill Gates came first! Previously, Musk and other US corporate bigwigs visited China.
Everyone is realistic, only American politicians and the media, who have always been very sophisticated.
This shows that we are increasingly understanding who has the final say in the United States and what we should do.
Back in 2019, a Chinese diplomat raised this issue when he was chatting with me in the United States.
[The following are all her personal views and do not represent the position of the Chinese government.] 】
She asked me: "Do you know why some politicians in the United States come to China, Beijing eats and drinks well, and he talks very well in China, but when he turns his face back, he scolds China?" ”
I said, "Surely you don't want to hear official answers from me that some Western politicians 'don't believe what they say,' so we want to 'listen to their words and watch their deeds,' right?" ”
"Definitely not listening to those words," she said. We need to find appropriate methods of diplomatic work. ”
I said, "Actually, not only diplomatic work, but all U.S.-related industries need to figure it out: Who is the United States that has the final say?" Are politicians the 'core of power' in the United States? If not, who is? Otherwise, you will suffer a big loss.
"For example, Chinese companies have also suffered this loss. Glass king Cao Dewang, in order to open a factory in the United States, invited several US congressmen to China, it was also a reception, these US congressmen said it was very good at the time, but when they returned to the United States, they sprayed Chinese enterprises wildly, encouraged American workers to establish trade unions, and suddenly made Cao Dewang very passive! Because it meant that he went to the United States to invest, and the cost skyrocketed.
A more typical example is the Trump administration. In 2017, Trump just became president, went to Beijing, visited the Forbidden City, and signed the largest trade order in history, we called that visit to China 'state visit +', what was the result, the next year he launched a trade war!
"I understand that this is because the real decision-making power on many issues in the United States is not in the hands of politicians at all, but in the hands of big business. If we want to do our work, we must find the right person and the person who has the final say! ”
"That's right," she said. When looking at the problem, we cannot simply equate US officials with Chinese officials. ”
I said, "That's brilliant. This actually explains the public opinion war, some people raise the bar: 'Why can Americans scold the president casually, Chinese can't it' and so on. The answer is simple, the president of the United States is not equal to the head of China! If you don't believe it, let the bold Americans expose the shady scenes of the big business that really operates? Of course, we respect the design of the American system, but we need to be clear about how it works. “
"Yes," she said. This is like you want to rent a house with a landlord, you talk to the titular head of the landlord's family - that is, the husband - for a long time, no matter how modest the attitude of the husband, no matter how nice the speech is, it is useless, because his family is actually in charge of his wife! My husband chatted with you very well, and when I went back to be scolded by my wife, I could only turn my head and talk to you. ”
I said, "So, just go to his wife's job!" ”
She said, "No, no, no. Do the work of both husband and wife at the same time. Just talking to his wife, my husband will not be happy, he will feel ignored, and then he will add drama to himself, so that your work will be more difficult to do. But it's useless for you to just talk to his husband. ”
I said, "Haha, yes. If the husband and wife are not very conflicted, you can talk to anyone about the same, and the husband will go back and explain it to his wife. But if there is a bunch of broken things between the two, then you are miserable, in addition to listing your various demands normally, but also to mediate the conflict between husband and wife? That's really hard enough for you guys. ”
She said: "Hehe, we can't adjust the contradiction. If you can push and walk inseparably, and negotiate the contract we want to negotiate, just do it! Moreover, the rental talk collapses, you can still change the landlord to continue talking, but China and the United States cannot move from the earth, this is a must-answer question, a must-talk. ”
[The above content was published with her consent.] 】
This dialogue shows that at least in 2019 (and certainly earlier), our diplomats have realized that working with the United States requires "two wheels of the official and private (and the business community is also civilian)."
Later, we saw that Ambassador Qin Gang visited an average of one state every 12 days in the United States. What's he doing? My understanding is that he is looking for the objective existence of the truth that "the essence of Sino-US relations is still mutual benefit and win-win". Since you can't move, this "must-answer question" has to be answered hard.
As it turned out later, he found a lot! U.S. companies especially welcome Ambassador Qin because these people invest and make a profit in China with real money.
But facts have also proved that American politicians have really been adding drama to themselves! In order to appear that he dares to be tough on China and win votes, he sends fighter jets to shoot balloons, sanctions Chinese officials and enterprises, and talks to himself to hype up that he wants to visit China but China does not want to talk about it, just like a complaining woman possessed by a play.
What do we do about this? It's still that sentence: husband and wife talk together!
No one on the earth can move, no matter how chickens and dogs jump in each other's homes, let's try our best to talk to each other about what we want to talk about. The key is not to talk about things, but to be yourself - your own family must not fly chickens and dogs.