It can be said that Blinken's visit to China is the focus of Sino-US relations this year, playing a role in linking the upper and lower levels, and where Sino-US relations will go in the second half of the year depends on what height and degree of consensus China and the United States can reach in the past two days of Blinken's visit to China. It can be seen from yesterday's Sino-US foreign ministers' talks that the overall process is still very smooth.
Because after the meeting, Blinken posted on social media: "Today I met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing, and we discussed how to manage the relationship between the two countries responsibly through open communication channels." Then, after this tweet, Blinken attached multiple photos with Qin Gang.
According to a spokesman for the US State Department, a US think tank, "the first day of the Sino-US foreign ministers' talks was positive, and the main reason for the positive performance was that both sides had low expectations for the visit, so the on-site talks went quite smoothly and there was no saber rattling." ”
In other words, in the course of the Sino-US foreign ministers' talks, they focused more on seeking stable bilateral relations between China and the United States, so there were no more in-depth talks and discussions on the core controversial topics between China and the United States, on the contrary, the talks between the Chinese and US foreign ministers emphasized some consensus focusing on the future, such as the exchange of visits by senior Chinese and American officials.
Because in the course of his talks with Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Blinken has already extended an invitation to Foreign Minister Qin Gang, hoping that Foreign Minister Qin Gang can visit the United States and continue to discuss the topic.
In other words, the Sino-US foreign ministers' talks did not have the kind of explosive posture at first, and they were all thinking about how to constructively provide the future development direction of Sino-US relations. However, Sino-US disputes always exist, and it is impossible not to talk about them, so in today's talks between Director Wang Yi and Blinken, the mainland expressed its position very directly and conveyed the core issues to the United States word for word.
It is reported that today, June 19, Beijing time, Director Wang Yi held talks with Blinken, and in the course of the talks, Director Wang Yi was very direct and unceremoniously pointed out the core contradictions between China and the United States, pointed out that the responsibility for causing Sino-US relations tension lies with the US side, urged the US side to deepen understanding, and gave the US Secretary of State a very shocking experience and education, which was completely different from yesterday's scene of gentle wind and rain.
Director Wang Yi emphasized four points of understanding and requirements, "First, Sino-US relations have fallen into a tense and passive situation, the source is in the United States, the United States has a wrong perception of China, and the wrong perception leads to the wrong China strategy; Second, the United States' misconception of China lies in mirroring China with the logic that a strong country must hegemony, misjudging China according to the path of the rise of Western powers, and urging the United States to stop this understanding. ”
For example, all countries in the world can directly poke at the United States in front of the US foreign minister, there are very few, countries like Japan and South Korea, for the US officials to nod and bow, the atmosphere does not dare to come out, so Director Wang Yi's words, plus Foreign Minister Qin Gang's red line to Blinken, show the mainland's diplomatic maturity and confidence.
Then, Director Wang Yi also made a request to Blinken: "I demand that the US side stop speculating on the so-called China threat, cancel illegal unilateral sanctions against China, stop suppressing China's science and technology, and not interfere in China's internal affairs." This fourth requirement is also the main point of contention between China and the United States, and Director Wang Yi's statement is domineering, hearty, and happy.
Finally, after analyzing the essence of the Taiwan issue, Director Wang Yi stressed in front of Blinken that "China will not have any room for compromise and concession on the Taiwan Strait issue." This sentence is to let the United States remember clearly that no matter how much the United States stirs up trouble on the situation in the Taiwan Strait, China will never compromise, will never make concessions, and resolutely defend the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the motherland.
According to the statements of two mainland officials, Zhou Zhongfei, a researcher at the Shanghai Taiwan Studies Association, believes that "the next US policy toward Taiwan may be adjusted, because the United States playing the Taiwan card is no longer out of the geostrategic value of Taiwan Island itself, but out of the need to maintain the trust of US Asia-Pacific allies outside Taiwan Island. ”
On the core issue, the mainland has made it very clear that if the United States adjusts its policy toward Taiwan, it is more likely that China and the United States will reach a consensus, and if the United States insists on going its own way and does not make adjustments, it will eventually "kill itself if it does too much unrighteousness!"