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text| Shi Xiaoming
Editor|Shi Xiaoming
Recently, a remarkable diplomatic dialogue between the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada was staged in Beijing.
The US Secretary of Commerce, Canada's Environment Minister and British Foreign Secretary visited China one after another for high-level talks with the Chinese side.
On the surface, this is the usual arrangement of diplomatic activities of various countries, but when connected, it is like a diplomatic relay race, sending a strong political signal.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo
During the talks between Wang Yi and the British Foreign Minister, Wang Yi put forward "three shoulds" to express China's position and demands.
This was followed by countermeasures by the Chinese Foreign Ministry's countermeasures against U.S. accusations involving Tibet, sending a strong signal to safeguard national dignity and sovereignty.
This series of events reflects the current strategy and determination of China's diplomacy, reflecting that while opening up and cooperating, China will also firmly defend the policy proposition of national core interests.
The continuous visits of Western countries to China reflect that the demand for China is still strong
At the end of August, there was a remarkable wave of visits to China on China's diplomatic stage.
On August 26, Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change Gilbert arrived in Beijing, the first senior Canadian official to visit China in four years.
This was followed by a three-day official visit by British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley on August 30, the first visit by a British foreign secretary in more than five years.
Finally, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo also paid a three-day visit to China in early September.
On the surface, this series of "relay visits to China" by senior officials of Western countries seems to be a coincidence of spontaneous arrangements by various countries, but in fact it reveals their ardent expectations for exchanges and cooperation with China.
Although Western countries talk about "decoupling" in words, they cannot hide the fact that they are increasingly closely linked with China and increasingly dependent on China.
China's huge market and broad prospects are still important opportunities that they cannot give up.
Wang Yi released a positive signal that China looks forward to cooperation
Among the waves of visits to China, British Foreign Secretary Cleverley's visit to China is particularly noteworthy.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who met with the British representative, released a series of positive signals worthy of attention during the dialogue.
Wang Yi first stressed that dialogue and cooperation are still the main tone and theme of China-UK relations.
As major countries in the world, China and the UK should play a major role in addressing global issues such as climate change and the world economic situation and strengthen macro policy coordination.
In addition, China and the UK should respect each other, eliminate external interference, and continue to develop cooperative relations.
Wang Yi's "three shoulds" show that China still has an open and positive attitude towards continuing to deepen cooperation with the UK in various fields, and injects positive energy into bilateral relations.
This not only represents China's goodwill to the UK, but also sends a strong signal to the world that China is willing to carry out mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries in the world.
China's countermeasures against the United States demonstrate its determination to defend its rights
However, while unleashing goodwill, China has also resolutely countered recent groundless accusations made by the United States on Tibet-related issues.
On August 31, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that in view of the repeated fabrication of Tibet-related rumors and slanderous and smearing the Chinese government, China will impose visa restrictions on relevant US personnel and urge the US to stop suppressing China.
This countermeasure against the United States not only expresses China's strong dissatisfaction with the United States' interference in China's internal affairs, but also makes it clear to the international community that China will never tolerate any external forces pointing fingers at its internal affairs.
The move sends warning signals not only to the United States, but also to other countries:
China will resolutely defend national sovereignty and dignity and will never allow any force to arbitrarily interfere.
It shows that China has a firm principled stand and will to defend rights in international affairs.
The path of cooperation advocated by China must be based on respect
In today's increasingly complex international situation, China has always advocated equal and mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries.
However, such cooperation must be based on mutual respect and not premised on undermining the sovereignty of one party.
As Wang Yi said, China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Britain, but it needs "mutual respect".
This applies to China's relations with all countries, and anyone who sincerely hopes to live peacefully with China needs to put aside prejudice and respect China's political system and development path choices.
Urging the United States to stop Tibet-related accusations and suppression is also China's consistent position in foreign exchanges:
We will not accept the use of human rights issues to suppress other countries, let alone allow other countries to interfere in their internal affairs.
This reflects China's firm position of safeguarding national dignity and interests.
Epilogue:
A series of recent diplomatic events reflect that while opening up and cooperating, China will also resolutely defend national dignity and core interests.
China welcomes cooperation among all countries, but cooperation must be based on mutual respect.