According to the "Observer Network", on April 26, 2024, the first international loan review meeting of lunar samples for the "Chang'e-5" mission will be held at the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). At that time, 10 scientists from all over the world will make application presentations, and surprisingly, five of them are all from the United States.
However, according to the so-called "Wolf Clause" approved by the US Congress, scientists funded by NASA will not be allowed to cooperate with China unless approved by the US Congress.
But this time, it was not the United States that exported cooperation projects that were beneficial to China, but the United States reached out to China and asked for lunar soil with scientific research value, and these five applicants were all funded by the research grant of NASA, the US space agency - obviously, the Americans completely ripped off the fig leaf this time, and no longer pretended, and even suddenly made a shy face, accounting for a full half of the ten applicants.
This can't help but remind people of one thing: in 1978 of the last century, on the eve of the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, Brzezinski, then US President Carter's security adviser, brought 1 gram of lunar soil and presented it to China as a "national gift".
It is reported that the lunar soil is only the size of a soybean, and for such a rare and small number of samples, the mainland divides it into two, of which 0.5 grams are used for scientific experiments, and the other 0.5 grams are stored in the Beijing Planetarium.
So, can we guess what kind of psychology the Americans are this time?—— under the circumstance that the United States has specially legislated to restrict high-tech cooperation with China, they have "poured their nests" to apply for China's lunar soil this time, regardless of their face, and they must know that they have a ghost fetus, and they will also estimate that even if China gives them a little face, it will not be able to give them too much. For example, under the principle of reciprocity, it is estimated that China can send back 1 gram of lunar soil to the United States in reciprocity.
Although such speculation may be detrimental to the gentlemanly demeanor of the Chinese, for Americans who have always liked to "spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain", we can speculate about them in this way, that is, Americans may think that if 5 people join the application, it is possible to add up to a lot, and they may at least apply for 5 grams, right?
As for the Americans who brought back 380 kilograms of lunar soil from the moon many years ago, why would they still ignore the restrictions of their own laws and put such a cheeky skin in the crotch of their pants, and five people would suddenly appear to apply for China's lunar soil?
The official U.S. narrative goes something like this: An internal NASA email said that "Chang'e-5 samples are from areas of the moon that have not yet been sampled by NASA and are expected to provide valuable new scientific insights into the geological history of the moon."
But many Chinese netizens prefer to believe another version of the statement: that is, many Chinese believe that the US moon landing was a "scam of the century", so the US lunar soil is fake - the gram of lunar soil it gave to China must not be true.
However, on the official website of China's aerospace department, there are also relevant Chinese scientists, but they have long determined that the United States did not fake the moon landing that year, and the little lunar soil that the United States gave China back then, it is reported that this half gram has allowed Chinese scientists to research and publish 7 papers, and thus produced academicians of the Academy of Sciences.
Moreover, the lunar soil of the United States has also been given to scientists in many countries for research - if the composition and conclusions studied by these scientists are very different and extremely contradictory, it is easy to conclude that the half gram of lunar soil sent to China is fake, but this is not the case - therefore, the credibility of the Chinese people's claim that "the US moon landing is fake" is also extremely low, and it is more like an alienation of deep-rooted anti-American sentiment.
You must know that in the name of the country, and at the historic moment of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, if the Americans play such a trick, it will be a great threat and blow to their national credibility and integrity.
Therefore, on the whole, in order to establish normal relations with China, the United States especially wanted to win China together against another hegemonic country, the former Soviet Union, and the possibility of sending a little real lunar soil was still a more credible historical event.
In fact, when it comes to space technology, it is not only the United States that is extremely wary of China, but in fact, the former Soviet Union (including its current successor, Russia) is even more than that.
After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Russia also looked down on China at that time, and was even more wary of China, preferring to cooperate with the United States, a technologically advanced adversary, to build a space station together rather than have any substantive cooperation with China.
Not long ago, seeing that it was hopeless to cling to the United States, China was more needed at this stage, and it was during Russian President Putin's visit to China in 2022 that China presented Russia with 1.5 grams of lunar soil obtained by Chang'e-5, and in the following year, that is, in 2023, Russia gave back 1.5 grams of lunar soil samples from China.
For example, Russia also gave back the same weight of lunar soil to China, so the most likely way for China to do this time should be to give back to the United States on the "principle of reciprocity" - and also send back 1 gram of lunar soil to the United States, which is the most appropriate result.
It's just that the Americans seem to be too cunning, and they sent five people to join the application at once so shamelessly, and they seem to have pinched the Chinese's face-loving, enthusiastic, and return-loving character - so it seems that perhaps, it will really be as they wish, and the United States may take more than 1 gram of the five people applying for lunar soil this time, right?
Of course, the vast majority of Chinese netizens will say: The United States is doing everything to suppress China's high-tech development, and is thinking of ways to rectify us every day.
Let's have a little chicken belly this time, we can't cling to the old antiques of "repaying grievances with virtue", and don't let the stories of "The Farmer and the Snake" and "Mr. Dongguo and the Wolf" happen between China and the United States.
is like a famous quote by Guo Degang circulating on the Internet: "I hate a kind of person who doesn't understand any situation, so I advise you to be generous." You should stay away from this kind of person, because when lightning strikes him, it will affect you!" - Indeed, looking at how the Americans treat us, it seems that we are not at all exaggerated in the field of high technology, even if we adopt the principle of reciprocity, right?
Moreover, the United States, the most pragmatic country, is really the least face-caring country in the world - of course, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, in fact, the most worthless thing is face.
Not to mention the United States, which relied on prisoners and hooligans to colonize and build the country, let's just say that in ancient China, if Gou Jian wanted to be faceless and did not eat the feces of his husband, would he be able to succeed in revenge? When Xiang Yu wanted to steam and eat Liu Bang's father, Liu Bang replied, "Remember to share my piece of the pie" -- It was not only a great unfilial piety, but also a great shamelessness, and in the end, he could establish the Han Dynasty.
If you want to achieve hegemony, it seems that you really can't do without a "shameless" spirit, and those who are too forward-looking and backward, and only talk about morality and shame, are basically killed or used by ruthless and wicked people.
Obviously, the United States, which believes in the doctrine of extreme realism, is a typical representative of such a "shameless country." This time, on the one hand, they are brandishing the "Wolf Clause" to carry out all-pervasive suppression against China; on the other hand, they are able to attack their shields in such a way that they can break through their own laws and regulations to reach out to China to "ask for food".
To tell the truth, a United States that is so "shameless" is, in fact, precisely what is terrible—— that is, in order to achieve its goals, it can do without any shame, and all the prerequisites and processes are not important.
The traditional thinking and cultural concepts of the Chinese seem to be a bit opposite to the United States: we pay too much attention to face, and even pay attention to face in everything, so we will look forward and backward, but we may lose a lot, or even cause heavy losses.
Therefore, if the test is conducted by China's public opinion, it is estimated that it will be almost 100% rejection of the shameless request of the United States, but when it comes to the final official table, it is estimated that the "Chinese face" thinking of "friendship first, competition second" may still prevail - after all, the "great unity of the people of the world" still has to be "long live, long live, long live"!