Since U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen returned from a visit to China some time ago, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been saying that he wants to visit China in the near future.
However, it is not difficult to see from Yellen's visit to China and a series of recent US practices that the US side has not been friendly to the mainland, but before Blinken's visit to China, Biden received bad news one after another.
According to a report by Huanqiu.com on the 19th of this month, the US Secretary of State will pay a four-day visit to China on the 23rd of this month.
It can be seen from the mainland's response that the mainland has been calm about Blinken's upcoming visit to China and has not expressed too much concern.
However, the U.S. side has been very active, not only publicly mentioning Blinken's visit to China many times, but also contacting and communicating with high-level Chinese officials on several occasions recently.
According to reports, Blinken's visit to China may involve a number of issues, so for the United States, this visit to China is a very important thing.
The current international situation is becoming more and more tense, in addition to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has lasted for more than two years, there have also been armed conflicts between Iran and Israel recently, and the two sides have been bombing back and forth.
Therefore, the United States will definitely mention this aspect of the issue during this visit, but China will definitely not accept semi-threatening communication with the mainland as Yellen did during her last visit to China.
The mainland has said before that the cooperation between the mainland and Russia is normal international trade, and other countries have no right to interfere in the cooperation between the two countries.
Therefore, if Blinken comes this time with the same purpose as Yellen, then he will return with the same feather as Yellen, and the cooperative relationship between the mainland and Russia will not be interrupted.
The United States needs to show due sincerity in sending Secretary of State Blinken to visit China this time, and only in this way can it better promote the dialogue between the two sides, but the United States has made a number of provocative acts against China before Blinken's visit to China.
According to relevant reports, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to block China's Iranian oil on the 15th local time.
And according to Bloomberg, estimates made by a consulting firm suggest that if the U.S. bill eventually becomes law and is enforced, it could increase the price of gasoline by 20 cents per gallon.
The U.S. side has given a so-called explanation for this bill, saying that after Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, as Sino-Iranian relations gradually deepen, the U.S. must cut off Iran's sources of funding in order to protect the U.S. and U.S. assets, civilians and global allies.
In response to such groundless accusations by the United States, the mainland also expressed its resolute opposition to the illegal and unreasonable unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and the so-called "long-arm jurisdiction".
However, there is another reason for such a behavior of the United States, that is, the United States wants to "promote talks" in this way, and their real purpose may still be to let China take over the US Treasury bonds, or even spend 4 trillion yuan to buy them as before.
However, it is obvious that such an act of the United States will not succeed, and you must know that the mainland is very aware of what the United States has done, and there are countless things that have gone back on its word and acted in violation of the law.
However, before Blinken's visit to China, another thing happened that caused the Biden administration a deep headache, that is, their good ally of the United States actually "defected".
According to relevant reports, on April 17, local time, Colombian President Petro and visiting Brazilian President Lula held talks and issued a joint statement between the two countries to enhance the strategic relationship between the two countries in an all-round way, and made it clear in this statement that Brazil supports Colombia's proposal to join the BRICS.
You must know that Colombia is a hardcore ally of the United States, and has even been called "the backyard of the United States" for a long time, which can also show the depth of the relationship between the two countries.
It was only later that the left-wing movement in South America gradually emerged, which made the United States, a hardcore ally, gradually break away from the control of the United States and become more and more distant from the United States.
Now that it is going to join the BRICS, Colombia's behavior is undoubtedly very bad news for Biden.
You must know that the BRICS countries pose a challenge to the global hegemony of the United States, which has always been hostile to the BRICS countries and even defined them as an anti-American alliance.
Therefore, his former hardcore allies joined the anti-self coalition, and it is conceivable that Biden's current mood is definitely not particularly good.
However, it is not difficult to see from such incidents that the United States has aroused the dissatisfaction of many countries in the international community because of its hegemonic behavior, and US hegemonism will never return.
Bibliography:
Beijing Youth Daily – April 18, 2024 "Brazilian President Visits Colombia to Enhance Strategic Relations between the Two Countries"
Shangguan News - April 19, 2024 "The latest progress of high-level contacts between China and the United States, Blinken's visit to China on the 23rd?"
Huanqiu.com - April 18, 2024 "Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China Welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Recent Visit to China"
Beijing News - April 17, 2024 "The U.S. House of Representatives Passed a Bill Attempting to Sanction China for Buying Iranian Oil"