At the invitation of Wang Yi, member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and foreign minister, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China from April 24 to 26, his second visit to China in less than a year.
I have to say that this year Blinken was very busy, Russia-Ukraine countries, Middle East countries, and then came to China.
According to the Americans' style, Blinken will definitely not come to China "empty-handed", and will definitely prepare some chips, what chips have been prepared this time?
sanctions against six Chinese entities;
Conduct Section 301 investigations on China's shipbuilding, logistics and other industries;
Biden announced that tariffs on steel and aluminum in China would be increased to more than 3 times;
joint military exercises between the navies of the United States, Japan, the Philippines and Australia in the South China Sea;
The U.S. Army deploys strategic intermediate-range missile systems in northern Luzon in the Philippines;
the ongoing 2024 "Shoulder to Shoulder" joint military exercise;
What's even more bizarre is that the House of Representatives has just passed a request for China's parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok Inc.
The $1.9 billion military aid bill for Taiwan (part of the $8 billion in the Asia-Pacific region).
This is what the United States has always done, of course, to make so many bargaining chips, because Blinken wants China a lot:
First, the issue of Russia and Ukraine, which requires China to reduce trade and exports of key materials to Russia;
Second, on the issue of Iran and Israel, China is required to reduce its oil imports from Iran.
Third, the Chinese side is asked not to take "provocative" actions during the inauguration of Lai Qingde in 520, and to use the easing of tensions to put pressure on the Chinese side, otherwise the United States will take actions, including military measures.
There are other issues, such as calls for further control of fentanyl exports from China and international climate negotiations.
The United States is stunned, and the biggest illusion of the elites in Washington is that China is still afraid of the United States, and the United States can still overwhelm China with military power.
In fact, in the eyes of the Americans, they subconsciously believe that China's strength is inferior to Russia, especially if it really goes to war, it will definitely be inferior to Russia - this is very strange, the Americans always think that China's own internal contradictions are full of contradictions, and a war will absolutely fall apart.
(There is a saying that the United States has no concept of China's 1.4 billion people, and the United States only sees millions of Chinese constantly immigrating to the West, and there are incredibly many millions, which is more than the population of medium-sized countries, which shows that Beijing itself is full of contradictions, and it is difficult to maintain itself...) ）
But the divide is that China has the ability to shape the scales of war.
After all, the Houthis can dig anti-ship missiles out of the desert, and Iran's cheap drones can fly over 1,000 kilometers to bomb Israel, without the positioning system and various chips produced in China, it is absolutely impossible.
And most of the world's high-energy substances (explosives, ammunition) depend on China for production.
The United States believes that it will make the mainland jealous by instigating the islands -- the United States demands that the islands learn from Israel and gather another 300,000 troops! The entire island is confused, and 300,000 people need NT$9 million (40 million) per person for two meals of braised chicken and rice every day. This little island can't stand it.
As for importing Iranian oil - today came a discussion of the US White House itself:
Now that 80 percent of Iran's oil is exported to China, the White House strategists have said that Iran will be banned
Oil was sold to China, and as a result, Biden was against it.
Biden said that if Iran is not allowed to sell oil to China, then, China will go to the international market to buy, then, international oil prices will soar, inflation in the United States will be controlled in vain, and if Iran cannot export oil, it will definitely block the Persian Gulf Strait...
The Houthis control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait over there, and Iran chokes the Strait of Hormuz here, and everyone can't get through?
Therefore, I tend to say that Blinken's visit to China is a show, a show for allies, and the United States can still influence China.
Therefore, China will not be at the mercy of a few words from the United States, which no longer has the strength to speak.
The Chinese don't eat this set anymore. Of course, as for China's position, in fact, Middle Eastern countries do not understand.
Because in their view, the United States is rampant and hegemonic in the world, and China is so powerful that it should not sit idly by and watch the United States run rampant.
In fact, the Middle East cannot understand that what the United States has imposed on the Middle East cannot be applied to China.