Before boarding the special plane to visit China, Blinken had a showdown with China: he was not allowed to help Russia and stopped his "provocative" actions in the Taiwan Strait. What is the purpose of Blinken's stance of "revitalizing teachers and asking them to blame"? and how did China respond to the aggressive posture of the US side?
Recently, senior US officials have begun to visit China en masse. In April this year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited China for the second time, followed by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Conda. On April 21, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken would arrive in Beijing on April 24 for a four-day trip to China. However, Blinken's visit to China is ostensibly to promote the implementation of the consensus reached by the leaders of China and the United States, but in fact, it is to come to China to "raise teachers and ask for guilt". According to a US State Department official, Blinken's visit to China has two important goals: First, he demands that China "stop all assistance to Russia" or face US sanctions; second, on the Taiwan issue, Blinken hopes that Beijing will "stop all actions in the Taiwan Strait," otherwise the US side will make corresponding moves.
However, neither of the two goals disclosed by the US side is actually the real goal of Blinken's visit to China. Because the United States is well aware that China is unlikely to agree to these two demands put forward by Blinken. The real intention of the United States is to find out what China's bottom line is through continuous contacts with senior officials with China, so as to better formulate a new round of China strategy. During the Obama years, decision-makers in Washington believed that as long as the United States pulled up the rhetoric, China, if it was unwilling to back down at first, would not last long. This idea of the American policymakers eventually led to the outbreak of the Sino-US trade war during the Trump era. As a result, China has not only withstood the pressure, but also expanded its trade surplus with the United States. The United States suffered historic inflation after this round of confrontation. Even if the Fed has raised interest rates aggressively several times, it has not substantially curbed inflation. This has made Washington's decision-makers realize that their China strategy has failed and needs to be "updated".
At the same time, there are multiple signs that the United States is facing a huge problem, that is, they are "running out of money". Just before Blinken's visit to China, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to confiscate Russian assets, openly taking action against Russia's 300 billion overseas assets. The U.S. approach has directly destroyed the credibility of the dollar system, and it is bound to lead to a series of serious consequences in the future. In addition, with the size of U.S. bonds exceeding $34.5 trillion and yields continuing to rise, the Fed also released a signal to raise interest rates, apparently preparing for another round of harvesting, with the primary target of Japan, India and other economies that are deeply affected by the dollar system. Therefore, there is another important purpose for the frequent visits of senior US officials to China, that is, to prevent China from bailing out the market and to sit back and watch other economies being harvested by the United States.
In order to achieve its true goals, the United States has put on a "tough posture" and made moves against China in many fields in exchange for more bargaining chips. On April 21, the U.S. House of Representatives voted by a large margin to provide $2 billion in military aid to Taiwan. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced the launch of Section 301 investigations into China's maritime, logistics, shipbuilding and other industries, and announced that it would impose tariffs on Chinese products totaling more than $300 billion. At the just-concluded G7 foreign ministers' meeting, the United States and its allies also issued a joint statement demanding that "relevant countries" abide by the UN law of the sea and the results of the so-called "South China Sea arbitration".
China has already launched countermeasures against the US approach. For example, in the field of chips, China is pushing telecom operators to reduce the purchase of American chips, and it is expected to take three years to achieve all the localization of network equipment. At the same time, China has sharply reduced its U.S. grain imports, and its purchases of U.S. soybeans and corn have plunged by about 50 percent and 67 percent year-on-year. Why China is doing this, the United States should reflect on it. If the United States wants to suppress China, China has the means to counteract!