According to US media reports, the US State Department officially announced on April 20 that Secretary of State Blinken will visit China from 24 to 26 and meet with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing. According to US media reports, the United States tried to ensure the stability of Sino-US relations before the US election by guaranteeing to Chinese mainland that there would be no accidents in Lai Qingde's inaugural speech, which will take office in a month.
In addition, a U.S. State Department official revealed that Blinken will ask Beijing not to take "provocative" actions during Lai's inauguration, and warn China that it must stop providing military technology to Russia, otherwise it will face punishment, and the United States will take action against Chinese companies that endanger the security of Ukraine and Europe. Of course, this kind of combination of hard and soft methods, coercion and inducement, is the favorite of American politicians.
However, as far as China is concerned, the United States has not fulfilled the consensus stated at last year's San Francisco summit in terms of regional containment and economic and trade sanctions. Relying on the uncertain so-called goodwill of Lai Qingde's speech alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to exchange Beijing for concessions on the issues of Russia and Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Korean Peninsula. Before the election, the mainland made Lai Qingde's "Taiwan independence" clear characterization, and the mainland has no expectations for Lai Qingde's inaugural speech, and the pressure will certainly not stop, let alone stop at the M503 route and trade sanctions.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a package bill to aid Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel on the 20th, of which $2 billion in the $8.1 billion "Indo-Pacific Security Supplement" bill provides "foreign military financing" for Taiwan and its major allies, and $1.9 billion to supplement Taiwan's defensive military supplies. The bill has now reached the U.S. Senate, which is expected to approve it next week before it is signed by Biden.
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This shows that the United States' hostility and suppression of China have not diminished in the slightest, so Blinken's visit to China this time is more like a delaying tactic, the purpose of which is to stabilize China for about half a year, until the United States divides the winner and loser on a large scale. Seeking re-election has become the most urgent thing for the Biden administration right now, especially as the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East is increasingly eroded and unfavorable to the United States.
As for the little tricks played by the United States and the routine of Blinken's visit to China, we in China can be said to be very clear. Xie Feng, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, visited Harvard University on the 19th local time and had a dialogue with Allison, the founding dean of the Kennedy School of Government, and was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Harvard Kennedy Forum in China on the 20th and deliver a speech.
Ambassador Xie Feng bluntly pointed out, "There is indeed competition between China and the United States, and the Chinese are not afraid of competition, but it must be fair and just." The United States is not competing, but bullying. The United States itself wears advanced running shoes, but only others are allowed to run in straw sandals or barefoot. It is not in China's DNA, and China is neither Athens nor Sparta. ”
"China-US dialogue and cooperation must be mutually respectful and mutually beneficial, and cannot only focus on their own needs. China and the United States should jointly shoulder the responsibilities of major countries, and China-US cooperation can produce the effect of 1+1 greater than 2. The one-China principle is a red line that cannot be crossed, and cutting sausages and crossing the red line on issues involving China's core interests is like speeding up on the edge of a precipice, and no amount of guardrails can hold the bottom of the relations between the two countries. ”
Ambassador Xie's remarks hit the nail on the head. Every sentence is in place, and every sentence is sonorous and powerful, and it goes straight to the heart of the United States!