Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz led a large-scale business delegation to China, which brought China-EU cooperation to a climax.
During the meeting, the two sides reached a consensus to strengthen strategic communication, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, promote the stable and sound development of China-EU relations, oppose "decoupling and broken chains", jointly address global challenges, and work together to inject more stability and certainty into the world. In addition, China and Germany also exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis, emphasizing that they will continue to make joint efforts to promote peace talks and mitigate the spillover impact of the crisis.
However, as soon as Scholz returned to China, Europe "turned its face" on China.
Scholz
On the 18th, the European Union poured dirty water on China, slandering that China is supplying Russia with parts that can be used to make weapons, and also speculated that China is sitting on the hill and watching the tiger fight, and is looking for opportunities to use everything for its own benefit. Once the West's anti-Russian resolve declines, China may be more "emboldened" to support Russia.
On the 22nd and 23rd, Britain and Germany began to hype up the so-called Chinese spies and arrested a number of local citizens, accusing them of espionage for China. This is a malicious slander against China, and it is clearly an attempt to undermine China-EU cooperation by manipulating an anti-China farce.
On the 24th, the European Union launched the first "surprise inspection" under the FSR, launching a "dawn raid" on the offices of a Chinese surveillance equipment manufacturer in Poland and the Netherlands.
The United States and Europe
According to the disclosure of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the European Union, on the morning of the 23rd local time, the European side carried out a subsidy investigation on local Chinese enterprises without prior notice, controlled the company's information equipment and employees' mobile phones, checked office documents and requested access to relevant data. In this regard, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the EU expressed its solemn concern and shock and dissatisfaction with the European Commission's actions.
First, this year is not only an election year for the United States, but also for the European Parliament and EU member states, and Europe is ushering in a new round of political reshuffle, and playing the "China card" is regarded by many politicians as a powerful "weapon" for election campaigns. Whether it is hyping up China's aid to Russia, framing China, or even investigating Chinese companies, it is essentially for election service.
Since the beginning of this year, Europe has successively "played cards" against China, such as including Chinese companies in the sanctions list against Russia and investigating Chinese enterprises, and Europe's "economic stick" is obviously gradually escalating. It must be noted that if European politicians need to win elections by attacking China, then the elected officials will naturally be "lame", and it will be difficult to safeguard European interests, let alone lead the EU to achieve independence.
European Union
Second, the EU's investigation into Chinese companies is, in the final analysis, to engage in trade protectionism and discriminate against Chinese companies.
In fact, recently, the EU has launched four investigations under the framework of FSR, all of which are aimed at Chinese companies and belong to new energy-related fields. The raid on Chinese companies without prior notice further highlights the increasingly bad business environment in the EU.
The EU's use of political means to oppress Chinese companies in Europe is clearly intended to squeeze Chinese companies out of the market through this unfair practice, so as to give local companies an advantage. However, this move not only undermines the confidence of Chinese companies to invest in Europe, but also interferes with mutually beneficial cooperation between China and the EU, not to mention that Europe's response to climate change and green transformation cannot be separated from China.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's
Finally, the EU playing the "China card" is also negotiating with the United States in disguise. In fact, the timing of the EU's investigation of Chinese companies is very clever, just after the US Congress passed 61 billion aid to Ukraine. When the goal is successful, the EU will no longer create a friendly atmosphere between China and the EU, but will "turn a cold eye" to Chinese enterprises.
In the final analysis, the EU needs to use China to enhance its "united front value" with the United States, and at the same time needs to make its position clear to the United States by attacking China.
This is also in line with the old saying: there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. On the other hand, China can also use the common interests of China and the EU to take advantage of the uncertainty faced by the United States due to the election to jointly accomplish several major things with the EU.
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