At the invitation of Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China from April 24 to April 26.
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When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai on April 24, there was no red carpet, no flowers, and no applause.
After some greetings, Blinken left the airport in a Mercedes-Benz car, stayed at the Peace Hotel, and began a three-day visit to China.
Whether Blinken's visit to China was not a good one? In fact, several actions of the United States can be seen before Blinken's visit to China.
Before Blinken's visit to China, the United States made frequent moves, is it raising its weight, or is it deliberately smashing the field?
First, on April 23, the United States passed a foreign aid bill worth a total of $95 billion, including $60 billion for Ukraine and $26 billion for Israel, including $2 billion of the $8.1 billion in aid to the Indo-Pacific region to provide "foreign military financing" to Taiwan and allies, and $1.9 billion to "regional partners" including Taiwan.
In response to a reporter's question, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that China is closely following the development of the relevant bills and taking effective measures to safeguard its territorial integrity and sovereign security.
The Taiwan issue is the red line between China and the United States, and it is also China's bottom line, and there is no room for concessions at any time; in terms of national reunification and territorial integrity, our purpose is consistent and resolute; the United States ostensibly supports one China, but now it is openly assisting Taiwan militarily and interfering in China's internal affairs.
Second, according to the Wall Street Journal a few days ago, the White House is trying to draft a new sanctions against China, sanctioning the Bank of China and trying to kick China out of the SWIFT global financial settlement system.
According to the US media, the reason why the Biden administration drafted this sanction is because the United States believes that China and Russia have provided Russia with tools to make weapons of war in the process of trade, and the United States wants to cut off the "connection" between Russia and China through sanctions. Isn't this a sin that is to be added to the sin without refuge?
In response to a reporter's question, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said,
"China is not a party or a participant in the Ukraine crisis, and we have always adhered to an objective and fair position, actively promoted peace talks, and never added fuel to the fire or seized the opportunity to make profits. Lin Jian said that China and Russia have the right to carry out normal economic and trade cooperation, and such cooperation should not be interfered with and restricted.
In fact, the United States, Europe and some other countries are still trading with Russia. Lin Jian said that relevant parties should reflect on the root causes of the crisis and do something practical to achieve peace, instead of passing the blame on China.
In order to support Ukraine, the United States passed the Ukraine Aid Act to provide it with $60 billion in aid, while stepping up sanctions against Russia, which is adding fuel to the fire, allowing Ukraine to continue to engage in military confrontation with Russia with $60 billion in aid, pushing the Ukrainian people into the quagmire of war and extinguishing the hope of peace. China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis fully illustrates China's impartial position and viewpoint.
Russia's trade with China is normal international trade, and China will not accept any groundless accusations or blame-shifting.
Third, the United States has dragged the Philippines, Japan, and Australia into provoking disputes in the South China Sea, conducted joint military exercises in the South China Sea, openly assisted in the defense of the Philippines, deployed the "Typhon" medium-range missile system on the Philippine island of Luzon, claimed that it could hit China's coastal cities, and threatened to re-establish a US military headquarters in Japan.
China's Ministry of National Defense sternly refuted this as an extremely dangerous move that will seriously threaten regional national security and seriously undermine regional peace and stability.
The actions of the United States in the South China Sea are provocations, giving China eye medicine, making China uneasy, preventing China from developing its economy with peace of mind, and forming a so-called "containment" trend against China, which has achieved the goal of containing China's rise, and fearing that China's rise will threaten the United States' position as a global hegemon, and the United States' lack of self-confidence and anxiety have gradually become apparent.
Fourth, after the recent G7 summit foreign ministers held a meeting in Italy, they issued a joint statement saying that China's non-market policies and practices have led to "overcapacity".
In this regard, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the production capacity of China's new energy industry is an advanced production capacity, which is in line with economic laws and market principles, and there is no dumping problem. China is committed to opening up to the outside world and is willing to compete fairly with all parties to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. It is hoped that relevant countries will provide a fair, transparent, open and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises.
The Foreign Ministry spokesperson is right, there is a well-founded basis, China insists on opening up to the outside world, mutual benefit and win-win results, production capacity is due to the global need for these products, we are just passive production, supply to the global supply chain, the United States itself can not produce good products, and blame China for "overcapacity", this is a typical mediocrity self-disturbance, ignoring the facts, reversing black and white, maliciously undermining the global market economic order, it is simply bottomless.
Fifth, on April 23, local time, the U.S. Senate passed a bill requiring China's ByteDance technology company to divest TikTok, otherwise the app will be banned from the United States. The White House said that US President Joe Biden will sign the bill on the 24th.
This ban has caused an uproar in the United States, the United States keeps talking about freedom of speech, but it is announcing a ban on a social media software, many American big V, experts, scholars, Internet celebrities, entrepreneurs, people and users, expressed strong condemnation and indignation about this, this is a historical regression, this is the sadness of the times, this is using political means to suppress and monitor the people, this is depriving the American people of their right to speak.
It can be seen from a series of actions by the United States before Blinken's visit to China that this is smashing the field and providing more bargaining chips for the United States and China to negotiate.
Blinken's visit to China during his tenure is the second time. The first time is June 18-19, 2023.
Blinken's two visits to China show that both the United States and China can realize that there must be exchanges between the two countries in order to reach a consensus, regardless of whether Blinken's visit to China can reach a consensus with China, but as long as China and the United States can still talk and have exchanges, this is a good start, as for differences are inevitable, but to manage differences under common interests, seeking common ground while reserving differences, is also a process that China and the United States must go through, I hope that China and the United States will put aside disputes, maintain peace, promote cooperation, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.