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Text/Zhan Hai
According to the Global Times, the Argentine Foreign Ministry announced that its foreign minister will visit China at the end of April, which is one of the few "positive news" from China and Argentina since Argentine President Milley took office. Of course, this is not the first contact between the Argentine Foreign Minister and us, as the Argentine Foreign Minister and the mainland Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Munich two months ago.
(Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina)
Before Milley came to power, Argentina was developing closer relations with China, not only applying to join the BRICS, but also planning to purchase the "Thunder" fighter jet jointly developed by China and Brazil. But after Milley came to power, he not only refused to join the BRICS countries at the first time, but also gave up the purchase of Thunder fighters. And the main reason for the Milley government to do this is naturally to hug the thigh of the United States.
(Milley hugged the thigh of the United States, and now he is asking China for help)
The Milley government's choice to do so is "understandable" from the historical point of view of Argentina, which was originally a country with relatively developed industry and agriculture, and is also relatively rich in mineral and energy resources. It was originally a good hand of "God feeds the food", but it was played poorly because of the government's poor economic policies. And Argentina and neighboring Brazil are "not very cohesive". For Argentina to join the "BRICS" with Brazil, the Argentine people did not want to buy it. South America, as the "backyard" of the United States, is one of the regions where the United States exerts the most influence, and the Argentine people's yearning for American life and the American political system has also made many Argentine people themselves "American fans", and Milley is a fan of Trump.
(Argentina has transformed itself from a "developed country" into a third world)
However, following the United States could not alleviate the situation faced by Argentina, although Milley was an economist, the various measures he implemented after taking office, including "shock therapy", did not help the Argentine economy to stop the decline, but further pushed the Argentine economy to the "abyss", and then Milley remembered China. It's just that before he refused to join the BRICS organization, he has offended all BRICS countries. As an international organization, although the structure of BRICS is relatively loose, it is not just a country that can enter if it wants to, and if it does not, it will not enter. In addition, the incident of abandoning the purchase of Thunder fighters seems to be Argentina's free choice, but with the "previous record" of refusing to join the BRICS, the outside world will naturally associate this incident with Argentina's desire to "confront China."
(BRICS countries don't just want to enter)
Argentina has offended China, and now regrets it, on the one hand, it retains the currency swap agreement with China with a quota of 18 billion US dollars, which is Argentina's biggest "hole card" now. On the other hand, it is a bit too late to send a foreign minister to China to show goodwill, to express a friendly attitude, and to ask China to help Argentina restore its economy and expand trade. Now that Argentina has chosen to take refuge in the United States and is now coming to China, in the face of such a move at both ends of the rat, China will most likely not mind helping without hesitation, and even if it will lend a helping hand to Argentina, the extent is limited. After all, if Argentina gets out of the current predicament, it is also very likely that it will immediately turn its face and deny people.
(Milley's economic measures did not help Argentina out of its predicament)
Argentina has accelerated its distance from China before, and now it has made a 180-degree U-turn to talk about cooperation with China, so it is naturally a good thing for China to have one more "friend", but whether Argentina, a country like Argentina, whose diplomatic line often changes drastically, can be a friend and what kind of friend depends on the sincerity of the Argentine foreign minister.