During the talks between the Chinese and US foreign ministers, Blinken wants China to "abolish its martial arts", Wang Yi opens the skylight and makes bright remarks, drawing a red line against the United States, can the United States keep its promises?
On the morning of April 26, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing, where he clarified China's position and bottom line on China-US relations. On the one hand, the game between China and the United States in the economic, trade, scientific and technological and geopolitical fields has been escalating, and the United States has failed to use tariffs and currency wars to harvest China, focusing on creating a "small circle" of "geopolitical encirclement" in the South China Sea, the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and even deploying medium-range missile systems to Luzon Island in the Philippines, and the risk of a "new Cold War" between China and the United States has rapidly escalated. On the other hand, U.S. President Joe Biden personally called China's top officials, and the two sides reached a consensus on stopping the decline and maintaining stability of China-US relations. The root cause of this problem is undoubtedly the wrong perception of China by the US side, and in line with the principle of honesty and pragmatism, Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized three issues to Blinken.
First, after the China-US meeting in San Francisco, China-US relations have been disrupted and undermined, China's legitimate right to development has been unreasonably suppressed, and China's core interests have been constantly challenged. The implication is that the US side has not abided by the consensus reached between the two countries and is still playing the trick of "saying one thing and doing another". Second, whether China-US relations will move forward or repeat the mistakes of the past, whether they will be mutually beneficial and win-win or confrontational and conflicting, will test the sincerity of both sides. Third, China adheres to peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, but demands that the US refrain from interfering in China's internal affairs, suppressing China's development, and stepping on China's red lines concerning China's sovereignty, security and development interests.
From the perspective of the purpose of Blinken's visit to China, it is likely that he will re-raise the so-called "overcapacity" issue, demand that China scrap the "three trump cards" of new energy vehicles, photovoltaics and lithium batteries, and make it clear that it wants to curb China's development rights and win the initiative in Sino-US competition by improper means. In addition, Blinken's visit to China will also point fingers at Sino-Russian economic and trade cooperation, and demand that China "cut ties" with Russia on the grounds of China's so-called "assistance to Russia's defense industry", otherwise sanctions will be imposed on Chinese banks and financial institutions. If Blinken has another purpose, it is to prevent the outbreak of conflict between China and the United States, while containing and encircling China, while depriving China of the right to counterattack.
As a sovereign country, if China is deprived of its right to development, trade, and security in its neighborhood, it will undoubtedly be "self-defeating" and reduced to fish and meat to be slaughtered by others. In addition, during the US-Philippine military exercises, the PLA held 72 hours of military training in the South China Sea, and 124 Chinese ships poured into relevant waters, which has demonstrated China's firm determination to safeguard national sovereignty and surrounding security, and the threat and containment of the United States, the Chinese will not accept this at all.
Taking the opportunity of Blinken's visit to China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi drew a red line for the US side, which means that the future direction of China-US relations depends on the US side.