Text—Liu Fufeng
The Biden administration of the United States has co-opted and instructed the "world allies" to suppress China in an all-round way, and there have been some fluctuations and frictions in Sino-French relations, especially after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, under the strategic intention of the United States to concentrate on attacking China after defeating Russia, France cooperated with the United States, and actively participated in the Indo-Pacific region, sending warships in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the East China Sea, and joined the United States in squeezing China in the economic and trade aspects, which made Sino-French relations face a test.
However, discerning people can see that these small actions of France are "turmoil in a teacup", and the common interests between China and France are far greater than these "small jokes", and it was at that time that French President Emmanuel Macron visited China and was ceremoniously received by the Chinese side, and recently the Chinese national leader visited France, and Sino-French relations moved forward.
The United States is most unhappy and worried about the close relations between China and France, because China and France are both targets of US rejection and attack, and they have accumulated grievances for a long time. China is now the biggest strategic competitor of the United States, "threatening the continued greatness of the United States." France, on the other hand, has long been an "alien element" and "interference force" of the United States in Europe, and it has always wanted to engage in "French strategic autonomy" and even "European strategic autonomy" to counter the United States. Now that the United States' control over Europe has begun to waver, France has made even more vigorous efforts to build a "European army" and establish "European strategic autonomy." The United States is very annoying, but there is nothing it can do about this "troublemaker among its allies". It's light, it doesn't work; If it is serious, it will affect the overall situation and cause immeasurable damage to US interests in Europe and the West.
At present, what affects the fundamental interests of Europe and France is that the United States is using Ukraine as a gun, provoking the war between Russia and Ukraine, and fighting a mess, US President Biden "washes his feet and wipes his feet", wants to withdraw and ignore it, let the EU support Ukraine alone, bear the "serious consequences", consume Russia at the same time, but also consume Europe, and it is in the best interest of the United States to lose both. How can France and the European Union not know about this attempt of the Biden administration?
Macron's countermeasure is to take offense as defense and expand the EU's support for Ukraine, including NATO's participation in the war, France's nuclear deterrence, turning the Russia-Ukraine war into a war in Europe, forcing the United States to "return to the division" and dragging the United States into the water. Can the United States turn a blind eye to Europe's "landslides"?
This article was originally published in "Oriental Daily", the original title: "Macron's countermeasures"
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