At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, no country dared to imagine that China would be able to achieve today's tremendous growth in national strength in less than a century and become the world's second economic power in one fell swoop. Looking back at China's past development history, we will find that China has endured humiliation and forbearance three times. The mainland successfully evaded the sanctions of the United States and finally ushered in its rise!
So in the process of China's rise, what role did the three endurance and humiliation play in China's economic growth, and what is the most important help for the rise of the mainland?
In the face of US military provocations, China endured humiliation
At the just-concluded APEC, the leaders of China and the United States finally stood on the same footing to conduct business consultations and negotiations, which was once unimaginable.
In the past 30 years, the United States has adopted a number of restrictive policies to prevent China's rise. Through military, economic, scientific and technological and other aspects, it has stumbled on the mainland, and even caused countless people to suffer unwarranted disasters!
For example, when US President Clinton was in office, he implemented many restrictive policies against the mainland, such as the "Yugoslav incident" and the "Taiwan Strait crisis," in an attempt to bring the mainland back into the whirlpool of war.
As far as the bombing of the Yugoslav embassy is concerned, it is a sad event that the people of the mainland will never forget. In 1999, when Yugoslavia was in the midst of war and the ethnic struggle in the country continued to be severe, the Yugoslav government carried out a large-scale purge of ethnic minorities.
Yugoslavia's infighting has made the United States and other NATO countries see an opportunity to take advantage of. Without the permission of the United Nations, it sent troops into Yugoslavia to carry out military strikes against Yugoslav troops and civilians.
At a time when other countries were fleeing the war and fleeing Yugoslavia, they were also socialist countries. Mainland journalists dared to be the first to stay in the Yugoslav embassy. Reporting on the news on the front line shows the world the true face of the United States and NATO.
However, he did not want to be angry with the United States by this behavior, and even dropped five missiles at the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia during the air strike. In the end, three mainland reporters were killed on the spot, and more than 20 people were seriously injured.
Afterwards, in the face of the mainland's rebuke, the United States even perfunctorily said that it was a projection mistake that led to the tragedy. However, at that time, the accuracy of US missiles was the highest in the world, and they could be accurate to a range of several meters, and this perfunctory statement was unsatisfactory.
Coincidentally, in addition to the provocation of the Yugoslav Embassy, the United States also instigated a crisis in the Taiwan Strait in an attempt to return the mainland to war.
He did not hesitate to invite Lee Teng-hui to visit the United States, and even sailed the Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Strait to create a crisis in the Taiwan Strait with the intention of provoking a war with the mainland.
In the face of US military provocations, the mainland did not take drastic countermeasures, but adopted a relatively calm approach. Choose to endure humiliation for a short time and think long-term.
China's relatively conservative response to US military provocations once aroused public indignation, and the voices of the people who "can't be coaxed" continued to emerge, but they still did not change China's attitude.
So why did the mainland take conservative measures against the US military provocations, and what role did this play in the subsequent improvement of China's international status and economic development?
There are two main reasons why the mainland has adopted an attitude of tolerating humiliation and bearing heavy burdens in response to US military provocations.
The first is that the typical case of the Soviet Union tells the mainland that it should not easily fall into the "trap" of the United States. A large part of the reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union was the neglect of the importance of the country's economic development. Blindly pursuing an arms race with the United States will eventually lead to economic collapse.
The second reason why the mainland has chosen a conservative attitude is that there is a clear gap in military strength with the United States. At that time, the Soviet Union had just collapsed, and the world pattern was dominated by the United States, and China's military did not have an advantage over the United States.
It just so happened that the mainland was at a critical moment of opening up at that time, and only by continuously increasing its economic strength could it continuously enhance its international influence and occupy an advantage in future international competition.
Therefore, the mainland adopted a tolerant attitude in the face of US military provocations, and successfully enabled the mainland's economy to take off in the future, and in one fell swoop it became the world's second largest economy.
China has endured the humiliation of U.S. economic restrictions
The competition between modern countries has changed from traditional military warfare to economic warfare. In order to restrict China's economic development, the United States has "stumbling up" China's economy.
As China opens up, the United States has frequently taken action against China in the economic field. It also requires the mainland to put 600 tons of gold in the central bank of the Federal Reserve of the United States, otherwise economic sanctions will be imposed on the mainland.
You must know that in the early days of opening up, the mainland's economic development was not fast, and even in the 13 years after the reform, a total of 644 tons of gold was produced.
Although the argument of the US side is that the gold will be temporarily stored in American banks, it is likely that it will be difficult to get it back in the future.
However, at that time, the mainland's economic strength was weak, and in the face of US criticism, it could only adopt an attitude of obedience in order to avoid the United States imposing economic sanctions on China.
With the continuous growth of China's economy, it finally joined the WTO in 2001, and the future development prospects are broad. The United States, on the other hand, is stubborn and demands that the Chinese appreciate the value of the people's currency. For China, which is at an important stage of development, the appreciation of the renminbi is by no means good news.
However, in order to avoid US economic sanctions, the mainland has no choice but to swallow its anger. The increase in the renminbi by as much as 2,615 basis points has led to serious damage to the foreign trade industry.
The economic restrictions imposed on China by successive U.S. presidents have never ended. As the first black president of the United States, Obama has vigorously instigated American companies to reduce orders to China after taking office. and restricting China's economic growth through policies, the most typical of which is the TPP.
The so-called TPP was established in 2002, when only New Zealand, Chile, Singapore and Brunei sent representatives to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
The TPP was originally created to enhance foreign trade and economic cooperation among trans-Pacific countries. In the context of economic globalization, we will pursue more long-term cooperation and development.
However, with the entry of the United States in 2015, the TPP agreement was restructured and upgraded. It has raised the original 4 countries to 12 negotiating countries, but excluded China.
The purpose of the United States is also very clear, and that is to pass the TPP agreement. Strengthen economic and trade exchanges between Asia-Pacific countries and restrict the development of China, an economic power in the Asia-Pacific region.
In the face of this economic provocation by the United States, the mainland has also chosen to "bear the burden of humiliation" in response.
However, in the face of the trade alliance of Asia-Pacific countries encircling China, the mainland did not sit idly by, but actively explored the two "Silk Road" trade routes by sea and land, in response to US restrictions.
Nowadays, with the take-off of China's economy, China's Silk Road is getting better and better. As of 2023, China has signed agreements with 152 countries and 32 international organizations around the world, making America's economic restrictions a complete joke.
China has endured the humiliation of U.S. technology restrictions
In addition to choosing a conservative response to US restrictions on the economy, the mainland is also facing US provocations in the field of science and technology.
Since opening up, the mainland has been well aware of the principle that "science and technology are the primary productive forces." Invest a lot of economic funds in various fields to carry out scientific and technological research and development, and strive to build a complete industrial model and tap China's core science and technology.
But in the face of a booming China, the United States is feeling heavy pressure. Therefore, the United States has repeatedly implemented restrictive policies against China in the field of science and technology in an attempt to curb the rise of China's science and technology.
One of the more typical is that the United States restricts the development of China's military industry, and restricts Germany, Japan and other countries to prohibit the export of excellent engine equipment to China.
The engine is not only the core technology necessary for the automobile market, but also the core technology of military fighters, tanks and other weapons and equipment. Under the restrictions of the United States, the mainland's military science and technology has gone through many years of pioneering research and development. A lot of money was invested to finally achieve the current status.
With the continuous progress of the world's science and technology, the importance of the chip industry continues to grow, and China has become the world's largest chip demand market.
With the advent of chips such as China's Huawei Kirin and other chips, it has posed a challenge to the economic benefits of American companies. In order to restrict the development of China's semiconductor industry, the United States imposed chip restrictions on China, causing a crisis in China's booming semiconductor industry.
This time, in the face of the imposition of the US restrictions, the mainland once again adopted the countermeasures of endurance and humiliation. Although China's semiconductor development has suffered a setback on the surface, it has achieved self-sufficiency in low-end chips behind the scenes, which undoubtedly makes the United States punch cotton.
In addition, the United States has also suppressed China on photovoltaic technology and new energy technology, in an attempt to firmly grasp its leading position as a scientific and technological power.
However, with the continuous improvement of China's self-research capabilities and the strong rise of new energy electric vehicles, the advantages of China's photovoltaic technology and green energy industry are becoming more and more obvious, and the gap between the United States and China in science and technology is gradually narrowing.
epilogue
In the face of US military, economic, and scientific and technological suppression and provocations, the mainland has chosen to swallow its anger for a short period of time in consideration of the overall situation. In this way, we will endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, take a long-term view, and seek a sustainable increase in comprehensive national strength.
It was China's endurance of humiliation that allowed the mainland to evade three US sanctions, and finally led to the rapid growth of its comprehensive national strength and the rise of the country. In the future, China will already have the confidence to compete with the United States, and China's development prospects will be brighter.
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