Recently, relations between China and the United States have continued to cool down. There are a few big things that are more iconic.
Relations between China and the United States continue to cool
The first thing is that the United States and the Philippines jointly conducted exercises in the South China Sea, and the US-Philippine military exercises used China as an imaginary enemy, and even simulated sinking Chinese shipbuilders. This was refuted as a method of spiritual victory. The figure of the Liaoning appeared on the sand table of the US-Philippine military exercise.
The second thing is that the United States and Japan have strengthened their alliance, and Japan is willing to be the vanguard of anti-China in East Asia.
Third, the United States has increased sanctions on China's new energy vehicles, solar photovoltaic panels, batteries, etc., especially new energy vehicles, and tariffs have reached 100%.
Just when Sino-US relations are on a downward trend, the ambassadors of both countries seem to be looking for a common memory between China and the United States.
U.S. Ambassador to China Burns laid flowers to the 1,600 pilots who died on the Hump route
Recently, US Ambassador to China Burns visited Kunming, and one stop was to go to the Flying Tigers Memorial Hall to lay flowers to the 1,600 US pilots who died flying over the Himalayas in Yunnan.
Burns closed his eyes in mourning for the martyrs.
By 1940 and 1941, Japan had occupied all of its access to the sea, and China could not produce even a drop of oil.
At that time, there was the only lifeline to maintain the materials of the Anti-Japanese War, the Yunnan-Burma Highway. At the end of 1941, in order to force the Nationalist Government to surrender, the Japanese army cut off the only land lifeline, the Yunnan-Burma Highway. If this line is cut off, then all foreign aid is gone. Under these circumstances, Roosevelt ordered the opening of air routes to China at all costs.
This route is along the Himalayan peaks, so it is called the Hump Route. The route averages 4,500 to 5,000 meters, with a maximum of 7,000 meters. Over the course of three years, the U.S. military suffered heavy losses, with 1,500 of the 2,000 planes falling and 1,600 pilots killed. These 1,600 American pilots remain on Chinese soil forever.
The Chinese Ambassador to the United States held the "My China Album" event
On May 16, the Chinese Embassy in the United States held the "My China Album" award ceremony and offline story sharing activities. Ambassador Xie Feng attended and delivered a speech. Xie Feng pointed out:
China and the United States fought side by side during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and they should also be partners in peacetime.
Xie Feng pointed out:
Over the past year, we've collected more than 100 moving stories from China and the United States into this thick "China Album." The album engraves the history of our fighting side by side and helping each other. In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the Chinese and American peoples shared the same hatred for peace and justice. From General Stilwell, General Chennault, and the Flying Tigers who traveled thousands of miles to the battlefield in China, to the Chinese soldiers and civilians who desperately rescued the American pilots, and the nearly 20,000 overseas Chinese and Chinese who resolutely joined the US military, the people of China and the United States have withstood the test of blood and fire and forged a steely Great Wall of friendship.
Xie Feng emphasized:
The people of China and the United States are both great people, who share the same love for peace, pursuit of prosperity, and longing for cooperation, and share the same yearning for a better life. The people of China and the United States can transcend differences in systems, cultures, and languages and establish a deep friendship. During the war years, China and the United States fought side by side; In times of peace, China and the United States should also be partners.
The ambassadors of both countries are reminiscing about their shared history and finding a basis for dialogue between China and the United States today. China and the United States are two responsible major countries, which have a bearing on world peace and stability.