Qin Gang, China's new ambassador to the United States, arrived in the United States on July 28 and took up his post.
While we pay attention to what is there, we also have to see what is not.
This time, the U.S. State Department did not send any officials to welcome Qin Gang.
When the former ambassador Cui Tiankai left, the Blinken team did not send him off.
As soon as Qin arrived, none of them came forward to greet them.
The United States proceeds from its position of strength, and at least the etiquette is not taken into account, which is not accidentally arranged, it is deliberate.
Turning the clock back eight years, on April 2, 2013, Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai arrived in Washington to take up his new duties.
Cui Tiankai is the tenth Chinese ambassador to the United States.
His predecessor, Zhang Yesui, left his post and returned to China on February 24 of that year.
That is, 37 days after Ambassador Zhang returned to China, Ambassador Cui took up his new post.
This time, Qin Gang arrived in the United States on July 28, and Ambassador Cui left his post on June 23 to return to China, 35 days later.
One is separated by 37 days, and this time it is 35 days apart, which is seamless in terms of time.
This shows that China's rotation of ambassadors is at a normal pace, reflecting China's hope that the relations between the two countries will maintain steady development.
I think that Ambassador Cui has AMERICAN personnel to pick up, ambassador Qin does not have US personnel to pick up, this difference is a kind of refraction of US-China relations.
The United States views Sino-US relations with a cold attitude.
Of course, the United States itself has not yet officially nominated a new ambassador to China, and behind it are all kinds of balances and calculations, which also reflects that the United States' ability to control Sino-US relations is not as good as China's.
That year, the day after Cui Tiankai arrived in the United States, he met with then Secretary of State Kerry and handed over a copy of the credentials.
Thirteen days later, Cui Tiankai presented his credentials to Obama at the White House, and the Foreign Ministry website said Obama had a cordial conversation with Cui Tiankai. The United States is willing to work with China to build a new type of major-country relationship.
With the passage of time, what has the United States become of manipulating US-China relations?
But, rain or shine, we see a new ambassador with a lot of ambition.
A striking, festive red tie heralded the prospects for Sino-US relations, and the national flag on the mask represented his special status.
Qin Gang, 55, was the youngest vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and this is also his first time as ambassador.
Over the past few years, the US administration's China policies and practices have regarded China as its main strategic competitor, and these circumstances have been important considerations for the Chinese side in selecting a new ambassador.
To put it more bluntly, if Sino-US relations were not in this state, the ambassador to the United States would not necessarily be Qin Gang.
Qin Gang, everyone familiar with it knows, is fierce and wise.
Mission to the United States, good "just" used on the blade!
In contrast, former U.S. Ambassador Branstad left office in a hurry last September, and one of the key reasons was that he wanted to give Trump an election aid, which resulted in a failure.
Since then, the United States has also been slow to nominate a new ambassador to China, showing the willingness and ability of the United States to control Sino-US relations, and compared with China, it is also irresponsible to be short-sighted, lack of foresight, lack of certainty, and lack of overall consideration.
But from any angle, the United States cannot avoid China.
That Secretary of State Blinken, a very pretentious, flirtatious man, for China, this person is honest and bankrupt.
The Biden administration's so-called "trichotomy of cooperation, competition, and confrontation" with China is outrageous, but it is always necessary to cooperate with China.
Now, the first person the Americans want to find is Qin Gang!
Some friends asked: The United States does not send ambassadors to China, so why should we send them?
It is precisely because the United States does not send factions and allows US-China relations to be in a state of free fall, and the Chinese side must take the lead and take the initiative to control it.
After all, in bilateral relations, the efforts of each party are crucial.
Qin Gang spoke to the media on the first day of his arrival in the United States, in addition to the Chinese media, there were also Reuters, CBS, National Radio, etc., speaking in English, so that Americans could hear every word clearly and avoid loss in the translation process.
Qin Gang tweeted that he had begun a 14-day period of self-isolation at home and would start working as soon as possible.
Start the countdown yourself!
At the same time, the online work has begun, and he has issued a "Greeting Letter to Overseas Chinese in the United States" and "Greeting Letter to International Students in the United States".
The work arrangement on the first day reflects the focus of the new ambassador's work: the door to the work of the United States is not closed, the overseas Chinese community is fully contacted, and the students studying in non-governmental exchanges are in their practical difficulties.
The ambassador was a Confucian general, and Qin Gang borrowed a verse to express his heart and express his heart, saying in poetry: "The future is full of bright roads, do not forget the twists and turns of Tibet."
You taste it.