Merkel's 16 years as Chancellor of Germany have set a record for the most visits to China by Western leaders during their tenure, and today the leader with the "Iron Lady of Europe" officially stepped down, and Germany also officially entered the "post-Merkel era".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > Merkel officially stepped down but did not step down</h1>
According to the Observer Network reported on October 27, German President Tannmeier officially dismissed Merkel as chancellor on the 26th, and praised Merkel's reign as "one of the greatest periods in Germany's modern history"; but it is very interesting that Merkel has stepped down as German chancellor but has not officially stepped down, because until the new German government is established, it is necessary to temporarily assume the responsibility of guarding the government chancellor.
According to the results of last month's German election, the SPD has a clear advantage, while merkel's Supported Alliance Party is directly out, so the next German government will have a multi-party coalition. According to the news on the 15th of this month, the new German government has also taken an important step in the cabinet negotiations, the "traffic light" combination of the Social Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Green Party has reached a preliminary consensus on the cabinet formation negotiations, and it is not surprising that the coalition government will take over the baton from Merkel in December.
As the Western leader who has visited China the most times in office, how Sino-German relations will develop after Merkel's downfall is bound to be a very important point of view, considering that the next German government is a coalition government formed by multi-party cabinets, there may be some twists and turns in sino-German relations in the future, and as far as the overall public opinion atmosphere in German politics is concerned, the LDP and the Green Party are typical ideological lines, advocating maintaining a tough attitude toward China as a whole, while the Social Democratic Party as the main body maintains a relatively objective attitude. Its candidate, Scholz, has publicly stated that he will not refuse dialogue with China and stressed that he will continue to maintain relations with China.
At present, the "traffic light" combination has not yet reached an agreement on how to deal with Relations with China, but it is undeniable that Germany's future development is indeed inseparable from China, and to a large extent, the whole of Europe should be clear that the development of the "post-epidemic era" cannot be separated from China. In addition, Sino-German relations play a general role as a "stabilizer" in Sino-European relations, and recently Europe has been emphasizing the pursuit of strategic autonomy, so how to properly handle relations with China is of great importance to Europe's pursuit of independence and autonomy.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > Blinken challenged the "one China" principle, which china refuted</h1>
In fact, the main obstacle to Europe's pursuit of strategic autonomy is the United States, and the reason why the EU has been difficult to hide its splittism in recent years is that, on the one hand, the overall strength of Europe itself is weakening, and on the other hand, the United States is constantly obstructing it, for example, in recent times, the European Parliament has insisted on issuing the so-called "Taiwan-related statement" in spite of China's repeated negotiations, threatening to upgrade "political relations" with the Taiwan region. Considering that the European Parliament originally played the role of the "agent" of the United States, its constant playing with fire on Taiwan-related issues is naturally driven by the United States.
Of course, in addition to arranging agents to constantly provoke China, the United States has not forgotten to personally find trouble for China. According to a report by the Global Network on October 27, US Secretary of State Blinken publicly issued a statement on Tuesday saying that he "supports the 'meaningful' participation of the Taiwan region in the United Nations system." For this kind of behavior that openly challenges the "one China" principle, the Chinese Embassy in the United States immediately issued a strong condemnation, refuting a series of recent US fallacies on Taiwan-related issues, and making solemn representations to the US side.
Recently, the United States has begun to change its "new way of playing" on the Taiwan issue, starting with UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and attempting to overturn the resolution by stealing the concept, thus "carrying" the Taiwan authorities into the United Nations. It should be noted that Resolution 2758 is clearly written in black and white, the Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate Government representing the whole of China, this resolution has been unanimously recognized by all countries, and the United States will certainly humiliate itself if it tries to challenge the resolution of the General Assembly under this pretext.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > mainland sounded the death knell of "Taiwan independence."</h1>
No matter how the United States borrows Taiwan to play its role, the Taiwan authorities will not be able to step into the door of the United Nations, and as the collusion between the United States and Taiwan intensifies, Chinese mainland is also constantly intensifying its efforts to crack down on "Taiwan independence" diehards. According to a report by the Global Network on 27 October, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, responded to the recent incident that "relevant departments may carry out special legislation on punishing 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces": Resolutely cracking down on "Taiwan independence" diehards is the proper meaning of safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and is also a proper measure to ensure the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.
Recently, the Taiwan authorities have frequently colluded with countries outside the region, and Wu Zhaoxie, head of Taiwan's "foreign affairs department," has threatened to visit the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and other European countries; the mainland has long warned that "relying on foreigners to respect oneself" will only be a dead end.