The international situation can be said to be the same day, the first two days of Turkish President Erdogan also threatened to expel the United States and other 10 Western ambassadors, by October 26 was basically calm, because the United States took the lead in concessions, issued a statement saying that turkey should not interfere in Turkey's internal affairs. The united states took the initiative to make concessions and let a diplomatic crisis be resolved in an instant, which also reflected the turbulence of the international situation. On October 26, there are three more big things worth highlighting.
First, China demanded that the United States lift tariffs and sanctions. According to Xinhua News Agency reported on October 26, on the morning of the same day, Liu He, vice premier of the State Council and the leader of the Chinese side of the China-US Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, held a video call with US Treasury Secretary Yellen at the invitation. According to the report, Liu He and Yellen had pragmatic, frank and constructive exchanges, the two sides talked about the macroeconomic situation, multilateral and bilateral cooperation, and believed that it is very important for China and the United States to strengthen macroeconomic policy communication and coordination, because the world economy is now at a critical moment of recovery.
During the call, the Chinese side also demanded that the United States remove tariffs and sanctions and treat Chinese enterprises fairly. On October 9, Liu He spoke with U.S. Trade Representative Dai Qi, when china negotiated with the U.S. side on the lifting of tariffs and sanctions, and clarified its position on China's economic development model, industrial policy and other issues. Although the United States intends to re-exempt 549 categories of Chinese import tariffs, this is only a small fraction of the more than 2,200 products eligible for tariff exemptions, many of which are not among them, and even U.S. companies are very dissatisfied.
The second thing is that India has added troops to the Sino-Indian border, which is said to be the so-called ace mountain troops. During this period, India's actions on the Sino-Indian border were frequent, either by intensifying its efforts to build infrastructure, or by increasing the number of troops, or by replenishing weapons and equipment, which made a huge noise. According to media reports, India's Interior Ministry of State Minister Netiyanand Rai said on October 24 that the Indian government has authorized multiple battalions of indo-Tibetan mountain police forces that will soon be deployed on the China-India border.
It is reported that India's additional troops this time have a total of 7 battalions, numbering 8,000 people, and the deployment site is on the border of the eastern section of China and India. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, although nominally a police force, is in fact an Indian border guard, which is heavily trained in mountain warfare and is considered an ace mountain force. The Indian government attaches great importance to this ace force and plans to equip them with better weapons and receive better logistical support.
This mountain ace force should not be unfamiliar to everyone, because they are the same unit that provoked the conflict in the Galwan Valley. At this sensitive moment, India has sent this additional force to the Sino-Indian border, and the taste of provocation is very strong. However, no matter what actions the Indian side makes, china will not back down, because there is no room for negotiation on the territorial issue. Just a few days ago, China promulgated the Land Border Law, which once again demonstrated China's determination to defend its territory.
The third thing, China has taken another world first. On the morning of October 26, the New Office of the State Council held a press conference to introduce China's anti-epidemic assistance and international development cooperation. At the press conference, Luo Zhaohui, director of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, said that since the beginning of this year, China has provided more than 1.5 billion doses of vaccines to 106 countries and 4 international organizations, ranking first in the world. According to another report, China provided a large number of epidemic prevention materials to 150 countries and 13 international organizations last year.
On the issue of helping other countries fight the epidemic, China is not ambiguous at all, and it is a real vaccine, so it has won widespread praise internationally. In contrast, the United States often touts itself as helping other countries fight the epidemic, verbally promising vaccines, but in fact paying lip service but not paying lip service, and promises are often not fulfilled. A few days ago, the US media broke the news that a civil society group in California had planned to donate thousands of doses of the new crown vaccine to Mexico, but was blocked by the White House. Comparing the two, you know which is higher and which is lower.