Look at the news knews reporter Song Yi
2021-11-01 17:26
After more than seven months, Wang Yi and Blinken met again. On the morning of October 31, local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with US Secretary of State Blinken in Rome, Italy.
The conversation between the two coincided with the Biden administration's attempt to "control the increasingly fierce competition between China and the United States," and the United States became one of the most concerned events during the G20 summit as the United States strained relations with China over Taiwan, China's neighboring waters, and so-called "human rights."
What is China's assessment of the results of this meeting? Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in response to an inquiry on November 1 that the US side has pursued a wrong China policy in recent years, resulting in a comprehensive impact on Sino-US relations, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has raised clear objections on behalf of the Chinese side.
"The Taiwan issue is the most sensitive issue between China and the United States" is not one of them
On the morning of the same day, Blinken arrived at the site of the Sino-US meeting. Many media noticed that the two did not shake hands or elbows when they met, but just stood in front of their respective national flags for a group photo. Subsequently, the two sides met for about 50 minutes.
On October 31, 2021, local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with US Secretary of State Blinken in Rome
However, su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Institute of American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, paid more attention to the content of the meeting, especially Foreign Minister Wang Yi's expression of the collusion between the United States and Taiwan and China's core position on the Taiwan issue.
Judging from the Foreign Ministry's press release, there were many topics on the topic of this talk, among which Wang Yi's expression on the Taiwan issue accounted for a considerable proportion. Every sentence is direct, frank, even harsh.
Wang Yi pointed out that the Taiwan issue is the most sensitive issue between China and the United States. Once the handling is wrong, it will cause subversive and overall damage to Sino-US relations.
"'The most sensitive,' and not one of them, once again shows China's consistent and firm position." Su Xiaohui said. She said that the US side is not unaware of the high sensitivity of the Taiwan issue in Sino-US relations, but it still frequently breeds incidents, exposing the psychology of "gamblers" and mistakenly believing that the more complex and sensitive the card is played, the more immediate the "effect" will be.
On the eve of the G20 meeting, US politicians repeatedly made inappropriate remarks related to Taiwan. Biden openly said in a television program broadcast by CNN on the 21st of last month that the United States would "assist in the defense of Taiwan"; on the 27th, Biden threatened at the online meeting of the East Asia Summit that the United States was deeply concerned about China's "coercive" behavior in the Taiwan Strait and declared that "the US commitment to Taiwan is as solid as a rock."
The U.S. Secretary of Defense made a similar statement. A few days ago, when participating in nato's National Defense Committee, Austin threatened that if the Taiwan region is attacked by Chinese mainland, the United States will definitely give Taiwan "military assistance and support."
On October 26, local time, Blinken suddenly issued a Taiwan-related statement, openly declaring that the United States supports Taiwan's "meaningful participation in the United Nations system."
In this regard, during the G20 summit, Wang Yi solemnly stated his position on behalf of the Chinese side. Wang Yi said: The United States and other individual countries have recently attempted to make a breakthrough on the Taiwan issue, which runs counter to the international consensus and the commitments they made when they established diplomatic relations with China, undermines the peaceful and stable situation in the Taiwan Strait, and even more undermines the purposes and principles of the "UN Charter."
Su Xiaohui noticed that when Foreign Minister Wang Yi showed the US side the consequences, he used such harsh words as "subversive and overall destruction," which was very heavy, but only by speaking clearly could the United States avoid unrealistic ideas. "Obsessing over playing the 'Taiwan card' will inevitably cause huge damage to Sino-US relations and will inevitably cost the US side a huge price." Su Xiaohui stressed.
The U.S. posture has changed?
Recently, the Chinese side has more than once told the US side its position, and in Su Xiaohui's view, such communication and warnings are effective. This time, many media compared the meeting between Wang Yi and Blinken in Rome with the one in Anchorage, Alaska, and believed that the change in the US posture was "traceable."
In Anchorage, the US side was arrogant, overtime speaking, rushing reporters, not talking about diplomatic etiquette, and wanted to give China a chance to get off the hook.
But this time, it was Blinken who went to the Chinese delegation's station, which belonged to the "door-to-door visit", and it was still the side door, and many media reported on it as a news eye. Diao Daming, an associate professor at the School of International Relations at Chinese Min University, observed these details and said that it was obvious who was more demanding than whom.
Blinken arrives at the meeting point
It is worth noting that shortly after the meeting with Wang Yi, Blinken appeared on a CNN program again, the host pointed out the contradictions in the recent Taiwan-related remarks of the US side, and asked whether it would "defend Taiwan" in the end. Blinken shook out a set of diplomatic rhetoric, saying that the US side "has not changed its policy", "the commitment has existed for a long time", and so on, and stressed that the US side will ensure that "Taiwan has the ability to defend itself" three times, and never mentioned that the US side will "send troops to help defend the island.".
For Blinken's "American Tai Chi", CNN summed up: After Biden 'assisted in the defense of Taiwan's statement,' the United States "retreated."
However, whether the United States really changed course or "retreated into progress" remains to be seen. Although blinken reiterated during his meeting with Wang Yi that the United States will continue to adhere to the one-China policy, in the view of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Blinken is still continuing the "strategic ambiguity" policy that the United States has always pursued on the Taiwan issue.
Yang Xiyu, a researcher at the China Institute of International Studies who has long been concerned about Sino-US relations, also noted that in the first phone call between China and the US dollar on September 10 this year, US President Biden also used the expression "one China policy" instead of the "one-China principle" that the Chinese side has always emphasized. The difference in one word fully reflects the united States' use of vague strategies on the "one China" issue.
Su Xiaohui said that although the US side has been verbally expressing its "support" for the one-China policy, judging from its recent performance, it has been "diluting" or subverting the one-China principle, and the core purpose is to carry out competition, confrontation and containment with China, and China will never let the US side succeed.
Therefore, after exposing the true intentions of the US side, Wang Yi directly put forward three demands to Blinken: pursue the real one-China policy, not the fake one-China policy; fulfill the commitments made to the Chinese side, not treacherous; and truly implement the one-China policy into action, rather than saying one thing and doing one thing.
Leave a window of hope for managing differences
In addition to the Taiwan issue, Wang Yi also expressed China's solemn concerns about various issues that harm China's legitimate rights and interests by the US side, and took out a real hammer. Wang Yi pointed out that the current National Assembly alone has introduced more than 300 anti-China bills. The US side has also included more than 900 Chinese entities and individuals in various unilateral sanctions lists, which has seriously undermined normal exchanges between China and the United States. In addition, it is also piecing together various small circles to suppress China on a global scale, and even exerting pressure on many small and medium-sized countries.
After laying out the facts, Foreign Minister Wang Yi continued to reason with Blinken: These practices do not conform to the interests of the two peoples, do not conform to the expectations of the international community, and do not conform to the development trend of the times.
While asking the US side to change its course, Wang Yi also expressed his willingness to establish normalized contacts and seek to enhance Sino-US cooperation.
The US side also expressed in the statement the importance of the two countries maintaining open communication channels and responsibly controlling the competition between the two countries. Blinken reiterated areas where the interests of the two countries are intertwined, as well as areas where cooperation can take place, including North Korea, Myanmar, Iran, Afghanistan and the climate crisis. Some public opinion pointed out that this is the first time that Biden has seen content on "Sino-US bilateral relations and cooperation" in Blinken's official statement since taking office.
Some analysts pointed out that through another high-level direct dialogue, the two sides reached a consensus to maintain regular contact and communication, in any case, this has left a window of hope for the two countries to manage their differences and avoid confrontation and crisis. Diao Daming agreed with this, but at the same time said that such contacts and communication require "political preparation", and the US side cannot "step on the line" and "play with fire" on key issues. Under the framework of the G20 and the future COP26, the United States certainly hopes to gain China's understanding and support on the relevant agenda to achieve its own goals, but if the United States continues to challenge the bottom line of Sino-US relations, it may shake the political foundation and cause "subversive and overall damage."
As Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, I hope that the US side will earnestly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, work with China to strengthen dialogue and communication, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, properly manage differences, and provide the necessary conditions for political preparations for exchanges in the next stage.
(Look at the news Knows reporter Song Yi)