For the United States, we can only listen to its words and watch its actions.
According to news from the U.S. State Department on July 29, Secretary of State Blinken said in an interview with the Australian media, “We are deeply aware that we must handle our relations with China in a responsible manner.” But just two days ago, the Washington Post quoted The White House’s decision to deny Chief Executive Lee Kar-chao Lee’s participation in November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in San Francisco was due to U.S. sanctions imposed on him in 2020, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
After the United States announced that it would not grant a visa to the chief executive to attend the APEC meeting, it was really harsh to hear Blinken say “handle Sino-US relations in a responsible manner.” It turns out that this kind of arbitrary handling of China affairs is a “responsible attitude.” It would be even more terrifying if the United States was not responsible.
The United States has its own “National Security Law”, but because Hong Kong also has the “National Security Law”, it can impose sanctions on 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including Li Jiachao. The United States will not let people she sanction go to the United States for meetings, and will not contact Li Jiachao. According to its logic, it is obviously because Hong Kong is not democratic and free enough.
On July 29, the deputy foreign ministry spokesman of the Afghan interim government, Thaker, said that a delegation led by the acting foreign minister of the Afghan interim government, Mottaki, had gone to Doha to meet with U.S. officials. It is reported that the two sides will discuss the lifting of sanctions, the removal of interim government officials from the blacklist, the release of Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves and airspace issues. It seems that in the eyes of the United States, the Taliban government, which does not allow girls to study, is more democratic and free than Hong Kong. According to the American principle, it can be rounded and flattened at will.
Now the Washington government has released the wind to prevent Li Jiachao from attending the APEC meeting, exposing several problems:
1. US abuse of power. As the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mao Ning said, the host of APEC has the responsibility and obligation to allow all member representatives to participate in the meeting smoothly. The United States’ imposition of unreasonable sanctions on Chinese personnel including Li Jiachao is a bullying act that seriously violates the basic norms of international relations.
Second, the United States may be naive enough to want to tell the truth. Why is the United States letting it out now? If a decision has been made, just announce it officially, not sneakily. It cannot be ruled out that they want to talk to China and ask China to make concessions in other areas. For example, they want to force Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who has not lifted sanctions from the United States, to meet with American officials.
Third, tit for tat is the best strategy. Terrorists create troubles to force you to give in. If you give in once, he will come again next time. There is no other way to deal with the radical than to deny his demands. In October 2002, 40 Chechen separatists broke into the theater of the Palace of Culture Building of the Moscow Bearing Factory, took more than 850 spectators hostage, and demanded that the Russian army withdraw from the Chechen Republic. The military police of the Russian Federation anesthetized everyone at the scene with fentanyl, then stormed in and killed 39 terrorists. Most of the hostages were rescued, but at least 129 hostages died from fentanyl inhalation. Russia has hit back hard at Chechen separatists, and 21 years have passed without another large-scale attack by Chechens because they know their demands will not succeed.
China has many strategies for tit for tat, including not sending officials to attend, and letting the United States hold a deserted APEC summit by itself. Don’t think that the relationship between the two countries can be improved if the United States organizes high-level meetings between China and the United States. With the attitude of the United States, China and the United States have more struggles and less cooperation.
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2023-07-31 16:00:00
