Source: Buyidao WeChat official account
Writer/ Hu Yidao
The United States Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink, who is in charge of East Asia and the Pacific affairs, arrived in Tokyo on November 8. This is his first visit to the Asia-Pacific region in more than a month in office. After visiting Japan, he will travel to South Korea.
According to media reports, there is no China during the itinerary for this visit.
However, before serving as assistant secretary of state, Conda, as a professional diplomat in the American bureaucracy, was stationed in Beijing three times and was proficient in Chinese. Therefore, some people in the United States call him "China Connect".
However, American political elites, those who understand China do not necessarily have to be friendly to China. Some people are familiar with you, but they always look for opportunities to use "silent tricks" behind your back.
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Kanda once served as senior director of Asia-Pacific affairs of the White House National Security Council, and has been working in the East Asia and Asia-Pacific circles of the US diplomatic system for the past few decades.
This makes him the Biden administration's "Chief Diplomat of East Asia".
On June 15 this year, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the approval of his nomination. At this hearing, he said, " The People's Republic of China is our biggest geopolitical test. I support contacting China from strength and status."
On the afternoon of September 23, the U.S. Federal Senate held a resolution and passed Kangda as assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs with 72 votes and 14 votes against it. He is responsible for foreign affairs in East Asia.
Just 20 days after Kangda took office, he met with the Taiwan authorities' "representative to the United States" Xiao Meiqin on on on on , for about an hour. Taiwan Green Media took the opportunity to exaggerate, "This move shows that the Biden administration attaches great importance to Taiwan-US relations."
It must be said that this behavior of the US side is a serious mistake.
Moreover, before this, Kangda did not meet with Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang. The signal sent by Kangda's "secret trick" is very bad and obvious.
On the second day of her meeting with Xiao Meiqin, Kangda also shared a photo with Xiao on social media Twitter , and posted a post, "The United States' commitment to Taiwan is still as firm as a rock. I look forward to working closely with Representative Xiao to further strengthen bilateral relations."
This is obviously a mistake.
Regarding the meeting between Kanda and Xiao Meiqin, China made solemn representations to the US at that time and criticized the US's promise of "unintentional change of one-China policy" as empty words.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the United States also warned that the United States' words and deeds seriously violated the one-China principle of and three joint communiqués of , "send extremely wrong and irresponsible signals to the outside world." The US side is obviously playing tricks about talking about one thing and doing another.
From another perspective, if the DPP authorities want to achieve the "meeting" of senior US officials with Xiao Meiqin, they must take out chips that will make the Americans excited. Otherwise, the American political elites who only have interests in their eyes and do not show off their eagles will not easily satisfy the DPP authorities' wishes.
So, we see how hard and cooperative the DPP authorities are forcing TSMC and other companies to hand over important information and confidential data to the US Department of Commerce.
So, we can smell the "transaction" here.
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In fact, as early as the Senate hearing in June, Kangda stated that he would be committed to winning in the strategic competition with China. At the same time, it will further develop "solid relationship with democratic partner Taiwan".
can be seen. At that time, Kangda had already wanted to play the "Taiwan card" against China after taking office.
At that appointment hearing, Kanda listed six policy goals, including: revitalizing allies, overcoming mainland China, reducing North Korea's nuclear weapons threat, supporting inclusive economic policies, promoting democracy and human rights, and responding to the global priorities such as COVID-19 and the climate crisis.
It is worth noting that among them, Kanda listed Taiwan as the policy goal of "revitalizing allies", rather than "better than mainland China."
So, how will Kanda play the "Taiwan card"?
Kangda said in response to the question of the lawmaker at that time that "it is a responsibility to further deepen solid relations with Taiwan in various fields"; "We are highly concerned that Taiwan is facing an increasing situation of aggression, harassment and coercion. I will continue to show my determination to implement the "Taiwan Relations Law."
The method to show this so-called "determination" is "Washington should develop relations with Taiwan in various fields." Kangda declared that in the face of pressure from Beijing, it is important to fulfill its "rock-solid attitude towards fulfilling its "obligations to Taiwan."
At the hearing and questioning meeting, members of Congress also asked whether Washington should change from a long-standing "strategic ambiguity" position to a clear commitment to "defend Taiwan when facing Beijing's dispatch of troops to the Taiwan Strait"?
Kanda's answer is that the US government recognizes Beijing but not Taipei in formal diplomatic occasions. The "one China" policy has ensured the stability of the cross-strait and the security of Taiwan for decades. "But I do think that maintaining the status quo and security is a dynamic situation. As threats from (Beijing) grow, I think our response must also be recalibrated."
summarized that nomination questioning hearing, Kanda described China as "the main challenge facing the United States today" on the one hand, and said on the other hand, the new guidelines adopted by the Biden administration on Taiwan relations are "open" and "clearly aimed at further developing our relationship and partnership."
At that time, the US media reported on this, and Liu Pengyu, spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, issued a harsh warning in response to a request for comment. Washington should "stop improving relations with the Taiwan region in any substantial way... to avoid seriously damaging Sino-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait."
After Kangda and Xiao Meiqin met on October 12, our US Embassy in once again warned the United States to abandon the fantasy of "using Taiwan to control China" as soon as possible and create conditions for Sino-US relations to return to a healthy and stable development track. "The US should not fantasize about seeking China's support and cooperation, while arbitrarily challenging China's red line on the Taiwan issue. China will never take this trick."
Kanda is currently conducting his first East Asia visit since taking office. American media said that during the visit to Japan and South Korea, whether it will discuss issues involving the Taiwan Strait cannot be ruled out.
As mentioned earlier, although Kanda has been regarded as a "China Connect" by some people in the United States, he regards China more as a "competitor that must be guarded against."
Since entering the US diplomatic system in 1994 as a diplomat, Kanda has served in the Democratic Party and the ruling governments of the Republican Party. And judging from his resume, he basically operates in East Asia.
Kanda is said to be well-versed in Chinese and Japanese. He entered the diplomatic system in early 1994 and was sent to the U.S. Embassy in Japan . He then worked at the Consulate General in Sapporo and the Embassy in Kuwait respectively. From 1999 to 2000 in the late Clinton administration, he joined the State Department for the first time and served as assistant assistant to the State Department of Near East.
During the Bush administration, he served as a political officer of the Embassy in China from 2006 to 2009. During the period of Obama's , he was transferred back to the State Council and served as director of the China Mongolian Affairs Office. He was in China for the second time after 2011, and served as Minister and Counselor of the Government Affairs Office of the Embassy in China until 2013.
After that, he was promoted to deputy director of the Embassy in China until 2015. From 2015 to 2017, Kangda served as Senior Director of Asian Affairs of the National Security Council.
After Trump took office, Kanda was nominated as the US ambassador to Vietnam in July 2017. After Biden took office in , because Kanda has "very rich" experience in East Asia, he has become a popular candidate for assistant ministers in the Asia-Pacific region.
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precisely because Kanda's diplomatic experience is basically in the East Asian circle and has been dispatched to work in the US embassy in China many times, Kanda should be very clear about the seriousness of the Taiwan issue and the "red line" that China cannot cross on the Taiwan Strait issue.
The wrong words and deeds of Kangda and the United States will have subversive impacts and global damage to Sino-US relations and regional peace and stability, which is very dangerous.
Especially recently, some senior U.S. State Department officials, including Kanda, have also attempted to hype the issue of "Taiwanese representatives return to United Nations ", and even want to challenge the one-China principle and United Nations resolution 2758.
In fact, 50 years ago, Americans tried to play tricks on this issue.
In July 1971, Assistant to the National Security Affairs of the US President Kissinger visited China secretly. At that time, Premier Zhou Enlai mentioned China's representation at the United Nations in his conversation with Kissinger, and Premier Zhou once again expressed his solemn position to him.
00 The US government knew it was difficult to refuse China's entry into the United Nations, but it still tried to keep the seat of Chiang Kai-shek Group.
On August 2 of that year, then-US Secretary of State Rogers issued a statement claiming that "the United States will support the action to request the People's Republic of China to join the Congress in UN General Assembly this fall. At the same time, the United States will oppose any action to exclude the Republic of China and deprive it of the United Nations' right to represent the United Nations."
The United States advocated at the time, "this fact must be taken into account when considering the issue of China's right to represent, and the United Nations should not be required to choose between the two."
On September 21, 1971, the 26th UN General Assembly was held in New York. There are three proposals on the issue of China's right of representation that will be submitted to the General Assembly for deliberation and to be voted on.
The first is a proposal to restore all the legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations and immediately expel the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek's group from all the United Nations agencies, including 23 countries.
The second is a "counter-important problem case" proposed by 22 countries including the United States and Japan. Any suggestions to cancel the "representative power of the Republic of China" will require a 2/3 majority to be approved by the General Assembly.
The third one is the so-called "dual representation case" proposed by 19 countries including the United States, Japan, etc., that is, the representatives of the People's Republic of China are accepted into the United Nations, but at the same time, the Republic of China's representatives in the United Nations are still retained, and it is recommended that the representatives of the People's Republic of China enjoy a seat as a permanent member of the Security Council.
From October 18 to 25, countries held fierce debates, and representatives from more than 80 countries came to the stage to speak. Representatives of some Western countries led by the United States lobby everywhere, coercing and tempting many Third World countries, and doing their best to win over them.
On the evening of October 25, 1971, the 26th UN General Assembly voted on the issue of China's right to represent. When voting for the "Important Issues of Reverse Issues" of 22 countries, they were rejected with 59 votes against, 55 votes in favor and 15 abstentions. When the electronic voting counter showed this result, the whole audience was in full bloom.
Before voting for proposals from 23 countries including Albania and Algeria, the U.S. representative to the United Nations Bush was still unwilling to give up and wanted to delete the content of the proposals of the 23 countries regarding the immediate expulsion of Chiang Kai-shek's group from the United Nations. Bush's efforts failed amid the opposition from other representatives. The proposal was finally passed with an overwhelming majority of 76 votes in favor, 35 votes against and 17 abstentions.
This has also become the famous "Resolution 2758" in the history of the United Nations.
As the proposals of 23 countries were passed, the "dual representation case" of the United States, Japan and other countries has also become abolished case.
50 years later, if some people in the United States try to challenge the one-China principle and UN General Assembly resolution 2758, this plan will only suffer greater failure.
As Le Yucheng, deputy minister of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said not long ago in an exclusive interview with the media, the one-China principle is the cornerstone of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States and China-US relations. Playing the cornerstone as a card is as dangerous as playing with fire. Taiwan should not be willing to be played as a card. Self-righteous "Ace", but in the end they will only become "scrap" and "discard".
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