Preface
As we all know, the United States has now regarded China as a comprehensive competitor, suppressing China's peaceful rise from all aspects. Facing the challenges of the United States, whether China is passive or active will affect China's future development trajectory and even the world structure. Historically, both the Soviet Union and Japan have been strategically challenged by the United States, and both countries have proven to be disintegrated or suppressed by the United States. Learning from history, China needs to find ways to solve problems from history. This is a test for the leadership. At the same time, it is a war without gunpowder for all Chinese people. Today, follow me to explore how China solves the problems of the times!
The United States has returned to the Asia-Pacific region
After Obama took office, he has shifted the target from the Middle East and Europe to the Asia-Pacific region, and proposed the Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy. Since then, there have been rumors around China, and all forces have been eyeing it. At that time, Asia was waiting for the United States to make moves, because China did not seem to have the ability to compete with the United States. If there is no accident, China will be trapped in the United States' Asia-Pacific strategy and cannot extricate itself. At that time, there were a hundred schools of thought contending in China, and there were many different countermeasures, but what was contemptible was that many people came forward to call on us to let go of our resistance and embrace the America that brought "freedom and democracy" with open arms. Even for a period of time, China's attitude has been difficult to figure out. Whether being tough on the United States is the topic of most concern to everyone, then you might as well learn from its northern neighbor, Russia.
China has long adopted the method of seeing and dismantling, and does not want to cause too much friction with the United States. This is because our country is in urgent need of development opportunities, and keeping a low profile is a development strategy, thus building a relatively "good tempered" image of a big country.On the other hand, Russia has a very tough international image, and all powerful countries, including the United States, will not be easily provoked. On the one hand, Russia has inherited most of the military heritage of the Soviet Union, and secondly, the Russians are good at expressing their attitude with force, so that others The state acquiesced to their strength. However, due to historical reasons, many people in China suffer from a deep "aesthetic phobia", which indirectly affects the country's attitude towards the United States.
On May 1, 2011, a shocking news broke out in the media on this special day. Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda who launched the 9/11 terrorist attack, was killed in his residence. At the same time, it announced that the ten-year war on terror in the United States had finally ended. . In the 1990s, China forged ahead in the tide of reform and opening up, showing a terrifying development prospect. Relevant U.S. departments have noticed that the Eastern Lion has awakened and is a very threatening potential opponent. At present, the U.S. government has taken a series of measures to prevent the rise of China. At the beginning of the new century, bin Laden launched terrorist attacks in the United States. As the world's only superpower, the United States made a decision to send troops to the Middle East until bin Laden was eliminated. This decision will lead the development of the United States in a new direction, at least China can obtain quite valuable development space. Hundreds of thousands of ground troops were dispatched, and the United States needed to devote huge war resources, and the pressure on China was suddenly relieved. Therefore, the Chinese leadership accurately judged that the first two decades of this century were a rare development opportunity for us, which must be firmly grasped.
In the past ten years, China has shown a desperate drive, and after joining the WTO, it has become even more out of control. It soon surpassed Japan in terms of economic aggregate and became the second largest economy in the world. This news excited the Chinese people and caused quite a stir when it reached the other side of the ocean.For a long time, the top two positions in the world economy have been the United States and Japan. It seems that this is a basic common sense of all mankind. Who knows that China has broken this balance. The American elite began to worry about whether their hegemony would be challenged by China. Since then, China has become the main opponent of the United States, no one.
When Hillary Clinton announced that the United States would return to the Asia-Pacific region, people found that the United States would not open up a new battlefield in Asia in person. He was deeply involved in the war in the Middle East and had to find an agent to help him contain China, so a campaign including political suppression began in East Asia. , geopolitical disputes, economic sanctions, and a comprehensive strategy of diplomatic confrontation. The United States formulated the basic strategy of using Asia to control Asia, formed an encirclement around China, and encouraged neighboring countries to directly confront us, thus consuming China's energy on all fronts. As for the United States and Japan, the Diaoyu Islands were written into the "Japan-US Security Treaty". The United States used the Diaoyu Islands issue to anger China and put China and Japan on the brink of war. In order to stand up for Japan, India, Australia and other countries were assembled to conduct maritime drills with Japan, demonstrating their determination and confidence in supporting Japan's demands, and also allowing small neighboring countries to see the strength comparison between the two sides, laying a good foundation for subsequent actions.
Then, the Philippines and Vietnam began to make small moves in the South China Sea. The South China Sea once faced the risk of a full-scale war. Without the support of the United States, these small countries would not dare to confront China head-on. In the little-known South China Sea turmoil, China was already posing for a big fight with the United States. At that time, the United States clamored to take the lead in provoking China in the South China Sea, which was interpreted by all parties as a signal of war. The Chinese government took a tough stance and did not hesitate to fight with its opponents. In the end, the United States was defeated and did not dare to enter the range of Chinese missiles.This South China Sea confrontation ended with China's total victory, and it also made the countries in the South China Sea realize that confrontation with China is hopeless, at least the United States will not provide due help as promised.
For China to take the initiative to attack
We must understand that the essence of the US suppression of China is a resistance of the old world order to the new order. In the process of human development, there have been many changes in power, and the emergence of each new power will form In the new world order, only by mastering the world order can the whole world be mastered. After the end of World War II, the Yalta system was established, and the world became polarized. However, after only 40 years of Cold War, the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the world was developing towards a pattern of one superpower and many powers. In the American cognition, the absence of the Soviet Union in the world means that the United States is the world hegemon, and the Americans must have the final say in any place, which is stipulated by "God". But that backfired, with European nations forming the European Union to rival the U.S. economically, and Russia, under Putin's leadership, ending the chaos and gradually recovering. China has embarked on a new development path, showing strong vitality.
These phenomena tell the United States that the world is moving towards a future beyond their control. In the second decade of the 21st century, China has far surpassed other countries and has become the number one adversary of the United States. Throughout the history of China and the United States, confrontation is the main color, the United States has always been the problem maker, and China has always been the problem solver. Considering the comparison of the comprehensive strengths of the two countries, it is normal for China to be more passive, but in many cases we have suffered heavy losses. Therefore, in the new era, we must "make a difference" in the Sino-US struggle, that is, we must learn to take the initiative to attack, and we can no longer take chances. The attitude of the United States is very clear, unless the Chinese head will not stop, then we have to accept a possibility that only by working hard to defeat the enemy can we win.Chairman Mao once said that if you hit with one punch, you will avoid a hundred punches. The victory of the Korean War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea shows that no matter how far the difference in strength is, as long as you dare to fight, there is hope of victory.
Many Chinese have the impression that whenever a major event occurs in the world, China will acquiesce or not intervene, and rarely express its own views and opinions. For example, during the Libyan war, when European and American countries launched military operations against Libya, China did not take constructive measures, which affected the trust between us and African countries to a certain extent. On the Iranian nuclear issue, the United States does not play cards according to common sense and often acts disrespectful to other countries. In this regard, China does not give Iran the same strong support as Russia. The aforementioned turmoil in the South China Sea is a wake-up call for China. Asia, especially the South China Sea, is our homeland, and the United States is the real outsider. China should take the initiative to attack and join forces with peace-loving countries to drive the United States away.
The current world situation is developing towards multi-polarization. It is impossible for a country to occupy the whole world like before. China should take the lead in promoting the development of multi-polarization. We do not engage in hegemony. Peace-related countries in various regions make their own decisions. China uses its own influence to promote this trend, thus creating a cage for US unilateralism and power politics. In this way, China takes the initiative to use its own advantages to break the US blockade, and it must believe in the truth that justice will prevail. How many historical facts have proved that peace and development are the true meaning of human beings, and all actions that violate the laws of world development will eventually bear fruit.
China wants to establish new values
Competition between China and the United States is ultimately a question of the ownership of the right to formulate rules. The world order dominated by the United States already has a lot of loopholes, and their democracy and freedom have been proven in practice to be unable to bring light and future to mankind.No one can deny that American-style democracy has brought death to innocent civilians on the dilapidated streets of Afghanistan, under the rubble of Syria. These countries were brutally violated by the United States, but no one dared to oppose him. Now China needs to stand up and become a reliable friend of those oppressed countries. Some people may say that this is nosy, but it is not. China's development is deeply integrated into the world, and all human beings share the same destiny and are a whole. The United States is challenging the entire human race with its hegemony, so China must safeguard the interests of the entire human race.
The United States has established a "robber" logic since its founding. Their ancestors seized the Indians' homes through massacres, and other colonies were also obtained through trade and aggression. Therefore, there is no concept of peace in their bones, and they believe that the replacement of power can only be done by hard means such as violence, and it is impossible to live in harmony. After a long period of development in the United States, the economy has risen to the forefront of the world, but the center of the world is still in Europe, and the center of politics is also in Europe, so after the end of the First World War, US President Wilson came to France and announced to the world American values. In a nutshell, this kind of value means that the United States is not a country in the traditional sense, and its emergence is the cohesion and sublimation of capitalism, so the value standards of the United States are applicable everywhere. This value has been accepted by the entire United States since the beginning of the twentieth century, and successive presidents have unswervingly practiced it. Slowly, the world order in the eyes of Americans must conform to its own values. Freedom and democracy are like the air permeating the entire United States. Anything that opposes the United States is despotism and feudalism and must be eliminated immediately.
We can see that the United States, like the "police of the world", recklessly waged wars under the banner of democracy. The United States has been fighting wars in almost any era, and these actions are all self-righteous. At present, they accuse China of "violating the international order", accusing us of stealing the economy and culture. China's development is deformed and anti-human, and it needs US sanctions.
In contrast, if China wants to compete with the United States, it must put forward new values and be able to establish a new world order, so as to win the support of all countries. Win-win cooperation and a harmonious world have always been our propositions, but for a long time we have not embodied this value, and there are great differences in understanding between different cultures. As a result, in diplomatic activities, diplomats lack specific action guidelines, and many positive behaviors will be discredited.
For example, my country has been supporting construction in Africa for a long time, helping many poor countries to improve transportation, but it is called "neocolonialism" in the mouth of the Western media. The colonial crimes committed by Western countries in Africa are well known to the world, and the slave trade is a masterpiece of Europeans. However, Chinese aid in Africa is smeared as "colonial" because we invest a lot of money to help Africans, and Westerners wonder if there is a lot of political dealings that go beyond economic diplomacy. They do not believe that China will selflessly help the victim to develop the economy, because in the Western concept, economic aid must obtain other privileges.
China often needs to refute the one-sided remarks of these media. It can be said that China does not have much advantage in terms of discourse power, because we have not proposed our own value system. It is ridiculous to measure China's foreign policy with Western values.In fact, in the last century, China put forward the values of anti-imperialist and anti-hegemony, and it was intended to call on the "third world countries" oppressed by the United States to counter the United States together. Therefore, if China wants to compete with the United States now, it must learn from the "third world" theory, criticize the hegemony of the United States, and provide necessary diplomatic assistance to the countries oppressed by the United States, so as to gather collective strength and form a situation of restraining the United States.
From the current point of view, a community with a shared future for mankind is a value that China, as a world power, has put forward with a world consensus. At present, the world is facing various risks, not only the power politics of the United States, but also natural hazards. Especially in the era of epidemic, no country is an island. Only through global cooperation in fighting the epidemic can we end the new crown epidemic as soon as possible. If the wearing of masks is politicized like the United States, and thousands of people's lives are sacrificed for the so-called "freedom", this is the real "fascism". China tells the world with practical actions that Chinese values serve all mankind, and that all mankind needs sustainable development. China has demonstrated its unique ability to deal with the epidemic and has become a model and template for other countries.
China needs to be tougher
As Yang Jiechi said, we have always thought of the United States too well. We thought we could communicate on an equal footing on the basis of mutual respect, but what we did not expect was slander and suppression. When Trump picks up the stick of trade sanctions and slams China in all areas, we must enrich the concept of "peaceful rise". China's peaceful rise is said to its friends, and it is proposed in the context of the China threat theory. We want to show a peaceful international image and hope to obtain a stable international environment.However, China's efforts have not been taken seriously by Western countries. Under the banner of the "China Threat Theory", developed countries headed by the United States are using illegal means to maliciously suppress us. Is this the so-called spirit of the contract?
The thinking of Western countries, we must understand that in their development process, no country's rise did not start in war, and they could not find a precedent for peaceful rise. The United States, Britain, France and Germany have all fought brutal wars, but standing together to sanction China at this moment shows that the essence of capitalism is plunder and aggression, and their values cannot be fooled. China needs to create history now, so that Western countries can witness how a world power can stand in the east of the world with a peaceful attitude. China is following its own path, full of Chinese characteristics!
At the same time, China must always be careful not to be constrained by "peaceful rise". Some people worry that it is too tough to make others think that we are going to be hegemonic. If we always think like this, we cannot break out of the encirclement. China's peace is said to its own friends. It shows that China will not take the initiative to bully other countries and will not base its own development on the basis of harming the interests of other countries. Such behavior is in sharp contrast with Western countries. The history of the founding of capitalist countries is a bloody history of colonization. There is no country or nation that has not been invaded by them, so China will never do this.
Secondly, our peaceful rise is not the same as allowing outsiders to bully. First, China's national sovereignty and interests cannot be challenged by anyone or in any form. With the development of the times, seeking peace through struggle and development through struggle have become the basic essence, and the struggle here does not exclude war. Fear of war will only be constantly swallowed up, and only by facing war can you be defeated without a fight.Although a country is warlike and will die, China will not hesitate to fight if its own interests are violated. This is the basis for the continuation of Chinese civilization for thousands of years, and it is also a prerequisite for the prosperity of Chinese culture.
Postscript
After Biden came to power, the dispute between China and the United States entered a new stage. In general, the two countries will focus on struggle. Of course, cooperation is also essential. The Chinese leadership has shown a tough attitude this year. We can fight and talk. The Chinese will not succumb to any oppression. China has survived the era of confrontation between China and the United States. Facts have proved that confrontation is not good for the United States.
