Author: Sheng Tang Rusong Source WeChat official account: The Shopkeeper’s Dao has been reprinted with authorization
Recently, British Prime Minister Sunak delivered a speech at the London City Hall, saying that the golden age of China UK relations has ended. In fact, he doesn’t need to say this. In fact, since the United States officially started the Sino US trade war, and since the United States officially regarded China as its largest international rival, the relationship between China and Britain has gone downhill. However, the reverse development of the relationship between the two countries is not because of any contradiction between China and Britain, but because of the change of the US policy towards China. In the final analysis, Britain is just an old gangster following the US.
At present, the United Kingdom tends to decline in terms of economic strength, military strength and even international influence. However, it has the advantage of being an old empire. At present, it is still the nominal ally of many Commonwealth countries. Although this organization is very loose and does not have any serious influence, it can undoubtedly add some luster to the team by dragging the former leader of the United Kingdom when pulling the team. Just like some commercial activities nowadays, some old stars are invited to join in. It doesn’t cost much, but the scene is lively. Today’s Britain, although it does not admit that it has passed the muster, it is clear in its heart. And the more it knows, the more it must follow the United States on its legs. Without it, strength, status, continuity and collusion are the same.
However, Sunak said this time that the end of the golden age of China UK relations has its own reason, which is’ because China is trying to gain global influence with its own strength ‘. Therefore, the golden relationship between China and the UK will no longer exist.
We Chinese certainly don’t like to hear such words, just as Obama said that Chinese people should not live the same life as the people of the United States and western developed countries. How can you live a leisurely life, and we have to be inferior to others to make cheap industrial products for you? During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a poet named Zhang Yu in Pixian County, Chengdu. He wrote a very famous poem, “Silkworm Woman”: “When I entered the city yesterday, I came back with tears all over my eyes. Those who were covered in silk were not silkworm breeders.” Americans wanted us to be silkworm breeders and silk weavers, but they did not want us to wear silk clothes. If we can’t afford to wear it for economic reasons and strength reasons, it’s OK. But we can already afford to wear it. Why don’t you let us wear it? Besides, we weave the silk ourselves. So, in the face of this unfair situation, do we cry or rise up angrily and pursue our own rights and interests? We all know the truth. Unfortunately, some people just want to be wrong, or some people want to help the United States and the West to restrict us from wearing silk and eating fish, so that they can beg for some leftovers behind the Western countries to show their poor sense of superiority. Of course, there are also some people who have become rich first and want to make use of the western measures that restrict the development of other countries to make themselves part of the western enjoyment class. Therefore, [the so-called comprador class] has spared no effort to support the anti China policies of western countries and act as pawns of the western countries that restrict China’s breakthrough development.
Americans do not want the Chinese to live a good life, while the British accuse China of not having international influence. These blatant discriminatory and repressive attitudes towards China have clearly told the Chinese people what the United States, Britain and other western countries want from China and what kind of country they want China to become. A second-class country, a country that can only sell coolies but cannot be the master of its own country. This is their main purpose. And how to achieve this goal, naturally, is to hope that China will not be strong. If you want China not to be strong, you have to let China bow its head. If China dares not to bow its head, it will confuse him and split him. Knowing that war with China is very dangerous, they put their eyes on the turbulence planning they are good at.
Therefore, from Sunak’s outspoken words this time, we can fully understand that what the United States and Britain and other countries have done to China is to hope that China will not be strong, and that China will become chaotic, because in their eyes, we do not deserve to have our own international influence, and do not deserve to have the same rich life as them. Therefore, many people in our country seem to be so foolish, shouting the slogan of “living a good life” to help other countries prevent themselves from living a good life. If you are a person with ulterior motives, you can be forgiven. If you really believe this, and you are not qualified to chew bones under the western table, you should really think about it. The saddest thing in the world is that there is no regret medicine to take when you regret, so that the heart wrenching regret can accompany you for a lifetime.
In fact, a few days ago, I was very anxious. It’s much better now. When I wrote “The Embarrassment of the Sword Holder”, I actually had been anxious for a long time, and finally could not help but write that article. Then I wrote “The Endurance of Difficulties”, hoping to soothe those who are gradually anxious like me. Sure enough, it happened, but the situation was much better than I thought, and that was it.
The international situation has developed to this day. In fact, even if the United States does not engage in decoupling, it has formed de facto decoupling. We can take a look at what the United States and Britain are doing today, which one is not going to be uncoupled, and we should be more decisive at this time. Even if we still cherish the European line, we should also tell the outside world with a firm and tough attitude: we are not afraid of decoupling, if we really want to, we should. Only in this way can Europe and Western countries understand that the era when they still hoped to profit from extortion and pressure with the United States is gone forever. Always compromise and hope other countries understand and understand. It doesn’t work for these European and American countries that have torn their faces. The more you express goodwill, the more people think you have room to squeeze. In the cruel international political struggle like blood and fire, mother-in-law killed people.
Of course, the West also knows that we cannot shake our roots by making trouble. Because there have been so many troubles in Hong Kong before, on the contrary, the more trouble, the greater the loss. Therefore, they started and instigated such things, partly because the internal causes caused by the long-term epidemic resistance really needed to be released, and partly because they consumed consumables anyway. What does it have to do with them. And through the operation of these things, they can definitely be used as the material to slander us in the international community. Why not use consumables unrelated to their own interests to achieve the materials they need? It is the consumables that are encouraged, but they really hope that the west wind can rise overnight. But in China, where the east wind is strong, this illusion is absolutely unrealistic. Even the western countries they worship know that this illusion is unrealistic.
Therefore, what Britain and the United States are pursuing is de facto decoupling and creating a dual track world. This is also the only goal left for the British after the Queen’s death. Only in this dual track world can Britain become an important country. After all, if Russia and China are excluded from their power expression, it is obvious that the relationship between Britain and the United States is much closer than that between countries such as Germany and France, and there is no difference in strength between Britain and Germany and France.
And let alone the urgency of the United States for decoupling, does the United States still care about the performance of the slow Sino US relations in everything it does today? At this time, it is absolutely unrealistic for us to expect the bilateral relations to ease and the mutual benefits to be achieved through talks. Our toughness does not necessarily have to be displayed in a state of war. Any initiative to cut hard with the interests of the United States can be seen as a strong response to the hostile actions of the United States. However, there are many tools that can provide such benefits. We don’t have to worry about it at all. Asking for mercy and reasoning about inferior means from the United States and Britain will only make them more excited, because their essence is bandits. It was like this more than a hundred years ago, and still is like this more than a hundred years later.