Recently, various events on the international stage have shown that China is no longer indulging Europe. At the same time, China has sent a strong signal to the world: do not give China orders, and do not try to play the "Taiwan card" again. The consequences of making inflammatory remarks are serious. To pressure China one moment and ask for its help the next — there's no such good thing.
Whether it's canceling or postponing the visit to China, the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, ultimately could not come. In recent days, there has been a big uproar within Germany, mainly divided into two factions. The ruling Social Democratic Party criticized Baerbock for sending a bad signal and demanded to re-establish dialogue with China. The Christian Democratic Union, the party Baerbock belongs to, supports her so-called brave confrontation with China. They believe that if Baerbock were to correct her inappropriate comments on China as requested by China, it would be an "open humiliation," which is completely unacceptable.
It's funny, everything speaks to strength. Does Germany have the arrogance left? Facing the risk of supply disruption and production shutdown in automobiles and semiconductors. After the cancellation of the trip, the German government became anxious. The German government stated that Sino-German relations will not be affected. The German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, will visit China in mid-November and emphasized that Germany highly values this exchange. Germany will engage in equal dialogue with China, rather than giving lectures or policies.
The leader of the German Left Party criticized the German Foreign Minister, calling for dialogue with China instead of harming bilateral relations. Germany also sent signals to the outside world. Although the foreign minister's trip was canceled, the German high-level officials still want to come. It was also stated that the visit plan of German Chancellor Scholz "has no preconditions." In short, as long as they agree to let Scholz come, anything can be done. Whether Germany has truly reflected or is just pretending is unknown, but it is certain that whether it is Germany, France, or the United States, if they continue to touch the red lines of China, China's countermeasures will be powerful. Not only in the economic and trade field, but also extending to diplomacy. Trump has always been talking about wanting to come to China, but he hasn't been able to come yet, right? Germany should carefully consider its own position!
In the end, the German Foreign Minister was once so arrogant, now she is very embarrassed. For Germany's attitude of "correcting mistakes when they occur," what do people think China will accept?
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