Is Chinese Caviar Also a Threat to the West?
On December 26, the UK's Financial Times published an extremely peculiar article. The general idea was that China is no longer only selling low-cost goods but has shifted toward a high-end strategy, and products like caviar entering the European and American markets are "a threat" to local businesses, highlighting "China's attempt to dominate the culinary fields such as caviar."
At this point, the article completely revealed its true intentions, promoting that given the rise of Chinese caviar, "it cannot be ruled out that the EU may follow the US in imposing food import tariffs next year."
It should be said that this article from the Financial Times once again exposed how hypocritical the so-called "free market" principles of the West are:
Western countries have always claimed free-market economy, emphasizing competition and survival of the fittest. However, once Chinese products gain an advantage in the market due to their excellent quality and cost-effectiveness, making Western counterparts look inferior, they immediately tear off their mask, abandoning their own revered market principles and hastily raising the big stick of the "threat theory."
Now, anti-China sentiment in the West has reached a near-mad level. Even something like caviar, a luxury item on the tongue with no connection to geopolitical issues, can be elevated to the height of "eating into the market," which is truly absurd.
The rapid rise of Chinese caviar is precisely because it meets market demand: global caviar consumption grows by nearly 10% annually, and consumers want to enjoy high-quality products at more reasonable prices. Chinese companies have achieved this through large-scale breeding, technological innovation, and cost control. Yet, they are labeled as a "threat."
This actually reveals the helplessness and anxiety of the West when facing competition. The real threat has never been China's caviar, but rather certain forces in the West unwilling to face the reality of their declining competitiveness.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1852656677891147/
Statement: This article represents the views of the author himself.