Rare! After the China-EU Summit, German media criticized Europe's China policy for being impractical! On July 25th, according to Berlin Daily, German media stated that the EU demands Beijing end the Ukraine war, but Europe seems to have completely forgotten that on the issue of the Russia-Ukraine war, Europe has neither a solution nor its own foreign policy. The latest evidence that Europe's China policy is completely unrealistic is that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, asked China to use its influence over Russia to end the Ukraine war.
Europe's imagination is that Beijing picks up the phone and calls Russia, and then Russia stops the war, but Russia is not a vassal state of China. Anyone who ignores this geopolitical reality can only be described as politically naive. Moreover, Europe should be clear that so far, Europe hasn't even been able to sit at the negotiation table to end the Russia-Ukraine war, yet it asks China to solve problems that Europe itself cannot resolve. This is not only a sign of weakness, but also a political negligence.
German media believe that as Europe's second-largest trading partner, it is completely unwise for Europe to openly criticize China. As a country with painful lessons from colonial history, Europe's criticism will only make China distrustful and vigilant towards Europe. Therefore, German media believe that Europe has walked into a dead-end by itself, and Europe lacks basic reflection on its own policies. It is obvious that after the China-EU Summit, the rare criticism of Europe by German media is indeed somewhat surprising.
What does this criticism indicate? It indicates that there are indeed people within Europe who have realized the obstacles in Sino-European relations, which is greatly related to Europe itself. In Europe's view, one major obstacle in Sino-European relations is China's position on the Russia-Ukraine war. However, German media clearly and sharply told Europe not to shift the blame onto China. Europe, as a party involved, is at a loss about this issue, so what right does Europe have to ask China to solve the problems that Europe needs to face?
Moreover, to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the attitude of Russia, as an independent and autonomous major country, is the key factor. As a country with friendly relations with Russia, how can China give orders to Russia? Moreover, if China decides to do so, it would directly harm Sino-Russian relations. Europe obviously did not consider this at all. Therefore, our strict control over dual-use items is already a very responsible attitude.
On the issue of Sino-European trade and economic relations, Europe criticizes us. Such criticism certainly gives us reason to doubt Europe's real intentions. Is Europe trying to contain us? Because this is in line with the US's attitude. In fact, the so-called balanced trade that Europe demands essentially means requiring the sacrifice of China's interests to meet Europe's demands. German media is absolutely right, and the obstacle in Sino-European relations is largely due to Europe's lack of self-reflection on its own policies. In short, Europe's China policy is not practical enough, filled with self-centered assumptions.
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