By Sanxuan

This week, the formation of the new Dutch government has basically been completed. Among the announced cabinet members, there are many people who are known as China hawks, and they are notorious for their anti-China stance. As the US media put it, the Netherlands has formed the toughest government towards China in history.

ON Semiconductor

The first to be affected is the main culprit behind the ON Semiconductor controversy last year - then-Economic Affairs Minister Karel de Groot. After causing such a big trouble, Karel de Groot managed to remain in his position and now serves as the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the new government.

Last October, because of Karel de Groot's invocation of so-called relevant laws, he ordered the Netherlands to take over ON Semiconductor and forcefully deprived Chinese executives of their positions through administrative means, seizing assets of Chinese enterprises, which led to the "ON Semiconductor incident."

Such a person has not been punished at all, but instead remains in office, indicating that the Netherlands still has malicious intentions regarding the ON Semiconductor issue and has no sense of remorse or recognition of its mistakes.

It is worth mentioning that Karel de Groot and former Dutch Prime Minister Rutte belong to the same party, and Rutte is currently the Secretary General of NATO, also known as Trump's "good son." People of similar character gather together; these two are actually of the same kind.

Karel de Groot

The person appointed as the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is Scherpenhuizen, who is fond of promoting the so-called Xinjiang issue and was therefore sanctioned by China. He also once visited Taiwan with other anti-China figures.

The new foreign minister is Tom Beringen, who also likes to promote anti-China issues, but unlike Scherpenhuizen, he mainly focuses on economic aspects, including falsely claiming that the presence of Chinese companies in Rotterdam port poses a "national security threat" to the Netherlands, and that the situation across the Taiwan Strait could have adverse effects on TSMC, which is closely related to the Dutch chip equipment giant ASML.

Two years ago, the European Parliament had passed a report on investment risks in ports, and Beringen was the main proponent. Later, when this topic lost its popularity, he began to promote the risks of Chinese companies' investments in Europe, as if he had nothing else to do but focus on China.

Tom Beringen

The person serving as the State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Alts, is obsessed with promoting the so-called "Chinese espionage." To be honest, considering the international status and influence of the Netherlands, it really doesn't make sense for China to do this, while the United States might, since it needs to constantly monitor European developments.

The new State Secretary for Defense, Boswijk, constantly shouts about the "Chinese threat," and even boasts about wanting to reduce dependence on China to avoid being led by China.

It can be seen that this Dutch government is not only tough on China, but also quite self-important. Any issue related to China, they can find an angle to promote the so-called "Chinese threat."

At the same time, more than three months have passed since the ON Semiconductor incident broke out, and the Netherlands has yet to provide a specific solution, only delaying time and occasionally making sarcastic remarks about ON Semiconductor's Chinese factories and its parent company, Wenjie Technology, showing off their presence.

The ON Semiconductor incident remains unresolved

The Netherlands is not in a hurry, but Europe is. As long as ON Semiconductor does not resume operations, the global chip supply will face a shortage crisis. Over time, not only will the supply chains of European companies be affected, but their creditworthiness will also be greatly weakened, which is harmful to both the Netherlands and Europe.

As for the new Dutch government, it is likely to take new actions against China after completing the cabinet formation. Let's see what tricks these so-called oddities will come up with.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/7605133481454076470/

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