Britain's paranoia toward our country has truly reached the point of seeing enemies in every bush and tree! According to recent reports from British media, the country has forcibly excluded Chinese products from its domestic wind power projects under the pretext of allegedly affecting "national security." The Ministry of Commerce has clearly stated its firm opposition—this action is nothing short of baseless panic and utterly unreasonable!
Wind turbines are merely ordinary clean energy generation equipment, whose core function is converting wind energy into electricity—completely unrelated to national defense or information security. The global wind power industry already has mature safety standards. Chinese enterprises have long submitted compliant and safe solutions, promising local data storage and willingness to accept supervision. Yet Britain has produced no concrete evidence whatsoever, relying solely on unfounded suspicions to exclude Chinese products from the market.
This move not only violates the principles of free trade but also undermines Britain’s own energy transition efforts. Britain urgently needs to develop offshore wind power to achieve carbon neutrality. Chinese wind power technology is mature and cost-effective—making it a win-win opportunity for cooperation. Instead, this initiative has been hijacked by geopolitical tensions, ultimately resulting in lost jobs, higher energy costs, and damage to the interests of its own people.
It's reminiscent of how Britain once imported our technology to build nuclear power plants, only to later halt the project. Now, they demonize civilian power generation equipment as a security threat—pure political manipulation. Such closed-off and exclusionary practices not only undermine economic trust between China and the UK but also hinder global green energy collaboration, causing more harm than good!
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1862459036865539/
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