“Authorized evacuation” refers to the decision of the United States to evacuate foreign personnel from the host country in response to specific emergencies. Authorized evacuation allows U.S. government employees at the embassy to leave at their own discretion. Once the staff of the US embassy in China is evacuated, visas to the US will be affected or completely suspended.
It is worth noting that the wording of the Global Times is quite subtle, referring to the US State Department “planning” to approve the withdrawal of its embassies and consulates in China, that is, the plan is currently only under consideration. If no similar decision is made in the end, the word “pretend” has left room for future changes.
As of the deadline on the 26th, neither the official website of the US State Department nor the US embassy in the US had released any relevant information.
Instead, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman announced on Twitter on the 25th that it was an honor to hold the swearing-in ceremony for the new U.S. ambassador to China, Burns. “Ambassador Burns will be a powerful voice in our relationship with China to protect and advance American interests,” Sherman said. This at least shows that the United States has no intention of decoupling from China’s diplomacy for the time being.
This raises suspicions about the purpose of the Global Times report.
In the report, the Global Times repeatedly emphasized that the US decision was essentially part of the US plan to “diplomatically boycott” the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Beijing Winter Olympics, for Xi Jinping, is a life-threatening event.
Bloomberg recently revealed that Xi Jinping asked Putin not to send troops to Ukraine during the Winter Olympics. Although the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies this statement, after the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on all countries to abide by the truce resolution during the Beijing Winter Olympics in writing on the 24th, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian immediately jumped out and said, ” Welcome and firmly support”.
Observers believe that under the attack of internal and external situations, the Winter Olympics has become a political bargaining chip for Xi Jinping and anti-Xi forces. If it cannot be successfully held, it will have a major negative impact on Xi.
At this juncture, the Global Times took the initiative to break news of the Beijing Winter Olympics on its Chinese official website, causing people from all walks of life to speculate that the purpose behind it may be unfavorable to Xi Jinping.
Although Xi Jinping has made it clear on the Ukraine issue that he expects peace of mind and only wants to spend the Winter Olympics safely, the Global Times report still encouraged Beijing to say: “Recently, the United States is conducting military exercises in the South China Sea. The Chinese side should have sufficient psychological expectations for the actions taken, and take corresponding and resolute countermeasures.”
This is reminiscent of the fact that on the Taiwan Strait issue, Jiang Zeng’s faction hopes to force Xi Jinping to use force and take the opportunity to join forces with Wall Street in the United States to overthrow the Xi regime. Now the Beijing Winter Olympics may become a battlefield for the internal forces of the Communist Party of China, in addition to the Taiwan Strait. Observers believe that since Xi Jinping has broken the succession system of the CCP, if he fails to be re-elected at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the chaotic power struggle will lead to the collapse of the party.