[Epoch Times, August 31, 2021]On August 29, U.S. Secretary of State Brinken spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The statement of the U.S. State Department contained only one sentence. Both parties “talked about the importance of the international community asking the Taliban to fulfill their public commitments.” , So that Afghans and foreign nationals can pass safely and travel freely.” The CCP’s statement has seven paragraphs, half of which greatly expands the issue of Afghanistan, and the other half talks about Sino-US relations.
In this call, the content of the two parties’ concerns is obviously completely different. Wang Yi tried his best to discuss Sino-US relations with Brinken, but Brinken did not show such willingness. Wang Yi wanted to forcefully block the topic of Sino-US relations, and he probably did not receive a response from Brinken; this time, the CCP media did not issue a statement for the CCP’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in time. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the CCP had to publish a statement on its own website, but it did not appear on the homepages of Xinhua News Agency and People’s Daily. The CCP’s calculations fell through, and the party media did not even want to mention it.
The two sides are at odds on the issue of Afghanistan
On August 29, Brinken publicly stated to the media, “We have more than 100 countries, 114 of which have signed the statement we initiated, expressing clearly that the international community hopes that the Taliban will honor their promises and let people continue after August 31. Leave this country.”
The U.S. forces had all withdrawn from Afghanistan on August 30, and the U.S. State Department began to focus on the subsequent humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. The Chinese Communist Party probably has not signed the relevant declaration like 114 countries so far. This may be why Brinken called Wang Yi. The CCP openly supports the Taliban and once again stands on the opposite side of the international community. This time, the CCP can no longer say that “a few countries” do not represent the international community. 114 countries are equivalent to the majority of the international community. This is probably one of the reasons why the CCP media avoided the call between Brinken and Wang Yi.
Brinken certainly knows that the CCP is supporting the Taliban, and he should not expect the CCP to sign a relevant statement. The call with Wang Yi to talk about the next humanitarian aid in Afghanistan is probably also a step to put pressure on the Taliban through the CCP. The CCP is unwilling to stand with the international community and will not openly pressure the Taliban, but it does not dare to openly antagonize the United States and most countries, otherwise its international image will be worse, and even domestic brainwashing propaganda will be punctured.
Wang Yi said, “The domestic situation in Afghanistan has undergone fundamental changes. It is necessary for all parties to engage with the Taliban and actively guide them.”
The CCP has repeatedly falsely claimed that it will not interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, and now it has publicly stated that it will intervene in the political situation of Afghanistan. Wang Yi also said, “The United States especially needs to work with the international community to provide urgently needed economic, people’s livelihood, and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan to help the new Azerbaijan regime maintain the normal operation of government institutions, maintain social stability, curb currency depreciation and price increases, and go as soon as possible. On the road of peaceful reconstruction.”
Obviously, the CCP is not prepared to participate in any humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, and has shifted all responsibilities to the United States and its allies. Wang Yi once vowed to teach the United States, “A big country must look like a big country.” Today, the United States has demonstrated its responsibility as a major power in humanitarian assistance, and its allies have also extended a helping hand. However, the CCP’s image as a “major power” has disappeared. I don’t know how the CCP’s top leaders are prepared to achieve the repeatedly claimed “participation in global governance.”
The United States has left Afghanistan, and Brinken is currently concerned about the next step of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. Of course, the CCP does not care about humanitarianism. It is currently a headache for the situation in Afghanistan. The two sides actually have little to discuss on the issue of Afghanistan.
The CCP loses its say in the Afghanistan crisis
Wang Yi also stated that the US should “help Afghanistan stop terrorism and violence, and should not engage in double standards or selective terrorism.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China has not yet condemned the bombing at Kabul Airport on August 26 as a “terrorist attack,” but it continues to accuse the United States of counterattacking terrorist organizations. The CCP pretended to be anti-terrorist, but it has always been fighting against the United States and trying to prevent the United States from counter-terrorism.
The Afghan crisis has once again exposed the CCP’s lack of ability to handle international affairs. The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party continue to claim that they are both permanent members of the UN Security Council with the United States, and assume that they will lead the world together with the United States. Now that the United States plays the leading role again, the CCP has no influence and has stood on the opposite side of the international community. At the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, for many days, reporters have repeatedly asked whether the Communist Party will participate in humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.
Wang Yi still complains that the United States has rushed to withdraw its troops. He actually hopes that the United States will continue to help take care of the backyard, which is tantamount to acknowledging the status of the United States as the leader. After the Taliban entered Kabul on August 15, the Afghan crisis came suddenly. Countries mainly rely on the operation of the US military at the airport to accelerate the evacuation of their citizens and Afghan refugees. The U.S. assisted in the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in half a month. The CCP should be stunned. So many people have to flee at the risk of terrorist attacks. This shows how unpopular the Taliban supported by the CCP is?
At the same time, the high-level CCP sees that the United States is still so powerful and continues to coordinate and lead so many countries.
The CCP relinquishes the initiative in Sino-U.S. relations
The Chinese Communist Party’s top leaders will not admit their misjudgment, nor will they recognize the leadership of the United States. Wang Yi still tried to say, “China and the United States communicate on issues such as Afghanistan and climate change. Dialogue is better than confrontation, and cooperation is better than conflict.” The United States seems to have nothing to cooperate with the CCP on the issue of Afghanistan, and the CCP has no plans to cooperate with the United States. Cooperation. After the United States withdrew, it lost the burden of Afghanistan to the CCP.
Handling the Afghan crisis is Brinken’s top priority, and US-China relations should not be included in the agendas of US Secretary of State Brinken and President Biden for the time being. In terms of US-China relations, the United States should know that the CCP is really dealing with Yang Jiechi. If Blincoln wants to talk about US-China relations, he is probably more inclined to talk to Yang Jiechi. Wang Yi can only be regarded as a deputy in Sino-US relations, and is equal to the US Deputy Secretary of State. However, Wang Yi is in charge of Afghan foreign affairs. Therefore, Brinken spoke with Wang Yi twice recently to coordinate his position in handling the Afghan crisis.
In such a call, the subordinates generally determine the topic in advance. However, Wang Yi did not give up and insisted on discussing Sino-US relations.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, Wang Yi said, “China will consider how to engage with the United States based on the United States’ attitude toward China.” The Chinese Communist Party has publicly ceded the initiative in Sino-US relations to the United States. Now it means that I am actively decoupling. Wang Yi also tried to repeat the so-called “two lists and three bottom lines”, but he should also know that such a bargaining chip does not make much sense to the United States.
Wang Yi also tried to prevent the United States from investigating the source of the virus, but the CCP’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in its own statement, “Brinken said…As major powers, the United States and China are both responsible for providing all necessary information, thoroughly investigating the source of the virus, and avoiding a recurrence of a pandemic. “.
It seems that Brinken should not comment on the relationship between the United States and China, but he topped Wang Yi’s lie on the source of the virus.
On August 30, the Chinese Communist Party media ignored Wang Yi’s conversation with Brinken, but Xinhua News Agency continuously reported “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The United States Is the World‘s Most Biomilitarized and Most opaque Country”, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Trace the Origin of the U.S. Virus” The report is a political report, a dumping report, a false report.” The CCP may feel that the U.S. has no intention of discussing US-China relations for the time being, but it is time to take responsibility for the CCP’s epidemic.
On the same day, Xinhua News Agency also reported that “Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Urges the U.S. to stop obstructing the words and deeds that undermine Sino-U.S. cultural exchanges”, which confirmed that three Chinese students were interrogated and deported when they entered the Houston Airport on August 15th. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China claimed that the United States “seriously undermined the normal cultural exchanges and educational cooperation between China and the United States.”
It seems that it is not only Afghan refugees who yearn for the United States, but also a large number of Chinese students. The attitude of the United States has gradually become clear, and the CCP now can only look at the attitude of the United States. Brinken didn’t want to talk about US-China relations for the time being, so Wang Yi had to talk to himself. The relationship between China and the United States seems to be an inexplicable heart disease of the CCP’s senior leadership. At the time when the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is fighting in the personnel arrangement, the CCP media has to avoid related topics.
——The Epoch Times debut
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