U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blingen (second from right) and Jake Sullivan (far right), White House National Security Adviser; The Minister of Foreign Affairs is holding a high-level meeting in Anchorage, Alaska on the 18th. Anchorage = Reuters Yonhap News
There were no concessions, no compromises, no results to deliver. The US-China high-level talks held in Alaska on the 18th-19th (local time) ended with only their faces blushing. Even though it was a mutual meeting after the inauguration of the Biden government, the old conflict and resentment were expressed nakedly. But the Chinese atmosphere is not bad. Rather, they are giving a generous evaluation, saying, “This is a successful first match.” It is said that China’s Noim Soo was effective in three aspects, including the format and content of the talks and future relations with the United States.
① Confronted the US on an equal footing
Two photos posted on Chinese social media immediately after the high-level talks between the US and China. The 11 powers that suppressed the boxing movement were signing a’new construction treaty’ against the Qing Dynasty in 1901 (pictured above), and he wrote that “all Chinese people compensated one hundred and one silver.” The Chinese delegation is surrounded by delegations from the powers and is pushed to the right corner. In the picture below, which shows the situation of the New Year of 2021, 120 years later, it is written, “Be careful of your attitude when talking with the Chinese,” along with a scene of a one-on-one meeting with the United States. Weibo capture
Immediately after the talks, two photos of contrasting scenes spread to the Chinese Social Network Service (SNS). This is the appearance of the Alaska Conference Hall in 2021 when the Qing Dynasty flocked to the defensive force in 1901 and signed a’new treaty’ with 11 other powers including the United States. 120 years ago, China paid 450 million pieces of silver in exchange for suppressing the boxers movement against imperialist invasion. Thus, in the picture of the Chinese delegation surrounded by the powers, there is a history of shame that “all Chinese people paid for one white silver (白銀)”. On the other hand, in this year’s photo, which started bilateral talks with the same attitude as the United States, “Be careful of your attitude when speaking with Chinese people.”
An animation that appeared on Chinese SNS immediately after the high-level talks between the US and China. It’s a scene from a series titled’That Year, That Rabbit, Those Things’, and I brought back the past footage. The Chinese delegation was likened to a rabbit and the American delegation to an eagle, so he caricatured the appearance of throwing papers and shouting at the conference hall. Weibo capture
There were also animations that raised China’s pride. It is a story about having a snow battle while spitting in a conference hall by comparing China to a rabbit and the United States to an eagle. On the 21st, Li Haidong, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Foreign Affairs, said, “In the past, China was modest to give a favorable impression to the United States, but now it is different.” “The United States must adapt to diplomacy adjusted based on China’s strength and stature. I urged.”
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide welcomes US Secretary of State Tony Blingen (right) and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin (left) who prevented him at the Tokyo official residence on the 16th. The scene of Prime Minister Suga bowing down to Secretary Austin was captured by the camera. Over this, China made a compelling claim, saying that it was “Japanese humiliation.” Tokyo = Reuters Yonhap News
China also made a compelling claim by attracting Ammon Japan. When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga received US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at his official residence on the 16th, a picture of the moment when he bowed his back was cut down as if it were a humiliation. In contrast, the Chinese delegation stressed, “I shouted out loud with everything to say to the United States.” Shen Yi (沈逸), a professor at Fudan University, said, “This meeting is a complete defeat for the United States.”
② Avoided the risk of’strategic misjudgment’
Yang Jietsu (right), a Chinese Communist Party diplomatic officer, and Wang Yi, a state council member and foreign minister, are interviewing Chinese media such as CCTV after a high-level talk with the United States in Anchorage, Alaska on the 19th. Anchorage = Myth Newsis
The bigger income China has earned is the talks. During the Trump administration, China only defended against the attacks of the United States and was dragged around because they could not speak properly. It is a so-called’strategic misjudgment’ that the US can crush China at any time. “The misunderstanding that the United States has brought about China for a long time is that it believes that it can contain and suppress China through its own strength and Cold War experience.”
However, through this meeting, he thoroughly brushed off the’core’. The Chinese delegation reaffirmed its presence by re-emphasizing the’red line’ that the United States cannot surpass, such as’sovereignty’,’core interest’, and’the dignity of the Chinese people’. As a result, it is a general evaluation in China that it clearly imprinted in the mind of the United States that “it is only an illusion to destroy China.” As confrontation with the United States cannot be avoided anyway, the United States has made a proper step to establish a’strategic rationality’ that expands the contact point of cooperation with China, freeing from misjudgment. Communist Party diplomacy official Yang Jietsu, who led the delegation of China, said in an interview after the meeting, “We had a long time strategic communication with the United States and had a candid and constructive dialogue about each country’s internal and external policies and relations between the two countries.”
③ Didn’t break the plate
US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln (left) and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan hold a press conference after a high-level talk with China in Anchorage, Alaska on the 19th. The two countries had three high-level discussions for two days from the previous day, but the talks ended without a joint announcement. Anchorage = Reuters Yonhap News
Despite this fierce confrontation, both the US, China and China have left room for further dialogue. After the conflict, it looks different from the time of the Trump administration, which turned its back. “The ultimate skill of negotiation is to fight but not to break the plate,” said Wei Jianguo, who served as the Vice President of China’s Commerce Department and Secretary of the International Economic Exchange Center. I can do it.”
China also took extra income, confirming that the U.S. public containment network was loose. This is because Korea and India each excluded the expression’China’ from their joint statement with the United States, regardless of the urging of the United States. The worst situation in which neighboring countries have joined the United States to block China has been avoided. The weaker the US public leverage, the higher China’s bargaining power with the US will be. Russia, the largest friend, is also expected to give China even more power. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Beijing on the 22nd and 23rd at the invitation of the Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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