Chinese people pay attention to the word "righteousness". When other countries are facing difficulties, China will do its best to lend a helping hand.
Among the many countries that have received China’s favor, this country is far more than Vietnam, and it is angry that China has decided to withdraw aid.Moreover, after China withdrew aid, this country directly turned against China's previous kindness. Which country is this?
First, China exchanges sincerity for sincerity
In the 1980s, there was a diplomatic cooperation called "socialist brotherhood". These two protagonist countries are China and Albania. Many people are not very familiar with Albania, which is a small country located in Europe.
In the 1950s, Albania was in a period of economic depression, with greater socio-economic pressures, difficulties in the lives of the people, and even facing saturation problems.
It is said that "the weak country has no diplomacy", and in times of crisis like this in Albania, not too many countries are willing to do better with it, let alone to extend a hand of help for it.The small strength of one’s own, however, could not resolve the economic situation in Albania at the time in a short time.
China, since ancient times, has not hesitated to extend a hand of help to Albania when it saw this economic situation.
China’s assistance to Albania is not a direct financial support, but a full-fledged assistance to Albania’s people’s livelihoods and industry.
From the construction of steel mills, power plants and fertilizer plants, to the export of high-end technical talents from China to Albania to provide technical assistance, China's assistance to Albania is obvious to all.China is also using its own practical actions to change the heart with the heart.
2. Brotherhood is crushed by reality
After receiving all-round assistance from China, Albania's overall social and economic situation has been significantly improved, the domestic infrastructure buildings have gradually improved, and all walks of life have begun to develop slowly, providing multiple jobs for the domestic people and alleviating the employment pressure of the people.
Albania is undoubtedly grateful for China’s help.So everyone thinks that China’s unselfish devotion can be exchanged for Albania’s genuine heart, but if the other party does not treat you with equal sincerity, even if you give all your enthusiasm and sincerity, the other party’s response will also make you feel disappointed.
Albania’s performance, however, really reflects that even the brotherhood will be shattered by reality.No matter how good the relationship between the two sides was before, it would gradually run counter to each other and lead to different intersections.
In 1978, during the period of reform and opening up, China took the initiative to conduct diplomatic activities with the United States to improve its relations with the United States. Albania can't understand the internal reasons for the diplomatic activities between China and the United States, but lists China's behavior as a manifestation of "deviation from principles" and angrily opposes this diplomatic behavior.
After expressing its dissatisfaction, Albania has not stopped, and has even put forward China’s “deviation from the socialist line” as an inherent thing.And also interrupted its own future economic development, not able to provide the people with a safe life.
3. Stop unconditional aid
In addition to the cold speech, Albania has even committed a more serious act, which is to install a hearing aid in the new building in China.
When China's new Albanian ambassador was in place, Albanian-installed eavesdropping devices were discovered in the new building.Albania’s move shows that it has long distorted its mind and is reluctant to trust China anymore, and even to take China as its defensive target.
The diplomatic activities between the two countries should be based on equal and voluntary volunteering, but Albania used this act to make China disappointed with it and ended this period of fraternity.
For China, we also want to end this former brotherhood as decently as possible.
However, Albania put forward harsh conditions to us when the China Embassy relocated. This is no longer an ordinary relationship that is rigid, but a deliberate destruction of the relationship.
In response, China immediately decided to formally withdraw all the technical personnel it had assisted in Albania in July 1978.This act of China not only symbolizes the end of the relationship between the two sides, but also a positive response to Albania’s crushing China.
For China, since we established diplomatic relations in 1954, we have paid money and materials to Albania, and also poured our true emotions into it.
In the face of their sincere efforts, the other party is not only not grateful, but also dissatisfied with their own efforts.
Under such circumstances, China does not need to continue doing something that is unilaterally paid.
After China stopped its aid to Albania, it quickly shifted its camp and chose to join NATO.
Decades have passed now, and Albania has not evolved upward as it had previously imagined.Its economic situation has always been in a downturn, its people's lives are still in trouble, and its own international voice is relatively weak.
From the current situation of Albania, it can be seen that the series of actions it has taken to China before, has been gambling on its own future development and has also lost.
conclusion
Since the incident in Albania, China has become more cautious and steady when handling diplomatic relations with other countries. It will not blindly lend help, nor will it trust each other unconditionally.
After all, in complex and changing international relations, carrying out diplomatic activities is not a simple narrative, but requires a comprehensive consideration of interests, cooperation and many aspects.
Today's China has learned to handle diplomatic relations more maturely, to choose the right partners, and to continuously summarize the way forward in experience.
Reference sources of information
Relations between China and Albania Source: official website, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/web/gjhdq_676201/gj_676203/oz_678770/1206_678772/sbgx_678776/
Interview with the former Chinese ambassador to Albania, Mr. Vang Yongzhu, by China's assistance to Albania, source: Red Cultural Network
https://www.hswh.org.cn/wzzx/llyd/ls/2022-03-14/74354.html
"China and Albania: Unsustainable" Selfless Aid "Leads to Worsening Relations" Source: Chahar Institute
http://charhar.org.cn/newsinfo.aspx?newsid=11496