Chinese people use the word "righteousness", and when other countries are facing difficulties, China will do everything in its power to reach out to help.
Among many countries that have been favoured by China, this country is even more excessive than Vietnam, and China decided to withdraw its aid.Moreover, after China withdrew aid, this country directly turned against China's previous kindness. Which country is this?
China has changed its heart.
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 great social and economic pressure, difficult life for ordinary people, and even facing the problem of food and clothing.
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.But one's own strength is too small to solve the economic environment of Albania at that time in a short time.
China, which has paid attention to loyalty since ancient times, did not hesitate to extend a helping hand to Albania when it saw its economic situation.
China's assistance to Albania does not provide direct financial support, but provides comprehensive assistance to Albania's livelihood and industrial fields.
From building steel mills, power plants, and fertilizer plants, to China exporting high-end technical talents to Albania to provide technical assistance, China's assistance to Albania is obvious to everyone.China is also using its own practical actions to exchange sincerity for sincerity.
Brotherhood is destroyed by reality.
After receiving all-round assistance from China, Albania's overall socio-economic appearance has been significantly improved, domestic infrastructure construction has been gradually improved, and industries have begun to develop slowly, providing many jobs for the domestic people, easing the situation of employment pressure on the people.
Albania is undoubtedly grateful for China’s help.So everyone thinks that China's selfless dedication can be exchanged for Albania's sincerity. But if the other party does not treat you with the same sincerity, even if you pay 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.The relationship between the two sides will be better and better, and will gradually turn against each other, leading to different crossroads.
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.
Cessation of Unconditional Aid
In addition to being sarcastic, Albania even committed a more serious act, which was to install a bug in the new China museum.
When China's new ambassador to Albania arrived, eavesdropping equipment installed by Albania was discovered in the new museum.This move by Albania shows that it has long been bad, unwilling to trust China anymore, and even regards China as its own defense object.
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 past brotherhood as honorably 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.China's behavior not only symbolizes the end of the relationship between the two, but also a direct response to Albania's backstabbing of China.
For China, we started in 1954 by paying money and supplies to Albania, and by giving it our true feelings.
In the face of their sincere feelings of honesty, the other party not only is not grateful, but also expresses dissatisfaction with their own actions.
Under such circumstances, China does not need to continue doing something that is unilaterally paid.
After China stopped providing aid to Albania, it quickly switched its camp and chose to join NATO.
Now that decades have passed, Albania is not moving in the upward direction as it had imagined.Its economic situation has always been in decline, the lives of its citizens are still in trouble, and its international right of speech is 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 case in Albania, China has become more cautious and stable when dealing with diplomatic relations with other countries, and will not blindly invest in help or unconditionally trust each other.
After all, in the complicated and ever-changing international relations, diplomatic activities are not simply about friendship, but need to comprehensively consider interests, cooperation and other factors.
Today's China has learned to handle diplomatic relations more maturely, choose suitable partners, and constantly summarize and move forward through experience.
Reference sources of information
"Relations between China and Albania" Source: Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
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"I Experienced China's Aid to Abarnia - Interview with Mr. Fan Chengzuo, Former Chinese Ambassador to Albania" Source: Red Culture Network
https://www.hswh.org.cn/wzzx/llyd/ls/2022-03-14/74354.html
China and Albania: Unsustainable "selfless aid" leads to the deterioration of relations Source: Chahar Institute
http://charhar.org.cn/newsinfo.aspx?newsid=11496