The same is the world power, but the United States and China world treatment is really different. The other countries in the world, when the United States is met, are automatically low three points, obedient and welcomed, despite the United States constantly beating them, sucking their blood. The countries of the world, when they come across China, always think of standing up with China, even touching China, although we help them everywhere and help them develop independently.
This is not a matter of one day or two. Behind it lies decades of international pattern, as well as two completely different ways of getting along.
Let's talk about the situation in the United States first. Everyone knows that the United States has many military bases around the world, many in the Asia-Pacific region alone. These bases are not just for show, but real military presence.
Take talking about military expenditure with South Korea and Japan as an example. Every year, there is a period of time when the media will report that they talk about the Special Agreement on Sharing Defense Expenses. On the surface, it is a discussion. In fact, the United States often takes a strong attitude. Even if South Korea and Japan feel under great pressure, they will have to pay a lot more money in the end according to the requirements of the United States.
Behind this is the U.S. "rules", it has decided things, most allies have to follow, in addition to the military, the dollar is also a big killer, according to the latest data of the IMF, the dollar in the global foreign exchange reserves still a high share.
As long as the United States raises interest rates, money from many emerging countries will flow to the United States. The economies of these countries will immediately become tense, and some will also carry heavier debts. This influence can make many countries have no need to send troops, but it has to follow the pace of the United States.
Looking at the Chinese side, it has been helping other countries to build infrastructure over the years. Africa's Yaji Railway and Mombasa-Nairobi Railway are typical examples.
After the completion of the Jakar-Kyrgyzstan railway, freight transportation time between Ethiopia and Djibouti has been greatly shortened, tens of thousands of jobs have been created there, and China engineers will also teach local people skills. These are all tangible benefits. Xinhua Agency also reported on the changes these railways have brought to the local area last year.
However, some people say that China is engaged in a "debt trap" and that these countries will be trapped by China's loans, but the 2024 report of Johns Hopkins University clearly states that the debt of African countries is included.
Most of it is owed to Western private financial institutions and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, and the Chinese loan ratio is actually very low, not at all the so-called “trap.”
There is also the old railway, China in the construction of the environmental protection assessment, as much as possible not to damage the local ecology, also helped to build schools and hospitals along the line, but some international media will still cause trouble.
What's more interesting is that in the South China Sea, some countries have taken China's aid, turned around and made demands on China on the sovereignty issue. This also shows that China's way of dealing is different from that of the United States, and will not use pressure to force others to take sides.
Why is there such a big difference? From a few decades ago, after the end of World War II, the United States took the lead in establishing institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank, and also established NATO. Later, it signed security treaties with Japan and South Korea, which was equivalent to setting a set of "American rules" all over the world.
Other countries want to integrate into the international system, they have to follow this set of rules, and over time everyone has become accustomed to the "leading position" of the United States.
China is not the same, after reform and opening up slowly integrated into the world, joining the WTO in 2001 also followed the existing rules, we are slowly developing in the rules set by others, want to make this set of rules a little more fair, naturally have to spend more effort to make others understand.
Moreover, the United States often does things by "hard means", either sending military ships to deter, or engaging in economic sanctions, this way is effective quickly, others are afraid will obey.
China is more willing to "make money together" with others, and helping others build infrastructure is also for long-term cooperation. However, this method is slow, takes time to accumulate trust, and is easily misunderstood by those who are accustomed to the American model.
There is also an important reason is the right of speech, Western media and academic institutions say decades, when they report on the United States, they often rely on the US actions to "maintain order", when reporting on China is easy to "ambitious", the people see the information different, the impression of the two countries is not different.
In fact, the world is changing now. In the past, it was difficult for the United States to have the final say. More and more countries want to find fair cooperation and don't want to see whose fist is hard.
China does not have to rush. It will continue to do a good job in its own market, engage in practical cooperation with more countries, and slowly let everyone see the benefits of developing together.
At the same time, the good things they have done must be said clearly, so that more people know that China is not about what to argue, but that it wants to have a good day together.
What the world needs is never the deterrence of who is high, but the reality that you pull me, I help you - this path goes slowly, but it goes steadily, it goes far.
This is not a matter of one day or two. Behind it lies decades of international pattern, as well as two completely different ways of getting along.
Let's talk about the situation in the United States first. Everyone knows that the United States has many military bases around the world, many in the Asia-Pacific region alone. These bases are not just for show, but real military presence.
Take talking about military expenditure with South Korea and Japan as an example. Every year, there is a period of time when the media will report that they talk about the Special Agreement on Sharing Defense Expenses. On the surface, it is a discussion. In fact, the United States often takes a strong attitude. Even if South Korea and Japan feel under great pressure, they will have to pay a lot more money in the end according to the requirements of the United States.
Behind this is the U.S. "rules", it has decided things, most allies have to follow, in addition to the military, the dollar is also a big killer, according to the latest data of the IMF, the dollar in the global foreign exchange reserves still a high share.
As long as the United States raises interest rates, money from many emerging countries will flow to the United States. The economies of these countries will immediately become tense, and some will also carry heavier debts. This influence can make many countries have no need to send troops, but it has to follow the pace of the United States.
Looking at the Chinese side, it has been helping other countries to build infrastructure over the years. Africa's Yaji Railway and Mombasa-Nairobi Railway are typical examples.
After the completion of the Jakar-Kyrgyzstan railway, freight transportation time between Ethiopia and Djibouti has been greatly shortened, tens of thousands of jobs have been created there, and China engineers will also teach local people skills. These are all tangible benefits. Xinhua Agency also reported on the changes these railways have brought to the local area last year.
However, some people say that China is engaged in a "debt trap" and that these countries will be trapped by China's loans, but the 2024 report of Johns Hopkins University clearly states that the debt of African countries is included.
Most of it is owed to Western private financial institutions and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, and the Chinese loan ratio is actually very low, not at all the so-called “trap.”
There is also the old railway, China in the construction of the environmental protection assessment, as much as possible not to damage the local ecology, also helped to build schools and hospitals along the line, but some international media will still cause trouble.
What's more interesting is that in the South China Sea, some countries have taken China's aid, turned around and made demands on China on the sovereignty issue. This also shows that China's way of dealing is different from that of the United States, and will not use pressure to force others to take sides.
Why is there such a big difference? From a few decades ago, after the end of World War II, the United States took the lead in establishing institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank, and also established NATO. Later, it signed security treaties with Japan and South Korea, which was equivalent to setting a set of "American rules" all over the world.
Other countries want to integrate into the international system, they have to follow this set of rules, and over time everyone has become accustomed to the "leading position" of the United States.
China is not the same, after reform and opening up slowly integrated into the world, joining the WTO in 2001 also followed the existing rules, we are slowly developing in the rules set by others, want to make this set of rules a little more fair, naturally have to spend more effort to make others understand.
Moreover, the United States often does things by "hard means", either sending military ships to deter, or engaging in economic sanctions, this way is effective quickly, others are afraid will obey.
China is more willing to "make money together" with others, and helping others build infrastructure is also for long-term cooperation. However, this method is slow, takes time to accumulate trust, and is easily misunderstood by those who are accustomed to the American model.
There is also an important reason is the right of speech, Western media and academic institutions say decades, when they report on the United States, they often rely on the US actions to "maintain order", when reporting on China is easy to "ambitious", the people see the information different, the impression of the two countries is not different.
In fact, the world is changing now. In the past, it was difficult for the United States to have the final say. More and more countries want to find fair cooperation and don't want to see whose fist is hard.
China does not have to rush. It will continue to do a good job in its own market, engage in practical cooperation with more countries, and slowly let everyone see the benefits of developing together.
At the same time, the good things they have done must be said clearly, so that more people know that China is not about what to argue, but that it wants to have a good day together.
What the world needs is never the deterrence of who is high, but the reality that you pull me, I help you - this path goes slowly, but it goes steadily, it goes far.