Asia is making a huge mistake! Singapore diplomat Mahbubani said that it was a huge mistake for Asian countries to remain silent while watching China being suppressed by the West.
Let's talk about the most practical economic account first, which is linked to the rice bowl of every country. Everyone knows that China is now the "engine" of the Asian economy. Among the top three trading partners of 157 countries and regions in the world, China is among the top three trading partners, and more than 120 of them regard China as their largest trading partner.
Take Vietnam for example. Trade with China accounts for nearly 30% of its total foreign trade. On the one hand, it makes a lot of money relying on the China-led RCEP, and on the other hand, it secretly joins the United States '"Indo-Pacific Economic Framework", thinking of taking advantage of both ends.
But they have forgotten that Asia's industrial chain has long been intertwined with China, just like a string of candied haws. China is the wooden stick in the middle. If you remove the wooden stick, all the fruits will fall apart.
The West's technical blockade and tariff increases on China seem to be aimed at China, but in fact, the first to be unlucky is its Asian neighbors.
South Korea's Samsung semiconductor profits directly fell 96%, Taiwan's accumulator profit decreased by 30%, Japan's semiconductor equipment companies shut down the stock price, these are not digital games, it is the loss of real gold and silver, behind how many workers will be unemployed, how many factories will close?
Looking at the true face of the West, they are not doing it for "democracy and freedom", but are clearly playing Asia as a chess piece.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo went to Asia to engage in anti-China lobbying. Even when he shouted his voice out, few countries responded. The Prime Minister of Vietnam talked directly with him about energy cooperation and did not mention anti-China matters, which shows that everyone is clear.
But even so, most countries still dare not stand up and be fair, for fear of offending the United States. What the Netherlands has done recently is even more explicit. As soon as the United States issued new chip control rules, the Netherlands immediately froze the assets of Nexperia acquired by Chinese capital, and forced foreign directors to seize power, saying that "it has nothing to do with the United States". Who believes it? It's like a street bully wants to hit someone, and the follower next to him hurriedly hands a stick. In the end, it must be the whole street who suffer.
The United States 'implementation of the "Chip and Science Act" forces companies not to expand advanced production capacity in China within ten years, regardless of whether the Asian industrial chain will break. To put it bluntly, it regards Asia's interests as the price for maintaining hegemony.
We Asians should remember the financial crisis of 1997, when if China did not bite its teeth to insist on the yuan not to devalue, how many countries would go bankrupt?
Now China helps Asia to block the bullets of Western trade protectionism, but these countries pretend to have not seen, which is "neutral", is simply forgiveness.
Even more ridiculous is the assertion that "the economy depends on China, security depends on the United States", South Korea pays huge protective fees to U.S. military bases every year, Japan follows U.S. sanctions on Russia, resulting in energy prices rising, inflation rate broke 4%, people complain, this is the end of "relying on the United States".
Safety never depends on charity from others. What's the difference between giving your own safety to outsiders and giving your home keys to strangers?
Don’t think that the West is pressuring China only against one country, they really fear that Asia will unite and become stronger.
For two thousand years before the 19th century, China and India were the world’s largest economies, and now we’re just back to where we should be.
The West is unwilling to delegate power, so it uses various means to suppress it. The silence of Asian countries is tantamount to ceding the power to make rules to others.
Asia accounts for 60% of the world's population, 40% of GDP, such a large volume, but the majority chose to abstain from the issue of China, is this not a hookup?
The freezing of Chinese-funded enterprises in the Netherlands has reminded everyone that there are no "market rules" in the eyes of the West. As long as it is not in their interests, legally acquired enterprises will rob them whenever they say.
Asma's 36% of revenue comes from China, the core components are still inseparable from China's rare earth, but followed by the United States to restrict exports to China, this "both to lose the neck and make a lot of money" good thing, what can beined?
If the Asian countries are not awake, the next to be picked up is ourselves, Thailand's former deputy prime minister Sulajer said well, we must deepen interconnectivity, not only road ports, but also engage in digital networks, cross-border payment cooperation, can not always be taken away by the western finance and technology.
I've seen too many people say "don't make trouble", but trouble will never leave you because you are silent, the Western differentiation strategy has become very obvious, is to make Asian countries doubt each other, choose the side side, the last one is picked up.
In 1997, China helped Asia tide over the difficulties, and in the 2008 financial crisis, China took the lead in stabilizing the economy. Now China is facing suppression. If Asian countries still pretend to be deaf and dumb, when China cannot bear it, the Western knife will come to our necks next time.
Mahbubani's warning is the morning bell: Asia will either unite and speak out or wait to be defeated one by one. A neighbor's house is on fire. Do you think you can escape by closing the door? Fire will come when the wind blows. Asian countries should wake up and stop holding on to the illusion of "walking a tightrope". The days of relying on China economically and the United States for security will not last long.
We have to set up our own platform, engage in regional security dialogue, strengthen technical cooperation, and use local currency settlement to reduce our dependence on western finance. This is the real way to protect ourselves.
In the final analysis, silence is not neutrality, it is surrender. Asia's prosperity has never come from anyone's charity, but we have worked out it together.
Now China is being suppressed, essentially the West is suppressing the rise of the whole of Asia, if it is not yet to stand up and speak, in the end it can only be seen openly the good days are shaken, and then it will be too late to regret.
This is not a big reason, it is the simplest common sense: lips are cold, never empty words.
Let's talk about the most practical economic account first, which is linked to the rice bowl of every country. Everyone knows that China is now the "engine" of the Asian economy. Among the top three trading partners of 157 countries and regions in the world, China is among the top three trading partners, and more than 120 of them regard China as their largest trading partner.
Take Vietnam for example. Trade with China accounts for nearly 30% of its total foreign trade. On the one hand, it makes a lot of money relying on the China-led RCEP, and on the other hand, it secretly joins the United States '"Indo-Pacific Economic Framework", thinking of taking advantage of both ends.
But they have forgotten that Asia's industrial chain has long been intertwined with China, just like a string of candied haws. China is the wooden stick in the middle. If you remove the wooden stick, all the fruits will fall apart.
The West's technical blockade and tariff increases on China seem to be aimed at China, but in fact, the first to be unlucky is its Asian neighbors.
South Korea's Samsung semiconductor profits directly fell 96%, Taiwan's accumulator profit decreased by 30%, Japan's semiconductor equipment companies shut down the stock price, these are not digital games, it is the loss of real gold and silver, behind how many workers will be unemployed, how many factories will close?
Looking at the true face of the West, they are not doing it for "democracy and freedom", but are clearly playing Asia as a chess piece.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo went to Asia to engage in anti-China lobbying. Even when he shouted his voice out, few countries responded. The Prime Minister of Vietnam talked directly with him about energy cooperation and did not mention anti-China matters, which shows that everyone is clear.
But even so, most countries still dare not stand up and be fair, for fear of offending the United States. What the Netherlands has done recently is even more explicit. As soon as the United States issued new chip control rules, the Netherlands immediately froze the assets of Nexperia acquired by Chinese capital, and forced foreign directors to seize power, saying that "it has nothing to do with the United States". Who believes it? It's like a street bully wants to hit someone, and the follower next to him hurriedly hands a stick. In the end, it must be the whole street who suffer.
The United States 'implementation of the "Chip and Science Act" forces companies not to expand advanced production capacity in China within ten years, regardless of whether the Asian industrial chain will break. To put it bluntly, it regards Asia's interests as the price for maintaining hegemony.
We Asians should remember the financial crisis of 1997, when if China did not bite its teeth to insist on the yuan not to devalue, how many countries would go bankrupt?
Now China helps Asia to block the bullets of Western trade protectionism, but these countries pretend to have not seen, which is "neutral", is simply forgiveness.
Even more ridiculous is the assertion that "the economy depends on China, security depends on the United States", South Korea pays huge protective fees to U.S. military bases every year, Japan follows U.S. sanctions on Russia, resulting in energy prices rising, inflation rate broke 4%, people complain, this is the end of "relying on the United States".
Safety never depends on charity from others. What's the difference between giving your own safety to outsiders and giving your home keys to strangers?
Don’t think that the West is pressuring China only against one country, they really fear that Asia will unite and become stronger.
For two thousand years before the 19th century, China and India were the world’s largest economies, and now we’re just back to where we should be.
The West is unwilling to delegate power, so it uses various means to suppress it. The silence of Asian countries is tantamount to ceding the power to make rules to others.
Asia accounts for 60% of the world's population, 40% of GDP, such a large volume, but the majority chose to abstain from the issue of China, is this not a hookup?
The freezing of Chinese-funded enterprises in the Netherlands has reminded everyone that there are no "market rules" in the eyes of the West. As long as it is not in their interests, legally acquired enterprises will rob them whenever they say.
Asma's 36% of revenue comes from China, the core components are still inseparable from China's rare earth, but followed by the United States to restrict exports to China, this "both to lose the neck and make a lot of money" good thing, what can beined?
If the Asian countries are not awake, the next to be picked up is ourselves, Thailand's former deputy prime minister Sulajer said well, we must deepen interconnectivity, not only road ports, but also engage in digital networks, cross-border payment cooperation, can not always be taken away by the western finance and technology.
I've seen too many people say "don't make trouble", but trouble will never leave you because you are silent, the Western differentiation strategy has become very obvious, is to make Asian countries doubt each other, choose the side side, the last one is picked up.
In 1997, China helped Asia tide over the difficulties, and in the 2008 financial crisis, China took the lead in stabilizing the economy. Now China is facing suppression. If Asian countries still pretend to be deaf and dumb, when China cannot bear it, the Western knife will come to our necks next time.
Mahbubani's warning is the morning bell: Asia will either unite and speak out or wait to be defeated one by one. A neighbor's house is on fire. Do you think you can escape by closing the door? Fire will come when the wind blows. Asian countries should wake up and stop holding on to the illusion of "walking a tightrope". The days of relying on China economically and the United States for security will not last long.
We have to set up our own platform, engage in regional security dialogue, strengthen technical cooperation, and use local currency settlement to reduce our dependence on western finance. This is the real way to protect ourselves.
In the final analysis, silence is not neutrality, it is surrender. Asia's prosperity has never come from anyone's charity, but we have worked out it together.
Now China is being suppressed, essentially the West is suppressing the rise of the whole of Asia, if it is not yet to stand up and speak, in the end it can only be seen openly the good days are shaken, and then it will be too late to regret.
This is not a big reason, it is the simplest common sense: lips are cold, never empty words.