In the face of British sanctions against China under the name of "Russia", why did Russia, which has always been tough, choose to remain silent?
Recently England fired two shots at us.The first shot was that the UK had just finished negotiating cooperation with us in Beijing and received a commitment to expand imports. It turned around and turned its face. It used the so-called "Russia-related" excuse to issue an ultimatum to our 11 China companies in one go. These companies include backbones in high-end manufacturing such as industrial robots and power equipment. The purpose of the UK is very clear, which is to seize the neck of our high-end manufacturing.
This second shot came even faster. Their MI5 immediately issued a so-called "counter-espionage guide," which seriously warned British MPs to beware of "wooing by China spies" and even listed such unwarranted situations as "abnormal social interactions" and "excessive flattery." Isn't the first step of economic and trade sanctions and the second step of security slander a standard combination of punches? And when you think a little, you will find that the two shots were very empty.Britain accused Chinese companies of "providing sensitive goods to Russia", but they couldn't even produce a decent transaction evidence; The hype of "spy threat" is also seen through by experts at a glance as a subjective speculation lacking empirical evidence. Where is this maintaining safety? It is clearly a self-directed and self-acted political farce.
Speaking of this, everyone may have questions: Britain clearly needs China economically, why does it go so far and offend us?To know, last year China and Britain's trade volume declined, but still close to hundreds of billions. The UK's automotive industry, the luxury industry, are all looking forward to the Chinese market to boost performance. Ironically, just a month ago, their trade ministers also went specifically to Beijing, hoping to expand exports to China, the goal of increasing the billion pounds. Behind this seemingly divided behavior, there are actually three small calculators.
The first is to submit a "declaration of name" to the United States.After Brexit, Britain felt isolated internationally, and it urgently needed to hold the thigh of the United States tightly to brush its sense of existence. Following the United States against China, it seemed that it could get some "camp welfare"; Second, it is to divert sharp domestic contradictions。 At present, the domestic unemployment rate in Britain remains high and the economic recovery is weak. Politicians urgently need an external "scapegoat" to divert people's anger at the government's incompetence, and China has become the "most ready-made" target; Third, and most important, is to target our high-end manufacturing industry.Look at the companies that have been sanctioned this time. They are all key areas involving dual-use technologies. Britain is afraid that China's industrial upgrading will succeed and rob them of their jobs. However, no matter how fine this abacus is, they have forgotten an old saying, "You can't smash the pot when you eat". If they are really desperate to annoy China, their companies may not even be able to touch the edge of China's huge supply chain.
What is even more interesting is that Russia, which was taken by Britain as an excuse, reacted strangely quietly.According to the previous style of Putin, for the British sanctions, the counterattack has always been fast and fierce – last year directly withdrew a fishing agreement lasting more than 60 years, so that the British fisheries lost more than five hundred million tons of fishing. but this time, Britain clearly hit the "Russia" flag to pressure China, the Kremlin Palace from the beginning to the end. It is actually a very clever silence: first, the British accusations themselves have no basis, Russia if the next refutation, instead give the other side hypocrisy; second, China and Russia have a deep mutual trust, Russia believes that China has the ability to cope alone, and can avoid the complication of the situation.
Of course, China will never put hope on anyone else.For the worst-case scenario, we have been fully prepared, and countermeasures are more than just verbal warnings. In 2021, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on China on Xinjiang-related issues. We immediately frozen the assets of 9 British personnel and 4 entities in China and banned them from entering the country. This time, we are more fully prepared. According to the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, we can take a series of strong measures such as freezing assets and blocking business according to law. At present, relevant departments have started the protection mechanism of enterprise rights and interests, and all sanctioned Chinese enterprises have been included in the protection network.
So, if Britain wants a way to go to the black, we have both legal weapons to precisely counter its key industries, and also a whole set of mechanisms to protect their own enterprises, and completely see the bottom of the tricks. China welcomes all sincere cooperation, but whoever wants to use sanctions as a code to blackmail us, we will surely go to the end.