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We never expected that the Europeans would treat us China so well.
Because Dutch netizens actually boasted on the Internet that "Chinese people can't afford to lose face, so they won't make too much trouble because of Anshi and Europe".
Isn't this a little too arrogant and ignorant?
This word alone could expose Europeans to the cognitive deviation of China.
They always think that they can predict China's actions by holding on to the so-called "face culture", but it is obvious that they still haven't realized that they have long been caught in the cognitive cage of self-woven.
And they are about to pay a heavy price for this stupid miscalculation.
In fact, when things first happened in September this year, we all felt quite sudden.
It was all good, but in September this year the Dutch government suddenly took a very barbaric move.
That is, without warning, it announced the mandatory takeover of ANSE's Dutch headquarters, and also forcibly replaced the China management.
The reason for this is to “prevent the outflow of technology”, “protect economic security”.
But to put it bluntly, their behavior is a robbery in the guise of law and a flagrant violation of international economic and trade rules.
After all, Nexperia is not an ordinary company, and its position in the field of automotive semiconductors is very special.
The lifeblood of many European car companies is in its hands.
And the Dutch government's self-pretended preventive intervention, but didn't think this did not directly ignite the fireplace.
Because our Chinese counter-reaction has never stopped with verbal protests.
Almost at the same time as the Dutch government took action, Anshi China's semiconductor factory in Dongguan decisively restricted chip exports.
This move directly plunged the European automobile industry into panic, and the industrial chain instantly shook.
German auto giant Volkswagen Group is the first to bear the brunt, because its classic model Golf is facing the crisis of stopping production due to the lack of semiconductor parts supplied by ANSE China.
Once production stops, thousands of German workers will be forced to shorten their working hours and even lose their dishes and get the so-called “graduation package” in advance.
But what is very ridiculous is that in the face of this consequence, not only did the Dutch not reflect, but they were still dreaming about it.
Like this Dutch netizen’s remarks are very representative.
He slightly simplified the game of international law, global supply chains and sovereign dignity into the “culture of the face” of the East.
Could it be that in their eyes, the China's counterattack is just for fear of losing face?
They completely ignore that behind their face is China's resolute defense of national sovereignty and national dignity.
After all, for a long time, the West, represented by the United States, has always liked to distort the Chinese face into an emotional expression, but has deliberately avoided the dignity behind the face and the political core.
In the diplomatic context of the Chinese people, our face has never been as simple as personal face.
That face includes national sovereignty, national dignity and international status.
They have always narrowed China’s core interests to “fear of shame,” but this is essentially a disregard for Chinese principles, and a scandal for the seriousness of the international game.
But the most ironic thing is that the Europeans are playing the trick of double standards.
When we talk to him about economic rationality, they talk about national security. When we talk to him about national security, they use economic rationality to kidnap us by public opinion.
The Dutch government took Assad for security reasons, but did not allow China to use the same logic to defend its own interests.
Is it difficult for them to still think that China, as it did twenty or thirty years ago, is committed to safeguarding the overall situation of China-European relations?
If we look at today's geopolitics, China has long returned to the center of the international relations stage.
In our eyes, security is now a much higher priority than development.
But to be honest, the Dutch doing this, the trouble of European car companies is only the tip of the iceberg.
Once the supply chain is broken, it will affect the entire European automotive industry like a domino, thereby affecting jobs investment and technological upgrades in Europe.
Let's look at the logic of the Dutch government. It is already full of paradoxes.
Because they were worried that China would stop supplying in the future, they took the lead.
The result directly triggered the suspension of supply. Wasn't it all their own fault?
The EU's strategy of scientific and technological sovereignty is also full of self-contradictions.
Because in this respect, they want to get rid of their dependence on China, but they cannot afford the cost of decoupling and breaking the chain.
Today, they are very clear that core technologies and critical resources are closely linked to national security, but do not deceive themselves and deceive themselves in the matter of China.
Although we in China all admit that China does value face, what is more important than face is principles and long-term interests.
When Europeans view China’s bottom line problem as our “face game”, they misunderstand not only Chinese culture, but also the nature of the game of great powers of this era.
China's principle will never waver. Once the details are attacked, it will definitely fight back resolutely.
This crisis caused by chips could have also been an opportunity for Europe to revise its understanding of China.
Unfortunately, from the comments of Dutch netizens, they are still rolling in the old frame.
Under this century of unchanging situation, holding the old mind on the side of the Netherlands will only lead to more strategic misjudgment.
The cost of these misjudgments will eventually be borne by every European.
Next they will face a large number of unemployed workers as well as large-scale shutdowns and turbulent industrial chains.
But they are not qualified to complain, because these are all bitter fruits planted by the Europeans themselves.
But through this, we also hope that the Europeans will wake up and wake up quickly, and that in the future they will not be comforted by the Chinese with this ridiculous excuse for fear of shame in the serious matters of this game of great powers.
Today's China is no longer the country that Europe can handle at will in the past.
In the face of core interests, we never compromise.
If Europe continues to be obsessed, it will only go further and further on the wrong path and eventually swallow even greater bitter fruit.
And with regard to Assad and national security, our China's attitude will now be resolute and will remain resolute.