In the last moment of preparation for a trip to China, the German foreign minister suddenly canceled his visit to China.

German Foreign Minister suddenly cancelled his visit to China

Late at night on October 24 local time, the German Foreign Ministry confirmed that the ¡°delay of German Foreign Minister Wardfur¡¯s visit to China¡± was almost in the last moment he was preparing to move to China.

According to the original plan, Wadfour would start his visit to China on the 26th, but on the evening of the 24th, Germany cancelled the trip.

What made Germany cancel the trip so hastily?

In the narrative of Western media, this trip was initially canceled by Germany, as if China had "left the pigeon", in fact, Vadoufour was very keen, but China's attitude was not cold and hot, so that Germany gave up.

The reason given by the German Foreign Ministry is that they regret that China failed to arrange enough talks.

Reuters further revealed that China only arranged one meeting between Director Wang Yi and Wadfour for his visit.

That is to say, the German side wants to have more rounds of talks and interactions, but we do not intend to arrange, only long-term reception outside the director Wang Yi.

(China only arranged one meeting)

This is the first visit to China by the German foreign minister since he took office, and he was ready to exchange views with the Chinese side on export controls on rare earth and semiconductors before he had already departed.

Export control issues such as rare earths and semiconductors are currently the most intense areas of the game between China and the West. Obviously, in Germany's view, one meeting alone is not enough to talk about what they want.

Germany may even want to be welcomed by Chinese officials at a higher level, but the Chinese side ¡°don¡¯t forgive¡±: there¡¯s only one conversation, and the German love won¡¯t come.

Even our talks may not have left Wadfur long.

Therefore, the German side suddenly canceled the visit to China, and it was obviously not their intention to do so.

In other words, it was more like China did not welcome the German foreign minister, so the German side was forced to cancel the trip.

The reason why China did this is not hard to guess.

There are voices out there that believe that this is because the German foreign minister is very hostile to China, continues the practice of his predecessor, Belberg, and is accustomed to China to take a "pronouncement model".

In an interview with the media on the eve of his visit to China, he even made false talks about the Taiwan Strait issue, claiming that "Germany adheres to the one-China policy stance, but how to implement it will be decided by itself, and it does not support the use of force to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait."

To this, the Chinese side also responded at first time: only to maintain the status quo in the Taiwan Sea, not to say against "Taiwan independence", the essence is support and tolerance of "Taiwan independence" activities.

China¡¯s response stumbled on the fact that Vadouur has a biased stance on the Taiwan Sea issue.

(I know I want to visit China, but I dare not talk about the Taiwan Sea)

Of course, there may be such a part of the reason, after all, this German foreign minister is so hostile to China, dares not to discuss the Taiwan Sea issue before visiting China, how can we be kind to him?

However, this may also be only a superficial cause, with some factors but a small proportion.

The deeper reason is that we have seen the purpose of Vadoufour¡¯s journey for a long time, so we didn¡¯t want to get along with him.

We also mentioned above that Wadfur had previously announced that he would come to talk with China about the export control of rare earths and semiconductors.

Among them, what is there to talk about about rare earth issues?

China's measures to strengthen rare-earth export controls are not aimed at Europe, China's rare-earth trade remains smooth, as long as Europe does not cooperate with the United States to steal rare-earth, it will not trigger our control mechanism.

In fact, the issue of semiconductor export control is the focus of his course.

It is believed that everyone has also heard that due to the Dutch government's attempt to rob Anselm Company, Anselm China recently announced the cutting-edge with the Dutch Anselm.

Anshi China is mainly responsible for Anshi Semiconductor's chip end production and manufacturing.

This move eliminated 70% of Anshi's semiconductor production capacity in the Netherlands, and the supply of the most important vehicle-level chips was cut off, seriously endangering European automobile production.

(Germany came to be a lobbyist in the Netherlands)

Germany, as the largest car producer exporter in Europe, was first affected by the ¡°Anchorage riot¡±.

Therefore, Vaderfuhr was, to a certain extent, a visitor to the Netherlands.

Germany doesn't want to tear up its face with the Netherlands, so it can only persuade China. However, we can't make concessions in this matter, and there is nothing to talk to Germany.

Having Director Wang Yi personally receive Wadfour is already the highest treatment China can give. If Germany wants anything else, it will be thinking too much.

Therefore, after China made such arrangements, Germany also knew that it would only return empty-handed, so it would still stay at home. That was why Wadfour suddenly canceled his visit to China before leaving.

Here, we should note that the German side¡¯s rhetoric was a delay, indicating that they still wanted the trip to be on schedule rather than directly cancelled.

In a while, the German side may again "apply for a visit to China", we may wait.

It can be seen that Wadfur's sudden cancellation of his visit to China is not a simple change of itinerary, but the inevitable result of China's clear position and the failure of German calculations.

It sends a clear signal that China has no room for compromise on issues of core interests; when it seeks cooperation with China, it only eats ¡°closed doors¡± with preaching or otherwise useful topics.