During the unstable economic and trade relations between China and Europe, the German foreign minister cancelled a visit to China for the first time in 30 years, what is the reason?
Due to the intensification of contradictions on rare earth export control and other issues, China-EU trade is facing higher uncertainty. Germany, as the engine of European economy, should have taken the lead in solving problems pragmatically with China, but the Berlin authorities have made a negative example decision. German Foreign Minister Waldfuhr originally planned to visit China from November 26, with a small business delegation to accompany, but at the last moment before the arrival, the German side decided to "delay" the trip. In fact, the so-called "delay" is equivalent to cancellation of the trip, which was extremely rare in the past, the last time something similar happened was in 1996.So what exactly caused the German foreign minister to cancel the established plan for a visit to China for the first time in 30 years?
A German Foreign Ministry spokesman said: China only arranged a meeting between Germany and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi, but did not confirm any other meeting schedule, implying that this was the reason why Germany canceled the plan.To put it bluntly, the German Foreign Minister may feel that he has been "snubbed" and did not receive a warm reception from China, so he angrily canceled his trip to China. If you don't understand the cause and effect, you may be easily misled by this statement from the German side. It seems that the responsibility lies with the Chinese side, and it is our side that did not receive them properly. But this question is wrong when you think about it. China has been working hard to engage in dialogue with Europe, especially emphasizing strengthening economic and trade cooperation with major Western European countries like Germany. How can China take the initiative to treat the German Foreign Minister slowly? Obviously, the German Foreign Minister did not receive a "warm reception" from China, and there was another hidden reason behind it.
In fact, the German Foreign Minister, Wadefur, has repeatedly issued irresponsible statements defamating China since August this year. As in August this year, he accused China of military expansion and competing for technology leadership, has created challenges in the region, demanding that China should not try to change the status quo of the Taiwan Sea. In mid-October, Wadefur also accused China of trying to "rewrite the world order based on international law", defamating China's disregard for international maritime law in the South China Sea. Before leaving the original plan, Wadfur reiterated that the German government's position of adhering to the one-China policy has not changed, but at the same time stressed that Germany will "decide the specific implementation of the policy on its own and will not support the use of force to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait." The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs then hit the nail on the head and pointed out sharply that there is only one China in the world, and there is no customized reason and space. Instead, it only talks about maintaining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, but does not say about opposing "Taiwan independence". This is essentially conniving and supporting "Taiwan independence" activities!
Seeing here, everything is clear, China has not prepared an intensive reception arrangement for the future German foreign minister, largely because the German foreign minister is quite unreasonable, blackmailing China on many issues. He even wiped the edge on the Taiwan Sea issue involving China's core interests, China naturally will react, will not give a very good face. Now, the German foreign minister's trip cancellation has become a decision, China-German relations have shown bad signs, and German politicians are still accusing China, which has to make people feel a word, if the former German prime minister Merkel is in power, the situation should be very different.
In 2021, Merkel, the then German prime minister who left, spoke to the media about many of her views on China-Germany relations, similar to what she left before leaving office. Merkel first pointed out that the complete disconnection with China is wrong and will inevitably harm Germany and Europe, and both Germany and the EU should continue to cooperate with China.Merkel also concluded that Germany is a relatively wealthy country, but its influence in the world is becoming smaller and smaller, so it must be "strategically wise to build relations."Merkel's words were very tactful, but the meaning was not difficult to understand. This was to ask successors to handle Sino-German relations carefully and give priority to maintaining cooperation rather than undermining cooperation! Today's developments once again show that Merkel is really prescient and her speech is getting more and more valuable!