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Blinken's visit to China has been postponed indefinitely, China and the United States have their own plans for the balloon incident

2023-02-04T10:37:16.699Z


After the balloon incident, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who had planned to visit China from February 5 to 6, suddenly announced an indefinite postponement of his visit. The Chinese side announced that "neither China nor the United States has announced


After the balloon incident, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who had planned to visit China from February 5 to 6, suddenly announced an indefinite postponement of his visit.

The news released by the Chinese side stated that "neither China nor the United States has announced any visits. The US side's release of relevant information is the US side's own business, and we respect it."

Was there no visit at all or was Blinken's visit to China really delayed?

After the meeting between the Chinese and US leaders in Bali, Blinken's visit to China has already been put on the agenda.

In my opinion, Blinken's visit was indeed postponed by the US.

The United States accuses a suspected Chinese spy balloon of violating the border: The picture shows February 1, 2023. This photo obtained by Reuters from social media shows a balloon appearing over Billings, Montana, USA .

(Reuters)

In the past few days, the balloon incident has caused an uproar in the United States.

The Pentagon, the State Department, and the White House held press conferences to respond to the balloon incident. Republican politicians, including former President Trump and former Vice President Pence, expressed their views on the matter.

Social media and major mainstream media are focusing on this matter.

Basically, American society has formed a basic public opinion judgment on the balloon incident, that is, the balloon incident is an act of hostile espionage by the Chinese side.

It can be seen that the U.S. official’s violent response to the balloon incident is the product of domestic public opinion, and it is the only politically correct choice to adopt a tough attitude towards China.

It is the least damaging approach to Sino-US relations to only use strong rhetoric to characterize China without substantive counterattacks against China.

After all, although reporters from various official departments of the United States characterized the balloon as a spy balloon, the military did not disclose any details, and did not even intercept or shoot down the balloon.

Blinken's visit to China has already been confirmed. The balloon incident has happened for several days. After several days of fermentation, Blinken announced the postponement of his visit to China on February 3. In fact, he was forced to suspend his upcoming trip to China. Create a strong attitude toward China.

Therefore, postponing the visit to China is a political choice, not not having a trip to China at all.

The official website of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a message on the morning of February 4, Beijing time, answering reporters' questions about the balloon incident and Blinken's visit to China.

(Screenshot from the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China)

China's foreign ministry said neither China nor the United States had announced any visits.

This statement is tenable from the perspective of results, but as we all know, at the regular press conference of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 17, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin said in response to a reporter's question, "China welcomes Blinken. The Secretary of State is visiting China. China and the United States are maintaining communication on the specific arrangements.” Therefore, it is unlikely that Blinken’s visit will be nonexistent.

As usual, China will not announce the itinerary very early. It is very likely that a balloon accident occurred between China and the United States at the time when the itinerary should be announced.

The United States notified China of the balloon incident as early as January 31.

There have also been communications between China and the United States in the past few days.

China's slap in the face of the United States by not visiting at all is actually a kind of public opinion war, trying to reverse the unfavorable attack of American public opinion on China during the balloon incident.

The Chinese side bluntly stated that the U.S. release of the news is the U.S.'s own business, intending to emphasize that the visit is the U.S. unilaterally actively seeking to visit China, and unilaterally canceling the visit to China is the U.S. wishful thinking.

The balloon incident caused Blinken's visit to China to be postponed indefinitely, which shows that Sino-US relations are greatly affected by the domestic public opinion of the two countries, especially the domestic atmosphere in the United States.

It is no longer purely political factors that affect Sino-US relations, and we must be cautious.

Blinken's visit to China would have been the first visit by a US Secretary of State since 2018.

However, such an important visit was easily postponed indefinitely, which just shows that the relationship between China and the United States is running at a low level. This visit itself is a diplomatic performance, not an urgent issue that needs to be negotiated between China and the United States. The indefinite postponement has limited impact .

The theory of bombing spy balloons is an American hooligan practice. After the official confirmation, Hu Xijin corrected: so what?

The United States announced the discovery of another "spy balloon" over Latin America. Canada summoned Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu over the "spy balloon" incident.

Source: hk1

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