Three demands by Wang Yi

Monday July 26, 2021 goes down in the history of US-China relationship as a watershed day. When Ms. Wendy Sherman, US Deputy Secretary of State met with Wang Yi, State Councillor and Foreign Minister in Beijing, the latter, read the riot act. Read more…

Wang Yi, detailed three items, call it bottom line, conditions or in plain words demands that US must fulfil if it wants to improve the current impasse where both countries have locked horns in a struggle of primacy in international affairs. I am reproducing the read out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (see fullreport) almost verbatim to indicate how China asserting her strength and position in her inimitable wolf warrior diplomacy. Reading between the lines you will notice that all three demands are interconnected to China’s rise as leading power in geoeconomics:

Demand one 

The United States must not challenge, slander or even attempt to subvert the path and system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Chosen by history and the Chinese people, China's path and system are matters of 1.4 billion Chinese people's welfare and Chinese nation's future, as well as core interests that China must firmly uphold.

Demand two

The United States must not attempt to obstruct or even interrupt China's development process. Chinese people have their rights to live better lives and China has its right to achieve modernization. Modernization is not an exclusive right of the United States, but involves the basic conscience of mankind and international justice. China urges the United States to remove all unilateral sanctions, high tariffs, long-arm jurisdiction and technology blockade it has imposed on China as soon as possible.

Demand three

The United States must not infringe upon China's state sovereignty, or even damage China's territorial integrity. The issues regarding Xinjiang, Xizang and Hong Kong have never been about "human rights" or "democracy", but about fighting against "Xinjiang independence", "Xizang independence" and "Hong Kong independence". No country will allow its national sovereignty and security to be compromised. As for the Taiwan question, it's even more important. 

Although the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have not yet been reunified, the fact that the Chinese mainland and Taiwan belong to one and the same China and Taiwan is part of China has never changed and will never change. If "Taiwan independence" forces dare to provoke, China has the right to take any necessary measure to stop it. We urge the U.S. side to honour its commitment on Taiwan question and act prudently.

How America takes this up is the big question mark? Whatever the response, America faces her defining moment in the contest for the throne in geoeconomics!

 

Cheers! 

 

Muthu Ashraff Rajulu

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