Chapter 15 Can no longer engage in "roulette": substantially reduce Sino-French relations

For the "romantic and open" people, this is probably the most embarrassing thing for them. Facing the West, there is a voice in their hearts saying: We have worked hard to manage a business, isn't it just to get closer to you?How else can we get the word out?We are eager to draw a line with the Nepalese Maoists (we don’t care if others call us cowardly), and we are humming about many international events, isn’t it just to erase the unpleasant memory of “foreigners”?What "Spartan country", what "Red China", we are trying our best to smooth this out, why do you still cling to "foreign dogma"?

This reminds me of another issue. China's proposition, which must be insisted on even if it collapses, is a matter of sticking to the bottom line.What is "emotional" not "emotional"?Those who like to say this sentence may wish to think about it: over the years, who has been testing whose patience, the West or China?Could it be that being slapped in the face and keeping silent is not "emotional"?Xi Jinping recently spoke to overseas Chinese in Latin America, saying: "Some foreigners who are full and have nothing to do are dictating our affairs. First, China does not export revolution, second, it does not export hunger and poverty, and third, it does not torment you. What else is there to say? of?"

On diplomatic occasions and in non-governmental international exchanges, we often see certain criticisms and provocations, and Chinese people often ask angrily: What do you want us to do to be satisfied? Engaging in diplomacy is not what some "sticks" imagined. It may not be as invisible as the Buddha. The scenes of dealing with foreigners were painted according to my own imagination, and I said some European sentences, humming, haha, the whole thing was disgusting.In reality, we can see Cuban diplomats blowing smoke in the face of the US representative, we can see the Turkish Prime Minister leave the meeting in front of the Israeli leader in anger, and we can see Clinton's recklessness in the face of Japanese students. Embarrassment, you can see the surprised screams and excited protests in the international venue when Powell made a speech accusing Southern Africa of internal affairs (even the impulsive performance of scuffling on stage), and you can see King Carlos interrupting Chavez "Why do you Don't shut up", I saw Nasser scolding Colonel Gaddafi and King Hussein like a child.Humans are emotional animals, and emotional choice is also a normal rule in dealing with representatives of countries. The "savvy people" who love to show their knowledge have always believed that this is a unique problem of the Chinese.This is wrong. Dealing with countries has its own biological characteristics, which is often called the "law of the jungle".Although everyone now criticizes this law as barbaric, it does not mean that it does not exist. In fact, in international relations, there are many cases of exercising cold and barbaric truth under the shell of "warmth".Look at Hotel Rwanda, isn't that what it is?

In this sense, how much lower is the sentiment of the people than those diplomats clinking glasses at a party?There are many China hands in the West. When they deal with our leaders, they like to say some commonplace things, such as: We are looking for you, but we really understand you and understand your job pressure (this is a very clever Western messenger. catchphrase, but it cannot be overestimated in information analysis, and the goodwill in it cannot be overestimated, because they said the same to Idi Amin in Uganda back then).But we have a Congress, and we have to give Congress and the leader of the minority party a face-saving account, so we have to be realistic, and you have to take it easy,... and so on.

I thought about this problem a few years ago, can we do the same when we compete with them?Can you also say the same thing: We are particularly unwilling to do this, but the public opinion in our country is surging, and there must be a process for the people to raise their awareness. You see, this time you can be more tolerant. So, don't be so nervous when you say you're going to collapse.The vast majority collapsed, which can be reversed through experience.Can't turn around, and when it's out of control, is it worth being so afraid?I understand: Fear is also an emotion. The old king in "The Lion King" replied to his son Simba, "Are you also afraid?" and said: I am only brave when necessary.The poet Li Yawei told me back then: Knowing how to be afraid is actually the quality of a man.I am very impressed with this sentence.I also remembered what Zhang Chengzhi wrote back then: Surrender is a law of war.It means: Military surrender is also a choice without losing dignity.However, fear and cowardice are two different things after all. People who accuse "emotional choices" may be good at summarizing this type of knowledge, but they have no dignity, and they don't have "necessary bravery" in their vocabulary.

The meaning of a conditional break couldn't be simpler. "Confrontation is also a form of human communication", "If peace becomes impossible, then I choose war", these propositions of the past are still the options we have to face today. Speaking of emotional choice, it is actually an extremely high-end form of human communication.We often see that in the business field, the bosses have a quarrel, and they will throw down a sentence: Your calculations are not important, the key is that you are playing me!Here, the biological response can temporarily override everything else.This response, too, can be decisive.

The same is true for international affairs. In terms of Sino-French relations, it is necessary to clarify the concept of "punishment diplomacy".Punishment and revenge are the norm in international exchanges. When it comes to Sarkozy's performance, he is obviously biological, and his ups and downs seem comical.I don't think Chinese netizens are judging this man naively.We know that Silvio Berlusconi in Italy also made some speeches about China, such as "boil the baby in water". Come on with a friendly attitude.But Sarkozy's offense was the most despicable and obscene opportunism. His way of playing is intolerable even in the business field. It is not low to use folk experience to fight back and punish the whole of France.In the story novel "San Sui Ping Yao Zhuan" there is a "fat ghost", when the guests ask him for tea in a gentle way, he will jump and scold others; , The snacks were also brought out.Sarkozy is a bit like that "hair bitch".Don't give him a thorough lesson - just like the triad principle that the poet Wang Qibo often said: If you want to do it, it will hurt!What's wrong with that?If this is not the case, it will definitely not help the matter. Can China be more proud of this matter?Can the word "punishment" be used?Can we engage in a little diplomacy with Chinese emotional characteristics?Can it be used to bear certain depreciation?I remember that in the most honeymoon and most "openness first" era, we all dared to punish the Netherlands for selling Taiwan submarines.In the situation where some unfriendly countries are in trouble, we can't gamble, don't make our diplomatic thinking so fragmented, and classify France as a "poor credit client", which is really punishing for a while.Engaging in "relieving anger diplomacy" and admonishing others is also in line with the general thinking of our open era. The mentality of a mature big country is not only "tolerant", but also more serious.