Mr. Xie Feng, as a former vice minister, recently came to the United States to serve as China's ambassador, and as soon as he took office, he brought two good news to Sino-US diplomatic relations. First, he submitted a copy of his credentials to the United States on the second day of his arrival, and he did not encounter any obstruction or delay from the United StatesSecond, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Nuland quickly arranged a meeting with Ambassador Xie Feng, showing an eager and sincere attitude.
This is very different from the situation when Ambassador Qin Gang went to the United States to take up his post, and it shows that Sino-US diplomatic relations have indeed shown signs of a change for the better.
This does not mean that the United States has completely abandoned its hostile policy towards China, but that it has to bow its posture towards China due to the current tremendous pressure. But all this is something that China has won for its own strength, and it is a change that the United States has to make in order to gain benefits.
The arrival of Ambassador Xie Feng means that there is another official channel for China-US political exchanges, and US Ambassador to China Burns no longer has to run around looking for curves and shortcuts for communication. Major-country diplomacy should be open, open, transparent, calm, mutually beneficial, and treat each other as equals.
Hard-hitting diplomacy is a special means in special times, and if everyone is Xi to it and enjoys it, then the indifference and deterioration of relations between the two countries will be a matter of time.
Recently, there have been a lot fewer familiar faces dealing with China in the United States, Deputy Secretary of State Sherman has retired, and Hua Ziqiang, the head of the China Group, who has just gone to China for a working visit, has also resigned. This is the price paid by the United States for taking a hardline stance against China for no reason, and it is hoped that these personnel changes will restore the US policy toward China to a rational state.
Steel is not harder and harder, blindly emphasizing toughness will break sooner or later, but should add some rare elements to make steel more flexible, more elastic, in order to last for a long time.
Our Ambassador Xie Feng is such a high-quality steel, and we have used it on the knife edge.