Today, I have seen another unpleasant news, that is, the Red Sea, which was originally accessible to Chinese ships, has now had to go around the Cape of Good Hope due to the genius and ingenuity of the United States and Britain, adding time and economic costs to other European and American ships for no reason. You, the United States, have launched more than 20 countries to carry out escort operations in the Red Sea, and we don't need your escort, so you can't see China's "independent beauty" so much?It's disgusting and congested. So, I wondered, when will the United States' endless efforts to block and erect obstacles to China's economic rise will stop?
When will the United States stop "adding blockages" to China's economy?Judging from the current situation, the United States seems to be adding obstacles to China's economic rise all the time and everywhere, showing meticulous concern for China's economic and scientific and technological rise, and doing everything possible to manipulate all kinds of international cooperation or medium- and long-term strategies that are conducive to China's great development and national rejuvenation. The endless tricks, the various techniques, and the all-encompassing handicraft are truly amazing. For so many years, not to mention the uninterrupted and visible wars, science and technology wars, talent wars, patent wars, financial wars, etc., as well as a large number of unguardable diplomatic wars, intelligence wars, merger and acquisition wars, resource wars, channel wars, etc., if it is really not possible, they will be smeared, sung or simply banned, and it is not allowed to spread and discuss related topics, so that China's good news is blocked from the Western world.
Over the years, as soon as China's economy fluctuates a little, there must be a bunch of research reports issued by institutions in the United States immediately, shorting China, downgrading ratings, and attacking China's ** or Chinese-funded concept stocks. China has a strong demand for oil, iron ore and other bulk commodities, so for more than 20 years, it has repeatedly taken turns to attack China's major commodities, not only from the spot market and the first market, but also to do the best channels and chains, so that the negotiated contract does not count, so that the acquisition of good projects or investments does not go smoothly. Some countries are a little more friendly or have iron relations with China, and they immediately think of coups d'état and support non-** organizations, such as recently doing tricks with Serbia, Hungary and other countries. In the past, China wanted to import large planes or aircraft carriers from Ukraine, but it also tried its best to obstruct it.
Recently, people have witnessed this kind of disgusting tricks one after another. Obviously, in order to retaliate against the sanctions imposed by Europe and the United States, Russia has banned flights from relevant countries from flying through Russian airspace, and China is obviously not among the sanctions. Therefore, compared with the detour of thousands of miles in Europe and the United States, China's international flights can enjoy their own advantages, not only in short time, but also in a lot of cost savings. However, the logic of the United States is that "if you don't let the United States go, you China can't go", and China can't take advantage anyway. As a result, flights from the United States, which originated from the United States, were also forced to be rerouted.
Recently, the escalation of the situation in the Red Sea has led to the almost complete disruption of the Suez Canal waterway, which has forced international shipping companies to bypass the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. And Chinese ships are clearly not among the Houthi attacks, and they can swagger through the Red Sea, which is much more comfortable than the ships of countries that support Israel. However, the United States absolutely does not look down on China's good, so it joined hands with the United Kingdom to directly put the insurance premium of the Suez Canal by more than 10 times, which directly led to a huge freight rate for China's route to Europe. On December 16, after the four major Western shipping companies announced the suspension of sailing to the Red Sea, the insurance of the Red Sea route in the London international insurance market soared, rising as much as ten times. Similarly, cargo insurance makes the current fixed insurance cost for a ship crossing the Red Sea higher than the cost of circumnavigating the Cape of Good Hope. As a result, on the same day that insurance premiums skyrocketed on December 18, Chinese shipping companies were forced to announce the suspension of sailings. In the end, China's foreign trade freighters had to make a detour to the Cape of Good Hope.
In the future, it is estimated that there will be many such matters, so how can China predict or prevent the adverse consequences brought about by similar incidents and strive for the best outcome?What's more, as mentioned in the previous article, strive for the dominance and discourse of global shipping as much as possibleObviously, the United States and the United Kingdom do not have many cargo ships, nor do they export many raw materials or commodities, and China is the world's largest cargo owner and shipping power, so why does it lack the right to speak?For the sake of the safety of China's industrial chain, China has to plan this matter in an all-round way.
Wang Xianqing, President of Guangdong Business Economics Association, Dean of Modern Industry Research Institute of Guangdong Baiyun University, Chairman of South China Business Think Tank of Guangdong University of Finance and Economics).