Henry Kissinger, an "old friend of the Chinese people", died on November 29, local time in the United States, at the age of 100. In the past, I have also done a lot of content related to Mr. Kissinger, this time I did not rush out for the first time, but spent a day searching for his information on the Internet and the Internet, wanting to understand how the Chinese people and the American people view the former US Secretary of State.
There is one phenomenon that surprises me a little.
On the Chinese Internet, the news of Kissinger's death is basically mourning, and many Chinese netizens believe that Kissinger has made outstanding contributions to promoting Sino-US relations and is a great man. Our official ** is also not stingy with praise for Kissinger.
China and the United States should inherit and carry forward Kissinger's strategic vision, political courage and diplomatic wisdom.
Generally speaking, Kissinger is a positive image in the minds of the Chinese people.
But in foreign social **, Kissinger's evaluation is indeed a different scene.
Many American netizens celebrated Kissinger's departure on **, and then the mainstream abroad** basically reported Kissinger's death, and then emphasized that Kissinger is a very controversial figure in the United States.
Such a contrast also makes us need to re-examine the role of Kissinger's political ideas in the current Sino-US relations.
We know that Kissinger is a "pragmatist", he emphasized that foreign policy should be based on reality and national interests, rather than ideology or idealism, Kissinger's diplomatic concept is also more in line with our idea of "practice brings true knowledge", but in the United States, where liberal ideas are prevalent, Kissinger's "pragmatist" is regarded as "deviant". Many American people believe that Kissinger's emphasis on the role of the bureaucracy in national strategy is a harm to the rights and interests of "freedom and democracy," and even Kissinger's secret visit to China to promote the normalization of Sino-US relations has been quite controversial in the United States.
And we should note that not only the American people, but also at the American political level, Kissinger's "pragmatism" diplomatic thinking is regarded as an anomaly.
We hope that there will be more politicians like Kissinger in the United States, but in fact, it is very difficult for the "Kissinger" in the United States to get ahead in the future, and even in relations with China, only "anti-China" can get votes and take office, and this has led to the deformed relations between the United States and China.
And we should realize that the Sino-US game has long become a major factor affecting global relations, and now the contact between China and the United States is more about emphasizing "crisis control".
It can be said that since China's GDP exceeds 7% of the United States, Sino-US competition is unavoidable, the United States hopes to consolidate the position of global hegemon, and regards China as a challenger, and China wants to develop, industrial upgrading, and make a big cake, it is inevitable to form a competitive relationship with the United States in the track of high value-added industries, such as chips, large aircraft, etc., and even China needs to break the economic system built by the United States in order to have a bright future.
Therefore, I want to say that today, we Chinese bid farewell to Kissinger, because an era is over;The Chinese should say goodbye to political illusions about the United States, because a new era has begun.