British Foreign Secretary Truss recently made a big appearance in Russia, and when he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, he actually mistook two regions of Russia for "disputed territories between Russia and Ukraine", and declared to his face that "Britain will never recognize Russia's sovereignty over these two regions." As a result, he was corrected on the spot by the British ambassador to Russia, saying that "these two regions are Russian territory", leaving him without a place to embarrass himself. Such a low-level mistake casts doubt on his qualifications to serve as a foreign minister. And his performance also reflects the current situation of Britain - its power is declining, but it still wants to play the role of a great power in the world, especially in front of China and Russia. In response, Russia said that China does not need to pay attention to the existence of the United Kingdom, because "the United Kingdom is already a farce and does not deserve to be looked at squarely by other countries." At the same time, there was also an accident in South Korea, and Yoon Suk-yeol, who was leading the polls, was severely criticized by the South Korean people.
According to the Global Times on February 14**, British Prime Minister Johnson wanted to resume the "China-UK economic and trade dialogue", but was opposed by hawkish Chinese parliamentarians in the United Kingdom, who demanded that Britain take a "tough stance" against China. After Brexit, the United Kingdom considers itself still a world power, positions itself as a "global Britain", and has repeatedly made moves against China in its relations with China. For example, the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier battle group was dispatched to the South China Sea for "freedom of navigation", China also applied after it applied for the CPTPP, and interfered in China's internal affairs on Hong Kong-related issues.
In this regard, "Russia Today" suggested that China should not pay too much attention to Britain's approach, because "Britain is already a disgrace to one country and does not deserve the respect of other countries in the international arena." Russia's evaluation is very sharp, Britain is no longer the "empire on which the sun never sets", but it still wants to show its presence everywhere. And China, having given Britain a lot of opportunities, also lost patience with the "British Empire".
In August last year, Britain's newly built "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier battle group went to the South China Sea to engage in "freedom of navigation." Before setting out, it boasted that "it will conduct gunboat diplomacy with China," "China does not need to be nervous when the aircraft carrier comes," and "it will regain the face it lost in the Black Sea in the South China Sea." As a result, as soon as the British aircraft carrier entered the South China Sea, it found itself "besieged" by China's nuclear submarines, and the situation was very critical, so it fled the South China Sea as quickly as possible regardless of its previous promises, becoming an international laughing stock.
However, after Britain continued to issue passports to immigrant immigrants to Hong Kong in the capacity of "proprietors", China directly suspended the economic and trade activities of both sides, such as the "Sino-British Economic and Trade Dialogue" and the "Sino-British Financial Dialogue", and its core interests were violatedThis time, British Prime Minister Johnson wants to restart the economic and trade dialogue between the two sides, and I am afraid that China is not interested at all. Ironically, some hawkish parliamentarians are still opposed, and they really think too highly of the importance of the "British Empire".
In addition, in order to compete with China economically, the UK also intends to shift its economic focus from Europe to the Asia-Pacific region, and after China's application to the CPTPP agreement, the UK also followed suit, and also received support from Japan, Canada, Australia and other allied countries;In order to contain China militarily, Britain, the United States, and Australia have jointly formed the "New Military Partnership" (AUKUS), not only to "deal with China" in the Asia-Pacific region, but also to provide Australia with nuclear submarines to help it "make trouble" in the South China Sea.
In this context, China and Argentina issued a joint statement supporting Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the Malvillas Islands (now occupied by the United Kingdom and known as the "Falkland Islands") and calling on the United Nations to rule on it. In response to this, Britain was angry and clamored to talk to China about "respecting sovereignty." It's just that if you want to talk about other things with China, it's okay to talk about "respecting sovereignty", is Britain qualified?
After talking about the UK, let's take a look at South Korea**, which is about to vote. According to the "Global Times" on February 14, Yoon Suk-yeol, the candidate of the largest opposition party in South Korea - the People's Power Party, who is currently leading the polls, was severely criticized by South Korean voters for his "unqualified" behavior in the final stage, and he actually put his feet in shoes on the opposite seat when he was on the train. In response, South Korean voters have said, "There is no sense of citizenship and lack of public morality," and "How can such a person lead the country?"It's ridiculous, and the character is too bad. ”
No matter how Yoon Suk-yeol explains, ** has said everything, it's a fact. The latest polls show that Yoon Suk-yeol's current approval rating is 435%, compared to the strongest opponent Lee Jae-myung's 404% is a little higher. On March 9th, South Korea's ** will officially start, but I don't know if he will "fail" because of this incident. In previous election campaigns, Yoon Suk-yeol repeatedly expressed "tough views" on China, being a typical "**faction", and also said that "if elected, the incumbent ** will be liquidated" caused strong opposition from Moon.