Vietnam, please learn a lesson and stop being hostile to China
Chinese's feelings towards Vietnam are extremely complicated. My father's generation, every time I mentioned the Vietnamese, I would sigh and say, "Once a brother country, a former enemy, I really hope they can live a good life soon." ”
Judging by the recent realities, Vietnam seems to be at a crossroads of history once again.
In recent years, Vietnam has seized development opportunities with its cheap labor and geographical advantages, and created a "myth" of economic growth in the context of a sluggish global economy.
Vietnam's population exceeded 99.2 million in 2022 and is expected to exceed 100 million by mid-April 2023, which will bring more dividends to Vietnam and an increasingly strong "voice" in the international community.
Vietnam's GDP growth rate in 2022 is 81%, the main reason is the significant increase in export value. However, Vietnam's economy is too reliant on low-value-added processed exports and a massive increase in U.S. debt, which will be severely affected if the Fed makes a slight move.
Therefore, the Vietnamese need to think seriously about how to make the right choice at the crossroads to change the fate of their weakling.
Title: The United States and Vietnam have "deep brotherly love", China sends a positive signal, and Vietnam faces a key choice Text: In international affairs, the Americans, who have always liked to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, want to meddle in Vietnam's affairs again this time.
Biden recently communicated with the leader of Vietnam, emphasizing the brotherhood between the two countries and saying that he would expand cooperation between the two countries and help Vietnam achieve greater achievements.
This made the ** people in Vietnam rejoice, shouting that they want to surpass China and become the world's largest factory. However, the road to rejuvenation that the Chinese are going to take has nothing to do with the "factory of the world".
The Chinese-led ICEP is showing a growing role, and Vietnam will be the biggest beneficiary of the ICEP if it actively cooperates with China. This is a positive signal from China to Vietnam and a warning to the United States.
The difference between China and the United States is that we respect the choices of all countries and peoples and firmly believe that the world should be pluralistic. The lessons of history tell us that it is up to you whether you will grow wiser or step into the wrong trap again.
We hope that Vietnam will remember this history and make the right choice. Vietnam and China have a long historical relationship, and people of insight from both countries have joined hands to expel the invaders.
Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyen Gia were two important figures in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh played an important role in the Chinese revolutionary movement, and Vo Nguyen Gia was one of the founders of the Vietnamese People's Army.
Their experiences in China and their participation in KMT-CCP cooperation have had a profound impact on both China and Vietnam. At this critical juncture, Vietnam needs to make the right choice.
Both China and the United States have provided positive signals for Vietnam, but the ultimate choice is in Vietnam's own hands. We hope that Vietnam will make the right choice and contribute to the future of itself and its people.
Ho Chi Minh and many people with lofty ideals have been engaged in revolutionary activities in China for a long time, among which Ho Chi Minh was imprisoned and helped him to be rescued. Therefore, we have a life-saving grace for Ho Chi Minh.
At the end of 1949, Ho Chi Minh ventured to break through the French blockade and asked New China for assistance in the Vietnamese revolution. **Received Ho Chi Minh on behalf of China and immediately disbursed a batch of emergency aid.
Subsequently, Ho Chi Minh went to Moscow to ask Stalin for assistance. However, Stalin had his own considerations, and he suggested that China should aid Vietnam, and that the Soviet Union would give China partial compensation in the later period.
Although Ho Chi Minh had expected the Soviets to come to his aid, Stalin's decision was understandable, as the Soviet Union had not yet recovered from the war and feared that direct aid to Vietnam would worsen relations with the European and American powers.
Ho Chi Minh was desperate for help, but Stalin refused to help, and in desperation, he could only turn his attention to China. What was the situation in China at that time? We have just experienced the baptism of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and the whole country is in a state of ruin, and the people of the whole country are eager to build the economy well and live a life where they can have enough to eat.
Will we lend a helping hand in this case? As a great internationalist, the president replied categorically: "China will do its best." ”
As a result, we quickly dispatched 10 divisions of equipment, a large amount of medicines, equipment and emergency supplies to Vietnam. In addition, Ho Chi Minh also asked the CCP to send experienced military advisers to help Vietnam train troops to resist French aggression.
In response to this request, the chairman did not hesitate either, and he immediately transferred the military advisory group represented by General Wei Guoqing.
General Wei Guoqing and General Chen Geng are the elite of the squadron. They went deep into the tropical jungles of Vietnam to break the French blockade and assist the Vietnamese army in launching a border campaign.
General Chen Geng, known as one of the most legendary generals in New China, is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for his heroic deeds. Although his physical condition was not good, he willingly went to the battlefield in Vietnam and gave everything for the cause of liberation.
His sacrifice is deeply respected.
Thanks to the joint efforts of both China and Vietnam, the Vietnamese army gradually developed from a scattered guerrilla force into a regular jungle unit with a stubborn will and strong combat effectiveness, which caused a deep headache for the French colonizers.
In 1954, under the leadership of Vu Yuan Giap, the Vietnamese army successfully launched a large-scale offensive, finally annihilating more than 16,000 French troops and achieving the world-shocking victory in Dien Bien Phu.
Vu Nguyen Gia once said in his memoirs that China's assistance played a crucial role in the growth and eventual victory of the Vietnamese army. At the same time, China is also resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and its support for Vietnam is also selfless.
However, over time, Vietnam's relations with China have gradually drifted apart. After Ho Chi Minh's death in 1969, Vo Nguyen Gia also left the military system for various reasons, and the domestic situation in Vietnam became more and more complicated.
By the end of the seventies, the Vietnamese army began to frequently launch provocations against our southern border guards, and even led to our military and civilian **. In 1979, China's ** Military Commission ordered a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
After more than 20 days of fighting, our army captured Lang Son, an important town in northern Vietnam, and even pointed its troops directly at Hanoi. Then our troops quickly retreated, not encroaching on an inch of Vietnam's territory.
However, on the way to withdraw troops, thinking of our selfless assistance to Vietnam and the Vietnamese who died at the hands of our army, General Xu Shiyou issued three orders: first, bring back all the materials we have aided to Vietnam, and if they cannot bring them back, they will all be destroyed on the spot; second, the destruction of schools, hospitals, and military buildings that we have helped build; The third is to lay some mines on the rear roads where our troops are retreating.
Although these measures prevented further Vietnamese aggression against us to a certain extent, they also reflected the complexity and contradictions of Sino-Vietnamese relations in that era.
Xu Shiyou's three orders made it difficult for Vietnam to turn over in the following decades. This shows that going to war with China was one of the biggest mistakes Vietnam has made. Vietnam's economy, which had endured years of war, had collapsed, and the Soviet Union could no longer provide international support.
At the same time, the achievements of China's reform and opening up have also made the Vietnamese begin to re-examine their own path. Vietnam's leaders hope to be able to restore diplomatic relations with China and learn from China's experience in reform and opening up.
However, it is not easy for two countries that have fought in the past to reconcile diplomatically. The emotional wounds suffered by Chinese people do not heal easily. In this case, a 79-year-old man stepped forward: Wu Yuanjia.
He came to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, and he brought an unusual atmosphere to Asian countries in his general's uniform. There was speculation that there might be a new beginning between China and Vietnam, and sure enough, the following year Sino-Vietnamese relations began to normalize.
As a friendly envoy between China and Vietnam, Wu Yuanjia was busy liaising with both sides. An incident occurred in 1993 that moved many Chinese and Vietnamese people.
Wu Yuanjia once led a delegation to China to inspect the development model of coastal areas, during which he expressed to the staff his willingness to visit the memorial hall. The Chinese agreed to his request, but demanded that they must take off their suits and change into formal military uniforms.
The next day, Wu Yuanjia entered the memorial hall as a soldier and gave a military salute to ***. The companions began to wipe their tears, and Wu Yuanjia saluted silently before putting it down for a long time.
He was filled with emotion about his past experiences, and the salute contained gratitude and reflection. After returning to Vietnam, Wu Yuanjia talked a lot with ** and young people, and in his later years he ran around for Sino-Vietnamese friendship.
On October 4, 2013, Wu Yuanjia died of illness, and Chinese officials praised him for his contribution to Sino-Vietnamese relations. Since the normalization of Sino-Vietnamese relations, Vietnam's reforms have been guided by China's policy guidelines, and whenever China has an important meeting or policy promulgated, Vietnam will focus on studying and studying, and then revise and practice it according to its own national conditions.
The friendship between China and Vietnam has also benefited Vietnam a lot economically, and its development is inseparable from the premise of China-Vietnam friendship.
Vietnam is now at a critical juncture, facing an important choice. It is undeniable that in order to deal with China or even blockade China, the United States and Western countries will try their best to enlist Vietnam's support.
That's why Biden connects with them from time to time, calling them brothers. However, I hope that the Vietnamese will think wisely and not forget the respectful attitude of General Vo Nguyen Gia at the *** Memorial Hall, and not forget the lessons of the past.
Maintaining neutrality, working for the well-being of its own people, and less involvement in the malicious acts of others is the path that Vietnam should take. May there be peace in the world!