Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has made great achievements in its diplomatic undertakings.
Today, our country has also become a diplomatic power that has attracted the attention of the whole world, and has constantly shown a certain influence.
We all know that the major countries of the world are actively engaged in all kinds of diplomatic activities.
On the one hand, it can enhance its own comprehensive national strength, and on the other hand, through diplomatic activities, it can create some positive international conditions for its own development. And after winning a high international status, it not only means that the country can integrate into the development of globalization faster and better.
At the same time, it also represents the recognition of other countries for their own comprehensive national strength, and in this respect, China is a successful representative.
According to relevant data, in the past year of 2023 alone, we can be described as the most fruitful year of diplomacy.
It has not only carried out exchanges with various countries in the Middle East and the United States, but also successfully held a number of important international exhibitions. Once again, countries around the world have seen our relevant strengths, and expressed their willingness to actively carry out cooperation and exchanges with our country in the future.
But then again, there will be a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, for some people who don't really know that much about our country's diplomatic affairs.
In their impression, our diplomacy still seems to be in a stage of "relatively passive and weak."
Is that really the case? We can actually get the answer from the following events.
Before we talk about that, let's take a look at the Mekong.
In fact, the Mekong River is not new to us, this river originates in the Tanggula Mountains of our country.
Due to the geographical location of its total basin, its upstream stage is located within the territory of China.
This is what we often call the Lancang River, and the lower reaches of the Mekong River are not so "pure" in nature. The Mekong River flows through Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam before flowing into the South China Sea.
And the name of the Mekong River in these countries is actually very different.
But let's put aside what these Southeast Asian countries think of the Mekong.
If we look at this river, which flows through many countries, it has many rapids and waterfalls throughout its basin, depending on its geographical location and climatic conditions. In addition, the precipitation varies greatly during the dry and rainy seasons, which affects the size of the river flow.
Due to these factors, the Mekong River may not only face severe flooding during the rainy season.
The key is that its navigation capacity is relatively poor, to what extent?
The original navigable mileage of its downstream was only 550 kilometers. Therefore, during the period when China vigorously built hydropower stations.
There are also plans to build eight dams on the Mekong River, the Lancang River in our territory, including the Xiaowan Reservoir.
In order to effectively respond to natural disasters and improve the navigable value of the river.
It stands to reason that the construction of reservoirs is a matter of benefit to China and the countries surrounding the Mekong River Basin. And guess what, just a few days after we announced the project, those Southeast Asian countries began to shout inexplicably. What's going on?
At first, Southeast Asian countries like Myanmar and Vietnam.
We launched an "unfriendly" "negotiation" with us, and they did not say what the reason was, but they only shouted against our construction of this reservoir. But just because you say they're not friendly doesn't mean we're like them.
So we talked to them about some of the benefits of the reservoir based on respect.
For example, they are more concerned about the lower Mekong stage.
The basin itself is even drier during the dry season, and there is a high possibility of drought death for crops in the surrounding areas. However, in the rainy season, it faces a more serious flood problem.
Putting aside the navigation capacity, the key is that floods in the rainy season can easily pose a great threat to the personal safety of surrounding residents.
And once the reservoir was built and officially put into operation.
On the one hand, it can increase the amount of irrigation water downstream by about 40 percent during the dry season, and on the other hand, it can reduce flood damage by 17 percent downstream during the rainy season. In other words, the construction of these dams also has tangible benefits for Southeast Asian countries.
And to take a step back, the Mekong doesn't belong only to you Southeast Asian countries.
As a member of the Lancang River that still exists in the territory, it also has the right to develop it.
But we don't know if these Southeast Asian countries don't understand at all or just want to "go against us". In short, after we weighed the pros and cons for them, people's attitudes remained the same, just a big "opposition".
Not only that, but these Southeast Asian countries also joined forces and ran to the United Nations. Without saying a word, he indiscriminately made a lot of clueless "accusations" against us.
One moment we say that we are building a reservoir on this river to rob them of their water resources, and the other time we say that we only think about ourselves and do not think about them.
The drought and flood disasters we considered for them before were "not appreciated" at all, but were deducted from such a hat.
But then again, if the reservoir is not built, the harm caused by it cannot be ignored. Since you don't eat "soft", I can only show my tough attitude, so all the dam construction projects are still going on as scheduled.
It is worth mentioning that after the severe drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon in many countries and regions around the world in 2016, the attitude of these countries that were opposed to building our dams has changed slightly.
As expected, the water level in the lower Mekong is getting lower day by day due to high temperatures and droughts.
Until March 2016, when it was at its worst, the water level dropped by about 20 meters, the lowest in 90 years. At this time, Vietnam, which had been part of the opposition to the construction of dams.
First of all, "the drought can't stand it", and respectfully asked us to open the floodgates and release water, so as to alleviate the drought at that time.
In short, with our help, the Southeast Asian countries have survived the disaster smoothly, and after that, we don't care if their attitude towards us has changed or not.
But in general, these countries have not made any "discordant voices". After all, we, who speak with facts and actions, have already given them the best answer and "counterattack".
In addition to this Xiaowan reservoir, the Bowditch submarine incident, which was "led" by the United States, is also the best proof of our hard-line attitude.
At the end of 2016, the American ship Bowditch departed from a port in the Philippines.
In this regard, we must know that this Bowditch is simply a military ship under the guise of a civilian ship, why is it so determined? After the Bowditch sailed out of the Philippines, it is not known whether it was "accidental" or "intentional".
In short, people slowly and leisurely shook to the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal in our country, and then, unexpected things began.
The Bowditch first wandered around Scarborough Shoal for a while.
Immediately afterwards, two unmanned detectors were placed into the depths of the sea to detect and "steal" relevant information from the seabed. But let's just say that, he really covered his ears and stole the bell, thinking that he could escape the monitoring of our navy by doing "unknowingly".
However, just when he was secretly happy and ready to salvage these two detectors, our navy took the lead. Not only did they first take back one of their detectors that scanned the information on the seabed of our country, but they also drove them away from our waters as quickly as possible.
And in the next few days, the United States really staged a "thief shouting to catch a thief".
At first, they claimed that the detector had English printed on it and was the legal property of the United States, and demanded that we have to return it. We ignore this.
Immediately after that, the United States claimed that it was carrying out sea area surveys with legal equipment, and that we had no right to interfere. We continue to ignore it. In the end, the United States was completely anxious and could not start talking about the law of the sea, but we still ignored it.
And the final result of this matter is that the United States quietly never mentions it again, after all, they are weak-minded. In fact, there are many similar things, but we treat such things that endanger territorial sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests.
We have never been soft-hearted, and it is precisely because of this hard-line attitude that we have won a sufficiently high diplomatic status and the respect we deserve in the international community.
Speaking of which, some people may be skeptical of this sentence, so let's not worry, just look at what happened in Japan last year, and it is enough to prove it.
Just in April 2023, Japan's newly appointed regimental commander sent their Black Hawk*** to inspect the relevant area.
As a result, it lost contact after 1 hour of flight, and it was later confirmed that this *** was indeed wrecked. So what does this have to do with us? At that time when the plane crashed, China's Shandong ship happened to pass by that place.
Fortunately, after learning about this incident, the Japanese people engaged in conspiracy theories, not to say that their wreckage had something to do with us.
In fact, according to the virtue of Japan in the past, it will more or less create a rumor.
But this time, before we could speak, Japan's Ministry of Defense hurriedly stood up and said that their *** crash had nothing to do with us, and it was completely due to its own reasons. Therefore, we can clearly see from the above things that our country has taken a very tough attitude in the face of unjustified provocations.
And it is precisely because of this that there are some countries that originally had "bad intentions". Even if it is still not so good in nature, it will not dare to "splash dirty water" so easily as it did before for my country.
In short, today's China has greatly improved its comprehensive national strength, including diplomacy, and has achieved a certain status.
This is not only a manifestation of our sovereignty, but also has a positive impact on the development of the international order.
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