Zhu Ying: The EU emphasizes ＂institutional competitors＂ to China

Zhu Ying

Systemic Rival is the definition of China -Europe relations in March 2019 in the European Union. To this end, I have published the EU's strategic change in China in the United Morning Post and then knocking on the bell.On May 24th, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized that Central Europe should not be an institutional competitor, but a comprehensive strategic partner.

According to media reports on June 10, Josep Borrell, a senior representative of the EU diplomatic and security policy, recently emphasized that China is an institutional competitor.Berrely is a dedicated to the dissatisfaction of Chinese news reports.

On June 9, Wang Yi held the tenth round of China -Europe high -level strategic dialogue with Berry.In the subsequent press release, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoted Berrely: the European party respects the development path of the Chinese people's selection and attaches importance to the important role of China in the world.The spokesman Virginie Battu-Henriksson told the South China Morning Post that China's press release content only selectively described an unbalanced description.She said: We have stated to the Chinese side that they cannot accept it.

Berley is even more dissatisfied with China ’s publicity that China Europe is not an institutional competitor, but a comprehensive strategic partner.At a press conference on June 9, Berrely emphasized that China is an institutional competitor.He said that treating China as an institutional threat does not mean that Beijing is regarded as a security threat.He said: China does have global ambitions, but at the same time I don't think that China is a role that is threatening to constructing world peace.

The European Union emphasizes that China -Europe is an institutional competitor and reflects objective reality. China emphasizes that China -Europe is a comprehensive strategic partner. It reflects the desire to develop China -Europe relations in China.The middle school supports pro -Chinese faction.

First, China -Europe is an institutional competitor, which is reflected in the economic system and values.From the perspective of the economic system, the negotiations between the China -Europe Bilateral Investment Agreement have fallen into an impasse, which repeatedly proves the opposition of the China -Europe economic system.On May 29, the latest round of China -Europe Investment Agreement negotiations ended. There were no signs of breakthroughs on other issues such as state -owned enterprises.

State -owned enterprises not only caught the China -Europe Investment Agreement to fall into an impasse, but also the problem that the Sino -US trade war has not been able to break through.The Western government's demanding subsidies for state -owned enterprises in China seems to weaken the competitiveness of state -owned enterprises, and eventually stifle state -owned enterprises.If China concessions to the European Union, it means that the concession of the entire Western country also means abandoning institutional self -confidence.

From the value of value, during the period of the epidemic of crown diseases in Western public opinion, China's public opinion propaganda is very dissatisfied. This dissatisfaction is the conflict of the system.Because from China, the superiority of China's political system can effectively control the epidemic, while Western countries do not even copy their homework, but Western public opinion does not accept China ’s propaganda.On April 16, French President Macron said: He did not agree with the European anti -virus to expose the weakness of Western democratic countries; and believe that giving up freedom in order to resist epidemic will pose a threat to the Western democratic system.

On June 10th, the European Commission issued a report, accusing China and Russia of countries and other countries, which scattered false and misleading information during the crown disease, especially China.This is the first time that the European Union has condemned China clearly, and condemn China as one of the main promoters for spreading false news.

It is worth noting that the European Union originally scheduled to release a report on the new coronal virus epidemic on April 21, criticizing China to spread false information of the coronary virus epidemic.Yang Xiaoguang, the European Counselor of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contacted the EU officials in Beijing in Beijing, and told the latter that China was very angry about it and accused the European Union that the report was pleasing to others by issuing the report.Due to the intervention of China, the European Union amended its criticism of false news in China.From April to June, the EU's attitude towards China has changed, reflecting that the EU's views on China are changing.

Second, the European Union determined that China is an institutional competitor and reflects the dilemma of China's diplomacy and the Chinese system.China is willing to use the European Union as a comprehensive strategic partner, eradicate the opposition of the Chinese and Western systems, and develop an economic and trade -based relationship within the framework of a comprehensive strategic partner.However, the Chinese system is not forgotten the original intention, that is, the elimination of private ownership, and ultimately realistic communism.

On June 15th, the report from the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out that the great success of socialism with Chinese characteristics has compiled the most exciting Chinese chapters of the world's socialism in the past 500 years.It is undergoing profound changes in socialism, and the huge energy of scientific socialism is activated again in the hands of contemporary Chinese Communists.This passage clearly shows that China keeps in mind the institutional contest with the West.

However, China has difficulty in developing Sino -European relations with the contest of the two systems in diplomacy. Comprehensive strategic partners are easy to consume a sense of distance.The sound of collision with Western society.

For example, during the epidemic, Chinese diplomats in France published an article pointed out that we see that in Western countries, politicians attacked each other for their own votes;; Sales of epidemic prevention materials; sell the epidemic prevention materials purchased by public funds to private enterprises to make a profit; let the elderly in the nursing home sign lsquo; give up the emergency consent consent rsquo;Hellip; hellip;

As a result, this article attracted the French government's extremely rare call to the Chinese ambassador to France, Lu Shaye to protest.Chinese diplomats commented on the West with an institutional advantage of concentrating their strengths, causing diplomatic conflicts, indicating that it is difficult for Chinese diplomats to practice all -round strategic partnerships.

Third, Central and EU became institutional competitors and opened the door of the United States and Europe to fight against China.As the media rumored that US Secretary of State Pompeo will meet with Chinese State Commissioner Yang Jiechi, on June 15, Pompeo and Berley and more than 20 foreign ministers in the European Union held a video conference.The Pompei Olympics tweeted: U.S. -Europe relations are critical to respond to the challenges brought by China, Russia and other international standards of authoritarian authority.Berrely insisted that the EU and the United States evaluated the Chinese issue in China fundamentally consistent, but the way of response was different.

Trump rejected allies to abandon the US leadership world, which is in line with China's interests.Berrely has accused Trump of its actions that has seriously damaged cross -Atlantic relations.Democratic candidate Biden's foreign affairs journal on January 23, 2020 called for: restore the United States' democracy and alliances, once again let the United States lead the world, and use the strength and courage of the United States to win and overthrow the iron curtain in the United States.Essence

The European Union determined that Sino -Europe relations are institutional competitors and will bring negative results to China.On June 17, the Foreign Minister of the Seventh National Group and senior EU representatives issued a joint statement, which strongly urged the Chinese government to re -consider the decision of the Hong Kong National Security Law.On June 19, the European Parliament passed the requirements for condemning the demands of the Hong Kong National Security Law of China, and believed that if China forcibly implemented the Hong Kong National Security Law in Hong Kong, the European Union should send the Chinese government to the international court to trial.Sino -Europe leaders held a remote summit on June 22. The result of the summit was no joint statement and no joint press conference.

The author is a professor of economics at Shanghai Normal University Business School