As China and the United States quarrel over the balloon incident, Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will visit France, Italy and Hungary this month and attend the Munich Security Conference. Some German media commented that in terms of China policy, Europe should follow its own path and start a direct dialogue with China.
Deutsche Welle quoted a comment titled “In terms of China policy, Europe should go its own way” from the German “Economic Weekly”, pointing out that Wang Yi’s itinerary includes Moscow, which makes Europeans a little bit bitter. But generally speaking, when Sino-US relations are at a freezing point, it is a good thing for Wang Yi to come to Europe to seek dialogue.
The article stated that direct dialogue with China gave Europeans the opportunity to defend their own interests, rather than follow the American line of systematic decoupling with China. At the same time, Europeans should give up their naivety. Not long ago, Germany approved ZTE’s 5G equipment, while Huawei, which has caused widespread controversy, is still in the process of approval.
The comment stated that for potential security risks, of course, a serious review must be conducted, and the concerns of the Americans are not all groundless. But Europeans have to go their own way. The article also mentioned that the chairman of the Xinjiang government has canceled his trip to Europe, which is enough to show that pressure from the Europeans can still produce results.
In response to the recent series of balloon and “UFO” incidents, the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” commented that Washington and Ottawa did have reasons for concern before issuing the order to shoot them down, even if this concern was limited to the field of civil aviation.
The article points out that if the U.S. and Canadian governments already know where these flying objects came from and what their purpose is, then their silence afterwards is more worthy of attention. This reticence may explain that the flying object shot down over the weekend is not a continuation of China’s “spy story”, because on this issue, the United States is more inclined to intervene in public opinion, and they will use this crisis to “let the world see clearly.” China’s audacity.” More likely, the Pentagon may indeed have been unable to identify the objects so far.