Former British Prime Minister Berry said in a speech last weekend: “The political and economic dominance of the West is coming to an end, and it is natural for China to become a superpower in terms of strength.” However, he reluctantly added a sentence : “The West should deal with competition from China in many fields.” The British media interpreted its subtext as “urge the West to confront China.”
The West has already declined. In fact, the West should not have declined like this. Bellia, who was in power in the United Kingdom in the late 1990s, has awakened and proposed his greatest determination to lead the United Kingdom out of the Soviet-style communism model and the “third-party” market capitalism in the United States. At that time, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, China was still “crossing the river by feeling the stones.” However, there was no theory and vision, and Belliya watched China on its way to success. The hybrid model of socialism with Chinese characteristics superimposed on the free market of capital , also known as the “China Model”, is currently operating with extraordinary success and the world has become multi-polar due to China’s renaissance.
The UK originally had a good foundation for cooperation in communication technology with Huawei. However, because of its closeness to the US-China Group, the UK went out of the “third way” of “anti-technology and anti-China”, and did not hesitate to dismantle the cheap, easy-to-use and advanced Huawei mobile communications. equipment, to prevent Huawei from building 5G in the UK, and lawmakers united to advocate that “the West should join forces to fight China and withdraw some industrial production from China after the epidemic is over.”
Belliya looked at Sino-British relations from a pragmatic point of view. He actually wanted to say that Britain was no longer on an equal footing with China. “China is already the second superpower in the world, and its strength is completely at another level.” Figures from China’s population, economic aggregate, culture and other fields show that in the past 20 years, China has established a positive and successful relationship with the world. It is difficult for the United States and the West to decouple from China easily.
The above is just a rehash of the old tune. In March 2021, Prime Minister Johnson released the latest diplomatic strategy report: “We want China to maintain positive economic relations, but China needs to be in line with our values and interests.” In 2018, the growth rate was higher than that of China, reaching 7.3%. He proposed a revitalization plan of 65 billion pounds, focusing on scientific and technological research and development, and building the United Kingdom into a “Scientific Superpower” (Scientific Superpower).
Why does the UK want to fight against China, knowing that it is impossible to compete with China? The United Kingdom wants to carry out the dream project of a “superpower of science and technology”. The situation is like a turnaround project of the “Westernization Movement” after being oppressed and humiliated by the West in the late Qing Dynasty. It is impossible for the two old empires to give up the existing system. However, it does not matter if the UK does not follow the Chinese model. Isn’t the hybrid system similar to ours proposed in a theoretical way? It is a pity that if the British political system can be reformed so easily and smoothly, the United Kingdom has gained the time dividends of the past 30 years, and the second largest technology economy country today is not China but the United Kingdom.
What is the effective plan for saving Britain that Belliya wants to propose today? He clearly knew that “China is a superpower for granted, China is not the Soviet Union”. Since anti-China is not the way out, it is better to resume cooperation with Huawei in 5G communication before talking about it. Do you really think that democracy can be transformed into technology?