He appeared again!How to teach the West how to deal with China

Blair's latest statement: The West is already at a new turning point and must deal with China's rise, but it cannot be decoupled.

According to the British "Guardian", former British Prime Minister Blair delivered a speech on the Western world and international situation when attending the Dicchley Foundation's annual lecture on Saturday (16th) local time. He believes that Western "political and economic leaders are ending", and in terms of strength, it is taken for granted that China becomes a superpower. Blair said that the West should respond to competition from China in multiple fields, and this was interpreted by British media as "urging the West to fight against China."

Screenshot of the Guardian "Guardian"

According to the lecture on the speech entitled "What lessons to Western leadership now after Ukraine?" "New) turning point". He said that Western politics is now chaotic, more ugly, inefficient, the party's dispute is more intense, and it is influenced by social media.

Screenshot of the website of Tony Blair Global Change

Blair subsequently said, "In terms of foreign policies, Ukraine should be a fulcrum to regain the sense of mission." He believes that this is not only about Russia, but also China.

Blair said that the first response to Russia's "invading" Ukraine was shocked, but after shocking, he realized that "this is a subversion of the rational beliefs of its own great power."

The lecture records that the former British Prime Minister believes that the largest geopolitical change in the century will come from China, not Russia. "We are moving towards the end of Western politics and economic leadership. The world will be at least polar, (even)." He believes that China is already the "second superpower in the world", and its strength is completely "another level." To this end, he listed the facts and data of China in terms of population, economic aggregate, culture, etc., and admitted that he had established a positive success relationship with the world in the past 20 years. Unwilling to give up.

Based on this, Blair said that China has taken it for granted, "(China) is not the Soviet Union."

Former British Prime Minister Blair Data Map Source: British Guardian

Blair said that it is essentially different from the turning point facing the Turnds faced by the West in 1945 or 1980. This turning point is "the first time in modern history can be flat with the West."

Blair said that China will not only compete with the West, but also compete with the West in terms of institutional, governance and lifestyle. He said that the policy of "strength+contact" to China, that is, the West should be strong enough to deal with the impact of China to maintain its own system and values. At the same time Cooperation channels. "We are eye -catching people, but there is no hostility," Blair said.

It is worth noting that this is not the first time Blair has discussed the issue of China. In November last year, according to Bloomberg, former British Prime Minister Blair, who had been idle but uneasy, commented on Taiwan, claiming that "they should understand that Taiwan and Hong Kong are different. In the West, this view is very strong." At the same time, he It also emphasizes that the West needs to contact China and cooperate with China. However, it attracted attention to social media. At that time, some netizens said, "Tony needs to return to school to learn Chinese history. Yes, Taiwan is not Hong Kong, but Taiwan is China."

Source: Global Network Suyan Qi Wang Tianmi

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