The Prime Minister of Italy sent an aircraft carrier to open the way during his visit to China, and do not let weak thinking affect our pattern. In past programs, we have repeatedly emphasized that Chinese need to have strong thinking, can not always live in the past, even lived decades ago, because the only constant in this world is change, and the speed at which the Chinese army becomes stronger is far from being comparable to any military force, the basis of Chinese's strong thinking is that China has the world's second largest comprehensive national strength, and the People's Liberation Army at home, has the ability to absolutely crush any opponent, if you still regard the Chinese Navy as the nearshore navy 30 years ago, It would be a big mistake to think that the PLA Air Force is needed to fight the J-8II against the F-22.
If we look at the changes in Italy's relations with China in a normal way of thinking, we need to be wary of the analysis circulating on the Internet that the premier of the Italy will visit China and send an aircraft carrier to open the way. Recently Italy Prime Minister Meloni's visit to China has attracted widespread attention, after the country withdrew from the "Belt and Road" initiative, it is almost equivalent to a full United States in geopolitics and ideology, but Meloni's trip seems to want to strengthen economic cooperation with China. Explain that this country does not want to undermine the overall situation of Sino-Russian relations, but because the aircraft carrier of the Italy Navy, the 30,000-ton Cavour, opened the Indo-Pacific operation at the same time, it seems to add a bit of drama to the visit, the action of the Italy Navy, if interpreted as a deterrent to China, seems to run counter to Meloni's peaceful visit, the Indo-Pacific implementation of the aircraft carrier Cavour, in addition to participating in multinational military exercises in northern Australia, but also to visit Guam and Japan, Considering the attitude of the United States, Japan and Australia towards China, this has led many people to believe that the Italy aircraft carrier is aimed at China.
However, anyone with a little knowledge knows that not to mention the Italy Navy, a weak aircraft carrier's Indo-Pacific activity, even if it is a United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, deployed in the Indo-Pacific all year round, it is difficult to constitute a deterrent to China. On this issue, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and China's Ministry of National Defense have never said anything against it, and this is the manifestation of the mentality of a great power.
So how should we put Italy and China in perspective? In fact, it is very easy to explain, first of all, Italy withdraw from the "Belt and Road" initiative, just to avoid becoming an outlier in the G7 group, and this is also the result of United States pressure, the original intention of the Italy is to be able to avoid being blamed by the United States, continue to carry out economic cooperation with China, and China's normal mentality is to further strengthen economic cooperation with Italy, China hopes Italy to stay in the "Belt and Road" initiative, but has never said that the "Belt and Road" can only advance and not retreat, Not to mention revenge on Italy.
The reason is simple, who is happier if China's relations with Italy are destroyed because of this? It's no surprise that it's United States, and who benefits if the two sides work further? Of course, it is China and Italy, second, we are giving Italy a hundred guts, and he does not dare to say that he dares to deter China by sending a small and dilapidated aircraft carrier, and the Indo-Pacific trip of the Italy aircraft carrier is most likely also under the pressure of the United States, and the military and diplomatic activities are carried out, just to show the unity between the navies of the G7 countries, just like the Chinese Navy often visits overseas, which does not mean that the Chinese Navy wants to deter anyone.
Chinese warships recently participated in the Russia Navy Festival, can we rely on a 052D to deter NATO? Of course not, after all, it is normal for the navies of various countries to carry out military exchanges in peacetime. Of course, Italy wants to prove that it is ideologically closer to Japan and United States through this move, which is also understandable, after all, Italy is a Western country, but this is absolutely not the same as that the Italy Navy wants to be hostile to China, and daring to make this choice in this era is tantamount to self-defeating, international politics is a complicated game, and Italy's actions seem contradictory on the surface. But in fact, it is the result of weighing domestic and foreign political and economic interests.
For China, maintaining economic cooperation with Italy is not only conducive to the growth of both economies, but also a strategic layout in international politics, and the actions of the Italy Navy, although they are also part of the international political chess game, but for the powerful Chinese Navy, this small aircraft carrier is just a trivial matter. Italy Prime Minister Meloni's visit to China and the actions of the Italy Navy, we can only make a more rational judgment from the position of the strong.