Six days after the crisis, U.S. Ambassador to China Winston? On behalf of the U.S. government, Lord called on Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xuejian. Qi Yiming did not participate in the talks in any capacity because he was preparing to go to Malaysia, but he got the minutes of the meeting after the meeting.

The meeting was an informal private meeting that was not made public, so there was something real to be said on this occasion. The United States has not yet fully figured out how to respond in the early days after China's moves, and it wants to wait and see in advance, especially to see what the Soviet Union will do, but after more and more Chinese troops enter the Malay Peninsula, the United States will not be able to sit still, and can only accelerate the start of diplomatic contacts.

Lord first asked: "May I ask Minister Wu, what kind of plans does your country have in Malaysia, and it is not helpful to continue to send troops there in this way to solve the problem, although your country is our cherished ally, but because it is an ally, we need to maintain consistency, and if it causes unnecessary trouble, we will also have a lot of headaches." ”

Wu Xuejian was still dressed as an old-school intellectual, pushed the frame of his glasses and said: "We once again affirm that China has no intention of Malaysian territory, let alone be stationed in Malaysia for a long time. The reason why we continue to send troops is that the humanitarian crisis faced by the local Chinese is more serious than we imagined, and in order to protect the local Chinese compatriots, we have to send additional troops, which also causes us a great burden, and it is not something we are happy to see. ”

Since he said that he would not occupy it forever, Lord understood that this was the time to negotiate conditions, and he asked: "So what are the concerns of the Chinese side?" Under what circumstances will I be discharged? ”

As we said at the beginning, our country does not have so much financial resources and energy to be able to send troops to rescue the Chinese in Malaysia every time they face a humanitarian crisis, so we tend to fundamentally solve the problems faced by the Chinese in Malaysia, so that the safety of the lives and property of the local Chinese can be fundamentally guaranteed once and for all, and their human rights and social status will be improved." Wu Xuejian said it very smoothly, and many of his speeches were actually provided for him by the administrative team temporarily formed by Qi Yiming.

Lord then asked, "What do you have to say?" ”

Wu Xuejian showed an incomprehensible smile on his face, stretched out four fingers, and said, "A total of four words - MCA division." ”

Even though Lord had made all kinds of preparations at the beginning, when he heard Wu Xuejian's words, he still couldn't help but gasp, and secretly thought in his heart: "The Chinese are so ambitious." ”

The so-called partition of the MCA is, of course, the separation of the two main ethnic groups in the Malay Peninsula from the Malays, the Malays and the Chinese, and Wu Xuejian obviously does not refer to apartheid, but directly refers to the division of Malaysia into two parts, a country with a majority of Malays, a country with a majority of Chinese, and of course less than 10 percent of Indians and other minorities freely choose to join the Malays or the country of the Chinese.

The so-called MCA partition is actually the separation of the two ethnic groups, and the consequences are undoubtedly the same as the India-Pakistani confrontation and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Malaysia is not the same as the above two examples, first of all, the Malay Peninsula is relatively isolated geographically, with the land of a neighbor that is not too threatening except for Thailand, and Singapore to the south poses less danger. Israel is surrounded by more than a dozen Islamic countries in the Middle East, while India and Pakistan share very long land borders. The similarities lie in the fact that the Malay Peninsula connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and is as strategically important as the Middle East.

Second, although Israel has Western support behind it, the West cannot directly assist the Davids, which is isolated in the Middle East, but the Malay Peninsula is on the edge of the South China Sea, not far from China.

In addition, there is the disparity in strength, Israel is a country with a population of millions, against a dozen Islamic coalitions with a population of nearly 100 million, while Malaysia is alone in the Malay Peninsula. Of course, Malaysia is also an Islamic country, but the chances of Indonesia coming to their rescue recently are almost nil, and the two countries fought over territory many years ago, making it even more difficult for other Islamic countries to cross the Indian Ocean to wade into this troubled water. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and other countries that are representative of Islam have relatively good diplomatic relations with China, and it is difficult to say that they will risk provoking China to help Malaysians against the emerging Chinese state.

In addition, in the Malay Peninsula, the Chinese have long occupied an economic advantage, and they are intelligent and capable. It can be seen from the development of Singapore that Malaysia expelled Singapore from the federation at the beginning, thinking that they must not develop well in the land of projectiles, but more than half a century later, Singapore is one of the countries with the highest level of development in the world, and although Malaysia's economy is not bad, it is not developed, and the living standards of its residents are far inferior to Singapore. In a way, the racial superiority of the Chinese is almost incomparable to that of any Southeast Asian ethnicity.

Even if a Chinese country with a population of 5 million is pitted against a country with a population of more than 10 million Malays, there is no need to think much about it, the Chinese country can completely blow up that Malay country. Moreover, Lord was convinced that once the Chinese state was established in the Malay Peninsula, China would be pushing for a wave of immigration, both overtly and covertly, and that the emerging Chinese state would be more willing to increase the absolute proportion of Chinese by accepting immigrants from the mainland. How many people are there in China? Now it's a billion people, it's scary to think about, you don't need to come here, there are 10 million out of 10 percent, and there are immediately more than Malay countries. What's more, the amount of social wealth that a Chinese can create and the amount of national strength that a Malay can contribute to is absolutely not proportional. In addition, China is still in the stage of population control, and if there is a policy that immigrants with one child in the family can have one or two more children, it may not take ten years for the country's population to reach hundreds of millions.

Lord and his colleagues looked at each other, deeply shocked by the Chinese's scheming behind the scenes. On the surface, China is holding the banner of justice to relieve the humanitarian crisis, but in fact, the benefits behind it are self-evident. A Chinese state established by them with all their might, a disguised colony that can export population pressure, a variety of strategic resources such as tin ore, oil, rubber and grain from the Malay Peninsula can be imported into China, and China's gradually emerging industrial products can also be imported into the local area. In this move, Lord will praise the Chinese for their boldness and ingenuity.

In essence, although China is an ally of the United States, the United States absolutely does not want to see China's unlimited expansion power, and even if they are still far from the United States, they still need to have basic vigilance. As a diplomatic politician, Lord also knows that the best way to protect his alliance is to make his alliance weaker than himself, and not even give them a chance to catch up with him.

Obviously, the partition of MCA was an opportunity for China to obtain unimaginably huge benefits, and Lord subconsciously opposed it. But when I think about it, there are some rat traps. The alliance between China and the United States cannot be mentioned in public at this time, and there is no consistency between the two countries on many occasions. If China is badly damaged in the matter of MCA's partition, it will undoubtedly be a major blow to the newly established and fragile Sino-US cooperation alliance. The Reagan administration has put a lot of effort into running this strategy, and if it is abandoned halfway, it will cause political turmoil in the country.

There is no need for China to switch to the side of the Soviet Union, in fact, it is impossible for the two of them to come together for the time being, and as long as China competes with the United States, it will involve a large part of the United States' strategy against the Soviet Union, and help the Soviet Union in disguise.

This involves a wide range of issues, and it is not something that Lord can decide as an ambassador to China, he intends to return it to China to see how the Reagan administration handles it, and now drag China down, he said: "We understand China's concerns, but we believe that there should be a better way to solve the problem, such as the United States will lead the international community to pressure the Malaysian government to repeal a series of racist and discriminatory policies and restore the normal status of local Chinese." ”

Wu Xuejian shook his head decisively and said: "The current Mahathir government itself is a criminal government, and it is they who ordered the army to loot and massacre our Chinese compatriots******. ”

Lord immediately said: "There is indeed something wrong with Mahathir's cabinet, why don't we pressure them to resign and dissolve the existing cabinet, re-elect the central government, and take the opportunity to also allow the Chinese to participate more widely in local politics, what do you think?" ”

Wu Xuejian continued to shake his head and said: "We still have doubts about such a solution, it is obvious that even if those things of racism are abolished in Malaysia, racism still exists, and most Malays will still pose a serious threat to the lives and property of our Chinese compatriots from time to time, and it is even more difficult for us to trust a government with serious conflicting interests and ethnic divisions, Malays do not trust the Chinese, let alone give the Chinese living space and political rights, this is something that has been verified by history. We're not in the mood and there's no need to re-verify it. In any case, at the next session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Chinese representative will put forward the proposal for the partition of MCA, and I hope that our friends in the United States will understand and respect it at that time. ”

Lord said helplessly: "We naturally understand and respect your country's choice, but even if it is proposed, the Soviet Union will inevitably oppose it, and most Islamic countries will inevitably be dissatisfied, and such a proposal will be difficult to pass." The problem is still unsolvable, will China still be stationed in the Malay Peninsula for the rest of its life? ”

Wu Xuejian shook his head with a smile and said, "No, this will naturally not." ”

Seeing that there was something in his words, Lord wanted to continue to ask, but Wu Xuejian looked at his watch and ended the meeting, leaving the Americans unsatisfied.