The following is from an article by Keiko Kawazoe, one of the best female journalists of our time, which was published yesterday in the monthly magazine WiLL.
The article is published in three columns from p302 to p311.
The December special issue of the monthly magazine, which is full of these genuine articles, is priced at 950 yen.
It is full of genuine articles that people who pay subscription fees of 5,000 to several thousand yen per month to Asahi, Mainichi, and Tokyo newspapers can never read for 950 yen.
The subscribers to the Asahi Shimbun and other newspapers should seriously consider the value of their products.
It is a must-read for the people of Japan and people all over the world.
NHK or any Japanese TV stations have never reported the facts presented in this paper.
It is easy to assume that they are regularly exposed to the Chinese interference that the paper reveals.
Probably all TV stations are subject to Chinese interference.
The Asahi Shimbun, for example, is already like the Japanese branch of the People's Daily, so there is no need to discuss it.
China's arrogance and rudeness infuriated all of Sweden. When even the soul of Sweden, Volvo, is controlled by China.
No "70th Anniversary" congratulations.
'OPINION: China's Attack on Sweden Is Unacceptable in a Democracy'
On October 1, the Stockholm Free World Forum, a foreign policy think tank based in Stockholm, Sweden, released a report with the same title.
The authors are a former member of the European Parliament and chairman of the Forum, and a senior fellow at the Forum in charge of "Influence and Fake News Analysis."
Before describing the report's content, briefly describe the "notable relationship" between the two countries.
Although most of the world is probably unaware of it, "neutral" Sweden was the "first Western country" to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, founded on May 9, 1950, the year before on October 1, 1950.
Sweden was also a great benefactor in supporting the claims of Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai for a seat at the United Nations.
In the more than ten years of relations between the two countries, a visit to China in 2006 by King Carl XVI Gustav and his wife created a friendly atmosphere.
In March 2010, Vice President Xi Jinping began his official visit from Volvo's home base in Gothenburg, where he met with the king.
During his visit, it reported that Sweden's world-renowned Volvo Cars (Volvo's passenger car division) had signed an agreement with the Sealy Holding Group to acquire the company from the US car giant Ford for approximately $1.8 billion.
(Volvo Cars was sold to the Ford Group in 1998 for $6.4 billion).
The same year, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt celebrated the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Two years later, in 2012, the first official visit by a Chinese prime minister in 28 years, the Swedes again took notice.
The reason was that Premier Wen Jiabao announced an investment of 9 billion Swedish kronor (approx. 110 billion yen), which he hoped would be used for research on environmental issues and to foster the industry.
The people of Sweden were taken aback by this generosity, with politicians and pundits mistakenly believing that the investment was for the whole European Union.
However, concerning awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature that year to the Chinese peasant writer Mo Yan, the Dagens-Nyheter newspaper reported the suspicion that the Academy had sold out the prize's soul in return for its investment.
Incidentally, the big favorite in the preliminary review was Haruki Murakami.
*I suspect that Haruki Murakami was desperate for the Nobel Prize when I read this article, though he would have to get China's attention to win the prize. So, in his new book published afterward, he wrote that the Nanking Massacre was a fact. There were not 300,000 victims, but 400,000, etc., which was vehemently refuted by Mr. Hyakuta Naoki, a real intellectual. That's what I thought*.
Volvo Cars have seen significant sales growth over the past decade in the Chinese market, which has been expanded by one of China's major car companies, Geely Automobile, and sales in other countries, including Japan, have been modestly strong. It has been said that "Volvo under Geely's umbrella has come back to life."
Moreover, relations between the two sides were developing. For example, one Volvo engineer and trade union leader said that he had "started to believe that we could compete with Audi, BMW, and Mercedes and had regained our confidence."
Decisive incident
However, relations between the two countries have wholly and rapidly cooled over the past year or two.
An "incident" in September 2018 was the deciding factor in the worst Swedish feelings.
What was the incident?
Three parents and children from China who visited the country entered the hostel where they planned to stay in the middle of the night, about 10 hours before the schedule, and tried to go to bed in the lobby.
When the hostel asked for an additional charge, they refused.
A policeman (a woman) received a report from the hostel and ordered them to leave, but the three Chinese tourists caused a commotion on the street, crying and shouting.
The Chinese tourists loudly accused the police of "wailing about excessive violence in the deportation, " The Chinese embassy in Stockholm also sharply criticized the police for "ignoring human rights" and issued a warning about traveling to Sweden, which led to a diplomatic dispute.
Of course, the reaction to this "incident" was, "It's sad to see a foreigner kicked out after midnight.
But as a person who knows Scandinavian society, I can tell you that rules take precedence over emotions in the Scandinavian community.
And the emphasis is on security.
The hostel cannot leave people in the building all night long before registering to stay.
In other words, if a Chinese tourist had paid for another night and rented a room, nothing would have been a problem.
On the other hand, already by this time two years ago, there was a growing feeling toward the Chinese public that "well-behaved Chinese tourists are welcome, but not those who are not," and a blatant dislike of the Chinese people the Chinese government.
The Pew Research Center's "Survey of Sentiment toward China," released last December by the Pew Research Center, a significant public opinion polling firm, is a clear indication of the sentiment toward the Chinese people.
It found that '70% of the Swedish people have negative feelings toward China.'
And that's not all.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
And yet, there has not been even a "congratulatory speech" between the two countries.
The bottom line is that the Swedes, who have lived in a multi-ethnic country with an "egalitarian" approach to life based on the principle that all people have equal rights, are losing their patience.
'Free and open societies worldwide are under attack from the Chinese Communist regime. The Chinese government uses its lucrative economy to intimidate the (Swedish) government, silence critics, and force obedience in the media.' 'Protest the persecution and violence against the Uyghurs, and you will be intimidated.' 'If you buy Huawei, you are at risk of control by the CPC in a way that has never been possible before.'
The report's opening sentence, "Opinion: China's Attack on Sweden Unacceptable in a Democracy," written in English, was presumably intended to send a message not only domestically but also internationally, to share the outrage and to sound further alarm bells.
In particular, the "frightening" ｜ slander of politicians, journalists, journalists, and human rights activists in emails and letters from Chinese Ambassador Gui Congyou at the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm ｜ does not show a shred of diplomatic decency.
The attack journalist Kurd Bakshi received from the Chinese Embassy last September is a case in point.
Let me detail the contents of the report.
Gui Minhai, one of the significant shareholders of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong, which dealt with "prohibited books" criticizing the Chinese Communist Party, wrote about 200 books under the pseudonym "Ahai."
The Chinese ambassador accused Mr. Bakshi, who defended him, of "madness," "ignorance," and "anti-china."
Gui Minhai, a "Swedish national," has been missing since he was abducted by the CPC authorities in Thailand in 2015 and taken to China. It later released him, detained, convicted, and other "flashpoints" in the bilateral relationship.
The purpose of the Chinese embassy was clearly to contain free speech space in Sweden.
That's why the Swedes fought back smartly.
Last November, the International Penn Club's Swedish branch awarded Gui Minhai the Freedom of Speech and Publication Award.
Moreover, the award ceremony was attended by Amanda Lint, minister for culture, sports, democracy, and ethnic minorities.
Enraged by this, the Chinese ambassador warned on the embassy's official website that they would 'definitely retaliate.'
And he threatened that 'if some Swedes act in a way that hurts the feelings of the Chinese people or the Chinese side's interests, don't think it can calm the situation down.'
As a follow-up, the Chinese authorities warned the Swedish News Agency that' those attending the ceremony would no longer welcome China.'
The "people's sentiment" is a phrase that the CPC has used for years, and "not welcome in China" is a pattern of "war wolf diplomacy" that is often used by the Xi Jinping administration, but the Swedes would never have given in to such cheap threats.
Prime Minister Stefanovane said, "We will never give in to this kind of threat. We have freedom in Sweden, and this is it," appearing on television to strongly oppose it.
Culture Minister Lindt also said, 'China should release Mr.Gui now.'
Then the CPC invoked more force.
On February 24, a court in China's Zhejiang province sentenced Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison.
The sentence was that the defendant had illegally provided classified information abroad.
Although Gui holds Swedish citizenship, he "restored his Chinese citizenship in 2018," according to the court.
Who on earth would prefer to return to Chinese citizenship?
Anyone can imagine that they are not spontaneous.
The "quick freezing" of relations between the two countries also led to April's decision to close all the Confucius Institutes and Confucius Institutes in Sweden.
The local governments of Västerås, Åmål, and Borlänge, at least eleven of them have moved to break up sister-city relations with China.
Dalarna's city ended its sister city relationship with Wuhan, the "site of the new coronavirus."
The city of Linköping said it had turned down a scheduled visit by a delegation from Guangdong province in December, saying it was "not welcome."
The values of "freedom and democracy," "equality under the law," and "human rights" advocated by Western society have matured. In addition, "respect for individuals (including infants)" and "(There is no RANK in the profession.) Equality. It seems that Chinese diplomats do not know that the Scandinavian countries, which have permeated the social climate of "a society," dislike dictatorship, authoritarianism, and holistic the most. It was
With Denmark in the same Scandinavian region, China celebrates its 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations this year but has not exchanged congratulations.
Why do lawmakers call it the 'Wuhan virus.'
The Wuhan virus, which has plagued the world this year, has pushed relations between the two countries even more irreparable.
The reason for this is that the Chinese state-run media outlet, the World Wide Web, has launched a maneuver to spread rumors that Sweden has surrendered to the virus and disregarded its people's lives and health.
Before and after that, the Swedish industrial newspaper Dagens Industri (March 29) wrote that "the virus comes from China" and published cartoons of the "Xi Jinping virus avatar."
The leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Congress also called it the "Wuhan virus."
The Scandinavian region tends to dislike discriminatory terms even if they are not members of the Diet. Still, they may have become "honest" because they were angry at the Chinese Communist Party's sloppy work.
Sure enough, the Chinese ambassador bit the bullet in the letter.
The letter said that he hoped that the political leaders would express themselves in a non-discriminatory way in the future.
The former lawmaker and vice president of the Council of Europe told local media.
"The CCP government's sealing of information about the new coronavirus epidemic has led to the world responding more than a month late to the cooperation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the CCP government. We should demand that the CPC government take responsibility." "Since Xi Jinping's government came to power, it has eroded Sweden from ideology to economy." "This is a 'virus from China' in the broadest sense of the word and has the potential to wake up and make more people aware of it."
Also, one member of the European Parliament said in his country's media, "I touched on the concealment of the Chinese Communist virus and said, "The relationship between my country and China will never return.'" It received a threatening email. That instantly made him very fearful. "
Lawmakers and human rights activists who support Falun Gong have also been marked by the CPC and subjected to threats.
'The CPC is not developing in the right direction.' 'We will use all means to pressure the CPC on human rights issues.'
These are the growing voices of Swedish lawmakers and pundits.
Sweden is a small country with a little over 10 million people, but it is clear that it does not intend to become "a lapdog of the Chinese Communists" like parliament members of "some other country."
On the contrary, the "vile" Chinese ambassador is likely to be expelled from the country as a "persona non grata."
Sweden's longstanding policy of neutrality is not based on treaties and constitutions, as is Switzerland and Austria.
The summarize experts; the country has made "non-alignment in peacetime, aimed at neutrality in the event of a war," a foreign policy principle.
After the end of the Cold War (in 1989) and the collapse of the Soviet Union (in 1991), the country signed a Partnership for Peace (PfP) agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based on the "military non-alignment in peacetime" policy.
It has actively participated in NATO-led peacekeeping operations, and the military's equipment and management system have been modified based on NATO's standards.
Furthermore, in 2007, during the center-right Moderate Party government, Sweden turned to a policy of "solidarity with other countries in times of disaster and emergency." It signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the wake of the Ukraine crisis (2014) that welcomed NATO troops' presence and support for NATO's military operations in an emergency.
Thus, Sweden has gradually deepened its relationship with NATO over the past 30 years.
Its constant threat to NATO is Russia, but China has also joined in recent years.
In other words, Sweden was forced to rethink its relationship with China from the perspective of national security.
However, it was also an opportunity for the country to leap forward.
This year, the first year of the 5G (fifth-generation mobile communications system), the United States and other Western countries are moving to eliminate Huawei's 5G, which has been identified as a security problem due to its close relationship with the CPC government.
In the 4G era, the country's Ericsson had more than 26 percent of the global market share.
Thanks to the strong leadership of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the "marketing efforts" of Robert Strayer, the State Department's deputy assistant secretary for cyber and international communications and information policy, Ericsson, along with neighboring Finland's Nokia, have increased their share of the 5G market.
According to a report in Taiwan's Economic Daily (July 3), "Ericsson has signed 95 5G contracts, catapulting it into the top spot in the world.
Supplementally, Taiwanese companies are also involved in the company's 5G communication equipment.
This article continues.
The article is published in three columns from p302 to p311.
The December special issue of the monthly magazine, which is full of these genuine articles, is priced at 950 yen.
It is full of genuine articles that people who pay subscription fees of 5,000 to several thousand yen per month to Asahi, Mainichi, and Tokyo newspapers can never read for 950 yen.
The subscribers to the Asahi Shimbun and other newspapers should seriously consider the value of their products.
It is a must-read for the people of Japan and people all over the world.
NHK or any Japanese TV stations have never reported the facts presented in this paper.
It is easy to assume that they are regularly exposed to the Chinese interference that the paper reveals.
Probably all TV stations are subject to Chinese interference.
The Asahi Shimbun, for example, is already like the Japanese branch of the People's Daily, so there is no need to discuss it.
China's arrogance and rudeness infuriated all of Sweden. When even the soul of Sweden, Volvo, is controlled by China.
No "70th Anniversary" congratulations.
'OPINION: China's Attack on Sweden Is Unacceptable in a Democracy'
On October 1, the Stockholm Free World Forum, a foreign policy think tank based in Stockholm, Sweden, released a report with the same title.
The authors are a former member of the European Parliament and chairman of the Forum, and a senior fellow at the Forum in charge of "Influence and Fake News Analysis."
Before describing the report's content, briefly describe the "notable relationship" between the two countries.
Although most of the world is probably unaware of it, "neutral" Sweden was the "first Western country" to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, founded on May 9, 1950, the year before on October 1, 1950.
Sweden was also a great benefactor in supporting the claims of Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai for a seat at the United Nations.
In the more than ten years of relations between the two countries, a visit to China in 2006 by King Carl XVI Gustav and his wife created a friendly atmosphere.
In March 2010, Vice President Xi Jinping began his official visit from Volvo's home base in Gothenburg, where he met with the king.
During his visit, it reported that Sweden's world-renowned Volvo Cars (Volvo's passenger car division) had signed an agreement with the Sealy Holding Group to acquire the company from the US car giant Ford for approximately $1.8 billion.
(Volvo Cars was sold to the Ford Group in 1998 for $6.4 billion).
The same year, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt celebrated the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Two years later, in 2012, the first official visit by a Chinese prime minister in 28 years, the Swedes again took notice.
The reason was that Premier Wen Jiabao announced an investment of 9 billion Swedish kronor (approx. 110 billion yen), which he hoped would be used for research on environmental issues and to foster the industry.
The people of Sweden were taken aback by this generosity, with politicians and pundits mistakenly believing that the investment was for the whole European Union.
However, concerning awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature that year to the Chinese peasant writer Mo Yan, the Dagens-Nyheter newspaper reported the suspicion that the Academy had sold out the prize's soul in return for its investment.
Incidentally, the big favorite in the preliminary review was Haruki Murakami.
*I suspect that Haruki Murakami was desperate for the Nobel Prize when I read this article, though he would have to get China's attention to win the prize. So, in his new book published afterward, he wrote that the Nanking Massacre was a fact. There were not 300,000 victims, but 400,000, etc., which was vehemently refuted by Mr. Hyakuta Naoki, a real intellectual. That's what I thought*.
Volvo Cars have seen significant sales growth over the past decade in the Chinese market, which has been expanded by one of China's major car companies, Geely Automobile, and sales in other countries, including Japan, have been modestly strong. It has been said that "Volvo under Geely's umbrella has come back to life."
Moreover, relations between the two sides were developing. For example, one Volvo engineer and trade union leader said that he had "started to believe that we could compete with Audi, BMW, and Mercedes and had regained our confidence."
Decisive incident
However, relations between the two countries have wholly and rapidly cooled over the past year or two.
An "incident" in September 2018 was the deciding factor in the worst Swedish feelings.
What was the incident?
Three parents and children from China who visited the country entered the hostel where they planned to stay in the middle of the night, about 10 hours before the schedule, and tried to go to bed in the lobby.
When the hostel asked for an additional charge, they refused.
A policeman (a woman) received a report from the hostel and ordered them to leave, but the three Chinese tourists caused a commotion on the street, crying and shouting.
The Chinese tourists loudly accused the police of "wailing about excessive violence in the deportation, " The Chinese embassy in Stockholm also sharply criticized the police for "ignoring human rights" and issued a warning about traveling to Sweden, which led to a diplomatic dispute.
Of course, the reaction to this "incident" was, "It's sad to see a foreigner kicked out after midnight.
But as a person who knows Scandinavian society, I can tell you that rules take precedence over emotions in the Scandinavian community.
And the emphasis is on security.
The hostel cannot leave people in the building all night long before registering to stay.
In other words, if a Chinese tourist had paid for another night and rented a room, nothing would have been a problem.
On the other hand, already by this time two years ago, there was a growing feeling toward the Chinese public that "well-behaved Chinese tourists are welcome, but not those who are not," and a blatant dislike of the Chinese people the Chinese government.
The Pew Research Center's "Survey of Sentiment toward China," released last December by the Pew Research Center, a significant public opinion polling firm, is a clear indication of the sentiment toward the Chinese people.
It found that '70% of the Swedish people have negative feelings toward China.'
And that's not all.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
And yet, there has not been even a "congratulatory speech" between the two countries.
The bottom line is that the Swedes, who have lived in a multi-ethnic country with an "egalitarian" approach to life based on the principle that all people have equal rights, are losing their patience.
'Free and open societies worldwide are under attack from the Chinese Communist regime. The Chinese government uses its lucrative economy to intimidate the (Swedish) government, silence critics, and force obedience in the media.' 'Protest the persecution and violence against the Uyghurs, and you will be intimidated.' 'If you buy Huawei, you are at risk of control by the CPC in a way that has never been possible before.'
The report's opening sentence, "Opinion: China's Attack on Sweden Unacceptable in a Democracy," written in English, was presumably intended to send a message not only domestically but also internationally, to share the outrage and to sound further alarm bells.
In particular, the "frightening" ｜ slander of politicians, journalists, journalists, and human rights activists in emails and letters from Chinese Ambassador Gui Congyou at the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm ｜ does not show a shred of diplomatic decency.
The attack journalist Kurd Bakshi received from the Chinese Embassy last September is a case in point.
Let me detail the contents of the report.
Gui Minhai, one of the significant shareholders of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong, which dealt with "prohibited books" criticizing the Chinese Communist Party, wrote about 200 books under the pseudonym "Ahai."
The Chinese ambassador accused Mr. Bakshi, who defended him, of "madness," "ignorance," and "anti-china."
Gui Minhai, a "Swedish national," has been missing since he was abducted by the CPC authorities in Thailand in 2015 and taken to China. It later released him, detained, convicted, and other "flashpoints" in the bilateral relationship.
The purpose of the Chinese embassy was clearly to contain free speech space in Sweden.
That's why the Swedes fought back smartly.
Last November, the International Penn Club's Swedish branch awarded Gui Minhai the Freedom of Speech and Publication Award.
Moreover, the award ceremony was attended by Amanda Lint, minister for culture, sports, democracy, and ethnic minorities.
Enraged by this, the Chinese ambassador warned on the embassy's official website that they would 'definitely retaliate.'
And he threatened that 'if some Swedes act in a way that hurts the feelings of the Chinese people or the Chinese side's interests, don't think it can calm the situation down.'
As a follow-up, the Chinese authorities warned the Swedish News Agency that' those attending the ceremony would no longer welcome China.'
The "people's sentiment" is a phrase that the CPC has used for years, and "not welcome in China" is a pattern of "war wolf diplomacy" that is often used by the Xi Jinping administration, but the Swedes would never have given in to such cheap threats.
Prime Minister Stefanovane said, "We will never give in to this kind of threat. We have freedom in Sweden, and this is it," appearing on television to strongly oppose it.
Culture Minister Lindt also said, 'China should release Mr.Gui now.'
Then the CPC invoked more force.
On February 24, a court in China's Zhejiang province sentenced Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison.
The sentence was that the defendant had illegally provided classified information abroad.
Although Gui holds Swedish citizenship, he "restored his Chinese citizenship in 2018," according to the court.
Who on earth would prefer to return to Chinese citizenship?
Anyone can imagine that they are not spontaneous.
The "quick freezing" of relations between the two countries also led to April's decision to close all the Confucius Institutes and Confucius Institutes in Sweden.
The local governments of Västerås, Åmål, and Borlänge, at least eleven of them have moved to break up sister-city relations with China.
Dalarna's city ended its sister city relationship with Wuhan, the "site of the new coronavirus."
The city of Linköping said it had turned down a scheduled visit by a delegation from Guangdong province in December, saying it was "not welcome."
The values of "freedom and democracy," "equality under the law," and "human rights" advocated by Western society have matured. In addition, "respect for individuals (including infants)" and "(There is no RANK in the profession.) Equality. It seems that Chinese diplomats do not know that the Scandinavian countries, which have permeated the social climate of "a society," dislike dictatorship, authoritarianism, and holistic the most. It was
With Denmark in the same Scandinavian region, China celebrates its 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations this year but has not exchanged congratulations.
Why do lawmakers call it the 'Wuhan virus.'
The Wuhan virus, which has plagued the world this year, has pushed relations between the two countries even more irreparable.
The reason for this is that the Chinese state-run media outlet, the World Wide Web, has launched a maneuver to spread rumors that Sweden has surrendered to the virus and disregarded its people's lives and health.
Before and after that, the Swedish industrial newspaper Dagens Industri (March 29) wrote that "the virus comes from China" and published cartoons of the "Xi Jinping virus avatar."
The leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Congress also called it the "Wuhan virus."
The Scandinavian region tends to dislike discriminatory terms even if they are not members of the Diet. Still, they may have become "honest" because they were angry at the Chinese Communist Party's sloppy work.
Sure enough, the Chinese ambassador bit the bullet in the letter.
The letter said that he hoped that the political leaders would express themselves in a non-discriminatory way in the future.
The former lawmaker and vice president of the Council of Europe told local media.
"The CCP government's sealing of information about the new coronavirus epidemic has led to the world responding more than a month late to the cooperation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the CCP government. We should demand that the CPC government take responsibility." "Since Xi Jinping's government came to power, it has eroded Sweden from ideology to economy." "This is a 'virus from China' in the broadest sense of the word and has the potential to wake up and make more people aware of it."
Also, one member of the European Parliament said in his country's media, "I touched on the concealment of the Chinese Communist virus and said, "The relationship between my country and China will never return.'" It received a threatening email. That instantly made him very fearful. "
Lawmakers and human rights activists who support Falun Gong have also been marked by the CPC and subjected to threats.
'The CPC is not developing in the right direction.' 'We will use all means to pressure the CPC on human rights issues.'
These are the growing voices of Swedish lawmakers and pundits.
Sweden is a small country with a little over 10 million people, but it is clear that it does not intend to become "a lapdog of the Chinese Communists" like parliament members of "some other country."
On the contrary, the "vile" Chinese ambassador is likely to be expelled from the country as a "persona non grata."
Sweden's longstanding policy of neutrality is not based on treaties and constitutions, as is Switzerland and Austria.
The summarize experts; the country has made "non-alignment in peacetime, aimed at neutrality in the event of a war," a foreign policy principle.
After the end of the Cold War (in 1989) and the collapse of the Soviet Union (in 1991), the country signed a Partnership for Peace (PfP) agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based on the "military non-alignment in peacetime" policy.
It has actively participated in NATO-led peacekeeping operations, and the military's equipment and management system have been modified based on NATO's standards.
Furthermore, in 2007, during the center-right Moderate Party government, Sweden turned to a policy of "solidarity with other countries in times of disaster and emergency." It signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the wake of the Ukraine crisis (2014) that welcomed NATO troops' presence and support for NATO's military operations in an emergency.
Thus, Sweden has gradually deepened its relationship with NATO over the past 30 years.
Its constant threat to NATO is Russia, but China has also joined in recent years.
In other words, Sweden was forced to rethink its relationship with China from the perspective of national security.
However, it was also an opportunity for the country to leap forward.
This year, the first year of the 5G (fifth-generation mobile communications system), the United States and other Western countries are moving to eliminate Huawei's 5G, which has been identified as a security problem due to its close relationship with the CPC government.
In the 4G era, the country's Ericsson had more than 26 percent of the global market share.
Thanks to the strong leadership of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the "marketing efforts" of Robert Strayer, the State Department's deputy assistant secretary for cyber and international communications and information policy, Ericsson, along with neighboring Finland's Nokia, have increased their share of the 5G market.
According to a report in Taiwan's Economic Daily (July 3), "Ericsson has signed 95 5G contracts, catapulting it into the top spot in the world.
Supplementally, Taiwanese companies are also involved in the company's 5G communication equipment.
This article continues.
