“五眼”无视公平的世界秩序_风闻

“五眼”无视公平的世界秩序

作者：兰顺正

首发自：中国日报

日本防卫大臣河野太郎曾表示，日本希望成为由美国、英国、澳大利亚、加拿大和新西兰组成的“五眼”情报联盟中的“第六只眼”。为了支持美国的反中国行动，其他四个联盟成员国也对中国电信巨头华为施加了限制，在南海问题上立场强硬，并暂停了与香港的引渡协议。

日本希望成为同盟中的“第六眼”，以便更好地“处理”崛起的中国。

尽管“五眼”联盟一直在拼命遏制中国的崛起，但它无法获得更广泛的国际社会的支持来反对中国。美国主导的情报网络起源于二战期间的美英情报合作，是在加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰加入联盟后形成的。

“五眼”情报网包括五国政府和企业之间的情报共享特权;它也是政治和外交手段的一个工具。冷战期间，该联盟的主要任务是监视苏联，包括苏联公民、官员、宗教领袖，获取苏联政府信息，以及挫败苏联在世界各地的活动，遏制其全球影响力。

进入21世纪，联盟的重点是应对恐怖主义等新的全球挑战，但自2009年美国及其盟友认为华盛顿的“反恐战争”降低了来自恐怖网络的安全风险以来，“五眼”将注意力转向了中国和俄罗斯等正在崛起的大国。

这五个国家有着相似的文化和价值观，在维护国家安全方面也有相似的标准，尤其是因为他们都是说英语的国家，而且他们的绝大多数公民都有盎格鲁-撒克逊血统。因此，对于这五个国家来说，一个有着不同文化背景和政治体系的新兴大国对世界秩序构成了很大的威胁。

当时世界的过渡,中国是促进带和道路计划,其军事现代化,并确保其在南中国海的岛屿有利于更好的全球合作和维护自己的国家利益,而“五眼”联盟项目中国作为世界秩序的严重威胁。随着美国对中国发起严厉攻击，其他四个联盟成员国减少了与中国的合作，甚至以这样或那样的借口对中国高科技企业采取了对抗性的态度。

2018年12月，这五个国家指责中国入侵他们的网络并对他们发起网络攻击，之后联盟加强了对中国的批评。新的冠状病毒大流行给了他们另一个羞辱中国的借口，尽管美国和英国政府在一开始没有做出足够的努力来控制病毒。

事实上，在新冠病毒感染人数和死亡人数不断上升的情况下，美国官员却忙着给中国打上“中国病毒”的标签。

当中国成功地在很大程度上控制住了病毒并恢复了经济活动时，美国的这种诽谤打击了一些自认为比中国优越的所谓民主国家的骄傲。

在激烈的对抗流感大流行,中国赢得了国际社会的承认,引人注目的美国哄骗,迫使其同盟国抵制中国和干涉中国内政包括国家安全法的实施在香港来填补国家安全漏洞在特别行政区和推迟在香港立法会选举,因为流感大流行的威胁。

联盟于8月9日发表联合声明，要求香港政府尽快举行立法会选举，这是对中国内政的公然干涉。但世界上许多国家，包括“五眼”国家，都因新冠肺炎疫情推迟了选举。例如，新西兰周一宣布推迟大选，英国推迟了3月份的地方和市长选举。就连美国总统也在7月30日发推特建议推迟2020年的总统选举。

中国与世界各国的真诚合作和对世界经济的贡献，使许多国家对中国有了理性的认识。这就是为什么即使是美国的亲密盟友，如德国和法国，也不同意美国在没有坚实理由的情况下对中国采取强硬立场。

这一事实的第44届联合国人权理事会(7月30日6月17)70多个国家支持的实现国家安全法律在香港,说没有一个国家有权干涉中国内政显示国家能辨别是非。“五眼睛”不代表整个国际社会，也不能让世界反对中国。

（以下为英文原文）

‘Five Eyes’ blind to fair world order

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the meeting with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (not pictured), at Lancaster House in London, Britain July 21, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono has said that Japan wants to be the “sixth eye” in the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance that comprises the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Backing the US’ campaign against China, the other four alliance members have also imposed restrictions on Chinese telecom giant Huawei, hardened their stance on the South China Sea issue, and suspended their extradition agreements with Hong Kong.

Japan wants to be the “sixth eye” in the alliance so that it can better “deal” with a rising China.

Although the “Five Eyes” alliance has been trying desperately to check China’s rise, it cannot draw the support of the wider international community to oppose China. The US-led intelligence network has its origin in US-UK intelligence cooperation during World War II and came into being after Canada, Australia and New Zealand joined the coalition.

The “Five Eyes” intelligence network includes privileged intelligence sharing among the governments and enterprises of the five countries; it also functions as a tool for political and diplomatic maneuverings. During the Cold War, the alliance’s main task was to spy on the Soviet Union, including Soviet citizens, officials, religious leaders, and getting Soviet government information, as well as thwarting Soviet activities around the world and checking its global influence.

In the 21st century, the alliance focused on tackling new global challenges such as terrorism, but since 2009 when the US and its allies thought Washington’s “war on terror” had reduced security risks from terrorist networks, the “Five Eyes” shifted attention to rising powers such as China and Russia.

The five countries share similar cultures and values, and have similar standards for safeguarding national security, not least because they are English-speaking countries and a vast majority of their citizens have Anglo-Saxon roots. Therefore, for the five countries, a rising power with a different cultural background and political system poses a high risk to the world order.

At a time when the world is in transition, China is promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, modernizing its military, and securing its islands in the South China Sea to facilitate better global cooperation and safeguard its national interests, while the “Five Eyes” alliance projects China as a serious threat to the world order. And with the US launching a scathing attack on China, the other four alliance members have reduced cooperation with China, even adopted a confrontational approach toward Chinese high-tech companies citing one excuse or the other.

After the five countries blamed China for hacking into their networks and launching cyberattacks against them in December 2018, the alliance intensified its criticisms against China. The novel coronavirus pandemic has given them another excuse to stigmatize China, although the US and UK governments didn’t make enough efforts to control the virus in the beginning.

In fact, US officials were busy stigmatizing China by labeling the novel coronavirus the “Chinese virus” even as COVID-19 infections and deaths kept rising in the country.

Amid this mudslinging by the US, when China managed to largely control the virus and resumed economic activities, it dealt a blow to the pride of some so-called democratic countries which consider themselves superior to China.

In the bitter fight against the pandemic, China has won the acknowledgment of the international community, compelling the US to cajole and coerce its allies to boycott China and interfere in China’s internal affairs including the implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong to plug the national security loopholes in the special administrative region and the postponement of Legislative Council election in the SAR because of the threat of the pandemic.

The alliance issued a joint statement on Aug 9, asking the Hong Kong government to hold the LegCo election as soon as possible, which is a blatant interference in China’s internal affairs. But many countries around the world have deferred elections because of the COVID-pandemic, including “Five Eyes” countries. For instance, on Monday New Zealand announced the postponement of the general election, and the UK deferred the local and mayoral elections in March. Even the US president tweeted on July 30 suggesting that the 2020 presidential election be delayed.

Thanks to China’s sincere cooperation with other countries and contributions to the global economy, many countries have a rational view of China. That’s why even close US allies such as Germany and France disagree with the US on taking a tough stance against China without a solid reason.

The fact that at the 44th session of the UN Human Rights Council (June 30-July 17) more than 70 nations supported the implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong and said no country has the right to interfere in China’s internal affairs shows countries can tell right from wrong. And since the “Five Eyes” don’t represent the entire international community, they can’t turn the world against China.