[The Epoch Times, 20 ottobre 2022](The Epoch Times reporters Luo Ya and Cheng Jing interviewed and reported) Today (20), the CCPWindsThe press center held a press conference on foreign policy, in which officialsXi JinpingHe expressed his sincerity and boasted that he had won nine diplomatic relations with Taiwan in the past 10 years as a diplomatic result, without saying anything about the beating of protesters by British consulate diplomats a few days ago. Analysts believe that the CCP has stopped covering up and that the “struggle” has become its diplomatic feature and in the future it will fight against the Western democratic world.
Is the press conference a loyalty campaign to Xi? Foreign correspondents: absurd and out of touch with reality
Thursday (20) the Chinese Communist PartyWindsThe press center held the fourth press conference, which focused on foreign policy. The event was attended by Shen Beili, Deputy Minister of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and Ma Zhaoxu, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, only two foreign media from Indonesia and Syria were open to questioning, and the rest came from the continental media or the Hong Kong media; while applications from the European, American, Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese media were not approved.
The press conference, as before, was pre-arranged: the journalists who asked the questions of the staff one by one were filmed by the positioning cameras, the answers written in advance, each filled withXi Jinpingof praise.
In the Xinhua news agency transcript, Xi Jinping’s name was mentioned more than 60 times during the over an hour long press conference.
In this regard, foreign journalists wondered, is this a press conference?
“This is not a press conference, but an activity by the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Affairs Commission to show loyalty to Xi Jinping,” said Bill Birtles, former ABC correspondent in Beijing and now East Asia correspondent in Taipei.
“The Communist Party of China imported a group of” friendly “foreign reporters to ask prepared and approved questions at the party congress show-style” press conference. “Fake reporters have come here over the years, but now they are also limiting the number of real Chinese correspondents who can attend press conferences, “tweeted BBC China correspondent Stephen McDonell.
“Even by CCP standards, this press conference (on foreign policy under Xi Jinping) is absurdly out of touch with reality,” tweeted Fabian Kretschmer, a German correspondent in China.
Current affairs commentator Hui Huyu told The Epoch Times on the 20th: “Showing the so-called diplomatic achievements of a big country in front of journalists from two small countries means telling people in front of the whole world that shamelessness is a party tradition. , and our party was never shameless., so I’m not afraid of you getting slapped. “
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Ma Zhaoxu said at the beginning: “Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Secretary General Xi Jinping has personally promoted the magnificent diplomacy of the Head of State”, “raised the flag” for China and “led the direction for world … “” Over the past decade, Secretary General Xi Jinping has visited 42 times, covering 69 countries on five continents, and has received more than 100 heads of state and government in China … “
Finally, Ma Zhaoxu briefly stated the relevant information: “We will release the news of the participation of Chinese leaders in due course.”
“But he gave an extremely long answer to how many meetings of foreign leaders Xi Jinping has held in the past … and how tall and big Xi Jinping is,” Botus tweeted. “But no answer as to whether Xi will go (G20).”. “
In response to a question from another Syrian Arab News Agency reporter, Ma Zhaoxu said: “In the ten years of the new era, the total number of countries that have established diplomatic relations with my country has increased from 172 to 181. and the number of partnerships with countries and regional organizations around the world has risen from 41 to 113. that’s right. “
He also mentioned that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, “they have waged a tit-for-tat, firm and powerful fight, winning 9 so-called ‘allied countries’ of the Taiwan authorities in a row.” “The courage to fight is the spiritual character of Chinese diplomacy “.
The nine countries, in order, are Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Burkina Faso, El Salvador, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Nicaragua.
Hui Huyu said, “Diplomacy in the Xi Jinping era has no result. From the CCP’s point of view, what can be considered a result is the theft of several Taiwanese diplomatic ties.”
In other respects, Hui Huyu believes: “For the CCP, it is disastrous. For example, the spread of the epidemic has caused a global demand for accountability; the struggle for hegemony with the United States has triggered a Sino-American trade war. , which changed the diplomatic strategy of the United States and views the CCP as a No. 1 threat; chose the wrong side on the Ukrainian question, was in a dilemma and was struggling to deal with it; ruined Hong Kong’s prosperity and made the the clique in the party does not dare to speak openly; hostile to Japan; clash with South Korea; conflict between sticks and rocks on the border between China and India; and so on.
“It is difficult to see the results of diplomacy in the Xi Jinping era, let alone the important results. So, that’s why I didn’t dare to question Western reporters. Because it is difficult to control, Xi Jinping cannot have a good relationship. with any Western country, and perhaps Western journalists can do whatever they want. Asking a question is the kind of question the speaker can’t handle, “he said.
Wolf Warrior Diplomacyheating? The press conference “Diplomats beat people” silenced
A recent incident of beating a CCP diplomat that caused a stir around the world once again demonstrated the wolf warrior style of CCP diplomats who “dare to fight”, and there are signs of warming, but no words have been said at the press conference.
On Sunday, protesters from Hong Kong in the UK were dragged into the consulate complex by the Chinese Consulate General in Manchester, UK, and beaten, causing an uproar around the world.
The video shows Consul General Zheng Xiyuan tearing up the protesters ‘signs and grabbing the protesters’ hair. However, Zheng Xiyuan told Skynews on Wednesday (19) that it was “my responsibility” to tear up signs and beat up protesters.
Manchester police said a protester was dragged into the Chinese consulate and beaten, and officers pulled him out of the consulate compound to protect him. The British Foreign Office called the behavior of Chinese diplomats “unacceptable” and sent a note to Chinese officials in the UK.
British Foreign Minister James Cleverley said the protests were peaceful and legal. A spokesman for 10 Downing Street said Cleverley told him when he was summoned to the Chinese Chargé d’Affaires in the UK: “In the UK, the right to peaceful protest must be protected.” Cleverley said a full investigation into the incident is continuing and the next steps are under consideration.
“Support for Xi’s (Jinping) fighting spirit means that Zheng Xiyuan, the Chinese consul general in Manchester, can be commended for his dirty hands against Hong Kong protesters,” Botus said in a tweet.
After 20Wolf Warrior DiplomacyContinuing Expert: The nature of the Communist Party keeps other countries away
In a press conference, a reporter from the Global Times, who has always been considered a hawk, asked a question that since the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party “struggle” has increasingly become a high-frequency word and keyword in Diplomacy. Chinese. How does Chinese diplomacy reflect the fighting spirit?
But Zhaoxu said China has responded vigorously to the visit of Nancy Pelosi, president of the US House of Representatives, to Taiwan, opposes any “Taiwan independence” and curbs interference from outside forces. Finally, she set the tone for China’s future diplomatic line, “will continue to carry forward the fighting spirit and improve combat capability.”
Dong Siqi, deputy secretary general of the Northeast Asia Society of Taiwan, on the 20th analyzed in the Epoch Times that the proposal for this “struggle” actually reflects Xi Jinping’s understanding of communism and his understanding of the next phase, after which economic growth will no longer cover past struggles Nature and characteristics, what role should China, its means and methods play?In fact it goes against the reality of international politics.
At the beginning of Xi Jinping’s third term, Dong Siqi believes that the CCP will move more and more towards confrontation with other countries and at the same time attach great importance to the struggle, not tolerating or hiding some economic or political ambitions for other countries. Or lead to more strained relationships.
More importantly, Dong Siqi believes that more countries will denounce the CCP on the basis of the values of freedom and democracy and, at the same time, will also form a safe and clean supply chain in the technology sector, excluding China. There will be major changes in international politics.
Responsible editor: Li Yuan #
