Posted on 03/20/2021 8:59:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
There was no doubt that the U.S.-China talks, which began on March 18, would be very difficult despite the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, repeatedly calling it a “high-level strategic dialogue.” However, as soon as the talks began, the Chinese Foreign Ministry immediately changed its tone from dialogue to confrontation.
At a press conference on March 19, spokesman Zhao Lijian said, “the opening statements were fiery and theatrical.” State-run media Xinhua quickly followed Zhao’s briefing in its report by stating that the U.S. side “provoked disagreements first and that the opening statements were fiery and theatrical, which is not what China wishes to see.”
The open clash completely exposed the lie the CCP spread to its domestic audience that this was a so-called “China-U.S. high-level strategic dialogue.”
What is odd is that the CCP media reported about confrontation to its domestic audience, and so quickly this time.
At the Chinese Foreign Ministry press briefing, a CNN reporter asked: “China has said that the U.S. side gravely exceeded the time limit in their opening remarks and broke diplomatic protocols, which is no way to welcome guests. So why did China accuse the U.S. of gravely exceeding the time limit?”
Zhao didn’t respond to the question directly, but described the opening session as “fiery and theatrical,” and said the U.S. side “wantonly attacked China’s domestic and foreign policies, provoking disagreements.”
Whether or not the United States exceeded the time limit was not the issue, it was the Americans making critical remarks that agitated the CCP.
The CCP insisted on the meeting, and had specifically referred to it as a “high-level strategic dialogue,” which the U.S. side did not do. Now, presumably with the approval of the top leaders, Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi made a “fiery” play as the CCP’s wolf warriors.
From the “high-level strategic dialogue” to the abrupt “fiery” display, the CCP’s propaganda media was forced to shift its tone—from originally improving U.S.-China relations to lashing out at the United States.
After the intensive four-party talks between the United States, Japan, India, and Australia, and the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Korea 2+2 talks, the CCP may realize that there is little hope to improve U.S.-China relations, and rather only greater pressure.
The CCP’s top leaders are left with no options. They use their complete control over access to information inside China to incite Chinese people to patriotism and blame the United States.
CCP media rarely report serious diplomatic disagreements, and mainly focus on praising the leadership and the CCP’s achievements.
The direct exposure of such fiery moments is extremely out of character for them. It completely disrupts the CCP’s conventional practices and protocol. And therefore, it reveals the significance of the U.S.-China bilateral relationship to the CCP high officials.
On the eve of the talks, Xinhua was excited and issued a number of reports, such as “Chinese Delegation Officials hold Background Briefing on U.S.-China High-Level Strategic Dialogue,” “Yang Jiechi Explains China’s Position in Opening Session of U.S.-China High-Level Strategic Dialogue,” “Wang Yi Explains China’s Position in His Opening Remarks of U.S.-China High-Level Strategic Dialogue,” “Zhao Lijian Says ‘U.S.-China Dialogue Opening Remarks Will Be Followed by a Formal Session, Hoping Both the U.S. and the Chinese Sides Will Move in the Same Direction.’”
Other mainland were quick to reprint and repost the reports.
At the Chinese Foreign Ministry press conference the CNN reporter also asked Zhao, “China’s state media and social media have given a lot of coverage to what the Chinese delegation said, including with eye-catching big-character posters. So I wonder if the Chinese side had domestic audience more in mind when making these statements?”
Obviously, the foreign media reporters immediately sensed the difference and saw the CCP’s shift to inciting nationalism as a last resort.
Zhao said at the press conference that the Chinese delegation “were chilled by the biting cold. … We hope the U.S. can meet China halfway.”
Zhao’s remarks highlighted the CCP’s weakness.
In the report, “Yang Jiechi Explains China’s Position in His Opening Remarks of China-U.S. High-Level Strategic Dialogue,” Xinhua falsely stated, “the China-U.S. High-Level Strategic Dialogue is an important initiative implemented with the consensus of the two heads of both countries through their phone call, and it was also decided by the two heads personally.”
But it was not covered in the call between Biden and the head of the CCP Xi Jinping on February 10.
The report said that the CCP “hope[s] this dialogue will be sincere and frank.” Evidently, the CCP was baffled by the American side speaking sincerely and frankly.
The Xinhua report was supposed to state the CCP’s position, but instead reiterated the contents of the CCP’s two sessions. It ended with the statement that “Chinese people are more closely united around the CCP Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core.”
The report said in Yang’s opening remarks that he does not think “the overwhelming majority of countries in the world would recognize that the universal values advocated by the United States or that the opinion of the United States could represent international public opinion, and those countries would not recognize that the rules made by a small number of people would serve as the basis for the international order.”
He said, “The United States is not qualified to speak to China in a condescending way, and the Chinese refuse to take it.”
Wang’s statement, as reported by Xinhua, went one step further, saying that “China certainly in the past has not and in the future will not accept the unwarranted accusations from the U.S. side.”
All other mainland media outlets were quick to echo Xinhua’s propaganda that the CCP was making a stand to compete with the United States for supremacy, or at least to be on an equal footing.
The CCP’s state-run media have said a great deal on behalf of Yang and Wang. It should not be difficult for them to continue to play tough, but who will bear the consequences? The CCP can certainly blame the United States again, however, will it really solve the dilemma the CCP’s top leaders face?
Zhong Yuan is a researcher focused on China’s political system, the country’s democratization process, human rights situation, and Chinese citizens’ livelihood. He began writing commentaries for the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times in 2020.
Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
The Chinese are in the game to win, we are not, and they know it.
Trumps gone and they are on attack. Their scathing response to that empty suite Blinken’s bleating was right on. It is obvious they has intel about what was going to be brought up at the meeting and they were ready. Proof that our state department is full of spy’s and traitors. They do not have to sit their and take it. They detect weakness and instability in America and they are just getting started. Trump’s gone....
Bkmk
Exactly!
BTW....the Chinese call what their stance at the meeting was as ....”Wolf Warrior Diplomacy”.... wolf warrior diplomacy is more combative, with its proponents loudly denouncing criticisms. The phrase is derived from the patriotic Rambo-style Chinese film Wolf Warrior 2
Wolf Warrior 2’s tagline was... “Even though far away, anyone who affronts China will pay.”......At the end of the film the cover of the Chinese passport is displayed along with text reading .....”Citizens of the PRC: When you encounter danger in a foreign land, do not give up! Please remember, at your back stands a strong motherland.”
Tony Blinken, Biden’s Secy of State Caught on Hunter’s Laptop, Linked To Chinese Funding
National File ^ | 01/25/2021 | Patrick Howley
FR Posted on 1/25/2021, 9:39:03 PM by SeekAndFind
Tony Blinken, Biden’s Secretary of State, managed a Biden project that received millions of anonymous Chinese donor dollars. Blinken appeared a handful of times in emails found on Hunter Biden’s laptop agreeing to advise Hunter Biden when Hunter worked at the scandal-plagued firm Rosemont Seneca Partners.
The Obama State Department set up a meeting between Hunter and Blinken which was postponed, and the two met two months later in 2015.
Hunter Biden coordinated introductions between Blinken and his associates, and Blinken was named in an email in connection to a shady prospective deal involving the federal government and Amtrak, a company that previously had Hunter Biden on its board.
NATIONAL FILE, which obtained most of the contents of Hunter’s laptop, features the most relevant Tony Blinken-Hunter Biden emails below.
BACKSTORY Blinken sat for his confirmation hearing, where he counted neocon support including from Lindsey Graham. Blinken’s link to Biden’s China dealings is especially concerning.
Blinken served as managing director of the U of Penn’s Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, founded in 2018 by Joe Biden ahead of his presidential run. National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) submitted a complaint obtained by NATIONAL FILE highlighting the organization’s China funding.
“NLPC filed a major complaint with the Department of Education earlier this year demanding that the University of Pennsylvania and its Penn Biden Center disclose the identity of $22 million in anonymous Chinese donations since 2017, including a single eye-popping donation of $14.5 million given on May 29, 2018, shortly after the opening of the Biden Center in Washington, DC,” NLPC stated.
“If Joe Biden and Tony Blinken don’t explain their cozy relationship with Communist China through the Biden Center, any FBI background investigation and Senate confirmation hearing must get to the bottom of this secret money connection,” NLPC Chairman Peter Flaherty stated.
“Not surprisingly, the Penn Biden Center has yet to criticize Communist China for its pandemic coverup for the coronavirus, co-hosting Penn’s China Research Symposium earlier this year where the keynote speaker was China’s top diplomat in New York. Yet, it has no qualms publicly attacking NATO allies Hungary and Poland for taking strong efforts to control the spread of the virus as being undemocratic even though US governors have exercised similar emergency powers,” NLPC counsel Paul Kamenar stated.
Hunter Biden Received An Email About An Amtrak Deal In 2017 That Named Blinken
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China need a war
A bribe has been cashed by Hunter
For those in Rio Linda
Communist Party China = Harlem Globetrotters
Bidan/Bliken/Rice/0bama = Washington Generals
We are already at war with China. It’s an asymmetrical war and one the buffoons in the Biden administration have no idea how to fight, let alone win.
Assuming, of course, that they want to win.
L
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