The World Economic Forum posted a video message from Xi Jinping‘s speech at the Davos Agenda Dialogue on its official Twitter account on Jan. 25, quoting him as saying that China “opposes bullying the strong and bullying the weak, and that we can’t just let whoever has the biggest arm or fist have the say. The tweet said that China “opposes bullying the strong and bullying the weak.
By Jan. 27, the tweet had been viewed more than 400,000 times and prompted many netizens to comment. Netizens found it highly ironic and hypocritical for Xi to say this, with messages mentioning topics such as Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, the South China Sea, Taiwan, and China’s neighbors, strongly questioning the inconsistency between the CCP leader’s words and actions.
Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., Mei-Chin Hsiao, tweeted in response to Xi’s speech, “I will quote him on this.”
Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told reporters on Wednesday that Xi’s words were inconsistent with China’s economic coercion of Australia.” We agree with the idea that great powers can’t bully the weak, but there seems to be a bit of a disconnect here between rhetoric and action.” He said, “The fact is that Australia has been on the receiving end of some draconian measures when it comes to our trade.”
Chinese taxes on imports have hit more than a dozen Australian industries, particularly barley and wine. Exporters stand to lose as much as $2 billion to $4 billion in sales.
An article in the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel commented that China’s “big fist” of economic power in political conflicts has been felt in several countries over the past few years, from Norway to South Korea to Australia, “either in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Prize to the poet Liu Xiaobo, or over the anti-missile system against North Korea and Canberra’s demand that the Chinese government take action against North Korea. anti-missile system and Canberra’s call for an independent inquiry into the origins of the new crown.”
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