On March 7, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi appeared at a press conference at the National People’s Congress (NPC), and despite the fact that most of the reporters asked questions had made careful arrangements in advance, Wang still could not get around some key diplomatic issues. In general, Wang Yi’s foreign tone has been significantly lowered at the behest of the Communist Party’s top brass, and the at least three “red lines” he previously drew with the United States appear to have been reduced to just one.
Summing up his diplomacy in 2020, Wang said he had “gone through an extraordinary journey …… to meet unprecedented challenges. Although it is difficult for Wang Yi to talk about his performance, he still did not forget to compliment Xi Jinping, saying that “the best thing is the head of state diplomacy” and falsely claiming that “cloud diplomacy” is an innovative approach. The Epidemic has gripped the world, and many meetings have to be held online. This is not an innovation, but a desperate move, not to mention that the Chinese Communist Party is isolated internationally, and basically no one invites the Communist Party’s top officials to visit, so Xi Jinping and others can’t even leave the country.
Wang Yi also concluded that “the greatest effort will be put into anti-epidemic diplomacy” in 2020, but when confronted with a reporter’s question about “vaccine diplomacy,” he immediately denied it. Wang Yi’s contradictory statements once again reveal the CCP’s consistent pattern of diplomatic lies. After concealing the epidemic and causing the virus to spread around the world, the CCP tried to engage in mask diplomacy, including exporting testing reagents, which were found to have failed in large quantities and returned, and was questioned for shifting the blame around. Now, the CCP is marketing vaccines to underdeveloped countries, but none of the top CCP officials are supposed to use them, at least not those over the age of 59, who are probably seeking U.S. vaccines by any means possible.
Wang Yi also falsely stated that “over the past year, what I am most concerned about is the safety and security of my compatriots overseas.” In fact, China’s top officials have long asked the Foreign Ministry to prevent overseas Chinese and foreign students from returning to their Home countries, and when Xi Jinping and Trump last spoke last March, they also asked Trump to take care of Chinese students, who are Chinese citizens but can only be taken care of by other countries. If, according to the Chinese Communist Party, the epidemic in mainland China is under control, why are overseas Chinese and foreign students not allowed to return to their home countries? Does the CCP really care about the “safety and security of compatriots overseas”?
As the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign minister, Wang Yi’s past year was full of failures, and he was once disappeared from the Chinese Communist Party media. Wang Yi was unable to summarize his achievements, so he once again cited Xi Jinping’s speeches, saying that they were “significant declarations made at a turning point in the evolution of the international landscape, which are of great significance to the world”, and once again complimented Xi for “standing at the head of the tide”. He once again praised Xi for “standing on the tide” and “proposing to practice multilateralism and build a community of human Destiny“. But contrary to his wishes, the CCP’s “multilateralism” has failed to materialize and has fallen into international isolation, so Wang Yi is forced to oppose “small-circle multilateralism” again.
In September last year, Wang visited Europe in an attempt to unite Europe against the United States, but his wolf-like diplomacy ran into walls everywhere and he returned in defeat. At a press conference of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Wang denied that the Chinese Communist Party was trying to “separate the relationship between the U.S. and Europe,” but said that China and Europe “are not institutional rivals” and that “China and Europe represent two important forces in the multipolar world. Wang said that China and the EU “are not institutional rivals,” that “China and the EU represent two important forces in the multipolar world,” that “they do not target third parties, nor are they subject to third parties,” and that “we welcome the EU’s increasing strategic autonomy. Wang Yi’s yet another self-contradictory remark should perhaps make Western countries more wary. Wang Yi certainly did not mention that NATO countries are ready to deploy military forces to the Western Pacific, and that the Chinese Communist Party’s wishful thinking cannot resolve the confrontation with Western countries in terms of ideology, universal values, social systems, and international rules.
Wang did not dare to actively mention U.S.-China relations, but some reporters still asked about the serious differences between the U.S. and China on issues such as Taiwan, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet and the South China Sea. Wang Yi could only continue to talk about “preventing strategic miscalculation and avoiding conflict and confrontation,” but he could not come up with a solution at all, only raising the limited topics of cooperation, such as “fighting epidemics, economic recovery, and climate change.
On February 22, Wang Yi’s latest shout-out to the United States repeated his position on Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet. On February 22, Wang Yi’s most recent shout-out to the U.S., repeating his stance on Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet, claimed to be a prerequisite for improved U.S.-China relations, when CCP Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai directly stated that these were “red lines” and that there was “no room for compromise. But at the NPC press conference on March 7, Wang emphasized only the Taiwan issue as a “red line.
When confronted with questions about Hong Kong, Wang Yi continued to deny that the Chinese Communist Party was messing with Hong Kong, but did not say that Hong Kong was a “red line that cannot be crossed. Wang also again denied the human rights persecution in Xinjiang, but did not mention Xinjiang as a “red line. Wang also did not say that the South China Sea is a “red line” when he answered the South China Sea issue.
Wang Yi also kept a low profile on the Diaoyu Islands, denying that the Marine Police Act targets specific countries and saying that “the maritime disputes are handled through friendly consultations”, without even saying that “the Diaoyu Islands are China’s inherent territory”. Wang Yi expressed similar views on China-India relations, but of course once again put the blame on India for the conflict between China and India.
Wang Yi’s series of statements at the press conference of the National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China (NPC) should have been approved by the top echelons of the CCP in advance. It is clear that the CCP has to keep a low profile for the Time being in the face of tremendous international pressure, especially after U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said “it is necessary to engage with the CCP in a strong posture”, the top echelons of the CCP were left with no way to respond.
The Chinese Communist Party was forced to give up three “red lines” on its own, retaining only one “red line” on Taiwan, which involves the fundamental issue of the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist regime and which the top brass could not give up.
After the new U.S. administration took office, the CCP has tried to force the U.S. to make concessions through a combination of hard and soft means, but so far, the CCP top brass has been forced to retreat for the time being, as things have gone against their wishes. The U.S. and Western countries may learn from this how to deal with the Chinese Communist regime most effectively.
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