Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shanno
Chinese Embassy in France calls French scholar a “hooligan”, shocked by public opinion
On March 19, the Chinese embassy took to Twitter to name and shame French scholar Antoine Bondaz. On March 19, the Chinese embassy attacked French scholar Antoine Bondaz by name, calling him a “hooligan.
Bondaz, who has spoken out frequently about the Chinese Communist Party, learned of the attack on him from several friends a year ago when the Chinese embassy in France smeared his account. In an interview with the host of French TV5’s “C dans l’air,” Bondaz said, “Calling me a ‘hooligan’ doesn’t affect my work. But what is worrying is the arbitrary use of such crude rhetoric in foreign countries and the fact that the Communist ambassador is free to abuse journalists and parliamentarians on French soil.”
The French newspaper Le Monde prominently published a story on the 19th, titled “Chinese Embassy in Paris attacks a French researcher, calls him a hooligan,” which immediately went viral. The article began: “The Chinese embassy in Paris has suddenly resurrected its war-wolf diplomacy, tweeting that Bondaz, a researcher at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, is a “hooligan”.
Le Monde reported, “This is the first Time the Chinese embassy has attacked a French academic by name.”
The incident is still linked to Luciano’s unsuccessful letter to Alain Richard, chairman of the French Senate’s Friends of Taiwan group, in February, asking him to cancel a delegation of lawmakers to Taiwan, RFE/RL reported on March 21. The French government rejected the request at the time, citing the separation of powers in France and the right of parliamentarians to visit the countries they wish to visit and contact those they wish to contact.
The report said that the incident had shocked French academics, political circles and even civil opinion, because France has never seen such a thing as a diplomat of a country hurling abusive words, especially at academics.
The letter from Roussano is an unacceptable interference in French democracy, as our senators are free to decide on their travel plans and have the freedom to meet with anyone,” tweeted Bondazi, a leading French academic and China expert and researcher at the French Foundation for Strategic Studies (FRS), on March 16. Beijing has no right to tell French elected officials what to do, let alone a diplomat.
French MEPs were unanimous in their support for the scholar who was scolded by the Chinese ambassador, and also asked the French Foreign Ministry to summon Roussano to issue a stern warning.
MEP Raphel glucksmann denounced, “If our government leaders have any dignity and national consciousness, they should immediately summon the Chinese ambassador and then explain to him: ‘If you continue to behave badly, you will go back to mainland China immediately. At some point, one can no longer turn a blind eye and must straighten one’s neck. “
Another MEP, François-Xavier Bellamy, tweeted a direct shout-out to Foreign Minister Le Drian: “The Chinese embassy insulted a renowned scholar, warning people to listen to Beijing, dear Le Drian, not to let this go, that would be cowardly and dangerous. “
Macron’s former minister, MEP Nathalie Loiseau, tweeted, “Rarely have I seen a diplomat do so much damage to the image of his country. Rude, rude, is this the China you show.”
In a pro-Bondaz tweet, Marc Epstein, a prominent journalist for French newspaper L’Express, said in response to the Chinese embassy’s crude approach, “The essence of one-party rule is violence.”
Netizen Vendredi’s wrote that the Chinese Communist ambassador behaved like an ambassador of a hostile dictatorship, comparable to some diplomats under the Third Reich or Stalin.
Another user, Rien N, argued, “The performance of the Chinese embassy highlights the true face of the Chinese Communist Party. When a diplomat speaks like this, it is his government speaking through him.”
Another contributur1234, on the other hand, said, “This is just some sort of true image of mainland China, an arrogant and arrogant party-state group. The good thing is, this does not represent most of the well-educated Chinese I have come across. I hope they will soon be able to get rid of this group of leaders that shames them.”
The tweets in support of Bondazzi quickly flew around, with Twitter even tweeting the logo “We are all hooligans,” reads the French report.
Analysis: Beijing’s encouragement of Lu Shanno’s scolding action represents the elevation of the CCP’s “War Wolf diplomacy” to “mad wolf”
The Chinese ambassador to France, Lu Shano, has been known for his hawkish style, and he has made several aggressive diplomatic statements in France. In April 2020, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian summoned Lu Shanno to remind him of “some inappropriate statements” published in a column on the official website of the Chinese embassy. On April 12 of that year, Roussano published an article on the embassy’s website attacking Westerners for their criticism of the Communist Party’s concealment of the Epidemic and other issues.
According to a number of media reports, prior to his posting in France, Lu Shano, as the Chinese Communist Party’s ambassador to Canada, was also known for his “hawkish” style that caused discontent in Canadian politics. Because of the “huawei” incident, including the U.S. ban on Huawei, the arrest of Huawei’s princess Meng Zhou and other events, the then Chinese ambassador to Canada Lu Shano roundly denounced Canada’s arrest of Meng as a “premeditated political action”, ” The Canadian side’s approach has chilled the hearts of the Chinese people. Even the pro-communist media, Hong Kong 01, commented that Lu Shano had become a “heavy artillery player” and was “hitting hard”.
When the Chinese Communist Party retaliated by arresting two Canadians, which drew condemnation from Ottawa and its Western allies, Lu even warned Canadian authorities that they would face “consequences” if Huawei was banned from participating in the country’s 5G construction, acting as a judge.
But he also angered the Canadian government and was unpopularly transferred out of the country. But he was also reappointed by the Chinese Communist Party authorities and “promoted” to France.
Current affairs commentator Situ Jian told us that the behavior of senior officials of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and its envoys abroad has been extremely provocative in recent years, and the outside world has called them “war wolves” and described their diplomacy as “war wolf diplomacy,” but I prefer to call them “rogue diplomacy. rogue diplomacy”. Its formation has a clear logic and systemic nature, mainly starting after Xi Jinping took full power.
According to Situ Jian, it is clear that the speech of CCP diplomats outside the country also needs to be controlled by Beijing, and this scolding action by the embassy in France controlled by Lu Shano represents a further increase in the CCP’s posture of external deterrence, which can even be called “mad wolf diplomacy” and an increased threat.
Reuters reported on Dec. 4, 2019, that Beijing’s diplomats have been instructed to be more aggressive in promoting Beijing’s views in response to the trade war with the United States, anti-government protests in Hong Kong and other crises that could weaken its image. Sources close to the matter said that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged diplomats at a meeting to show a stronger “fighting spirit” in the face of international challenges.
The report suggested that Wang’s remarks reflect a change in Xi’s foreign and military policy, as he abandoned Deng Xiaoping’s “hiding behind the light” approach.
Xi has repeatedly emphasized “struggle” in recent years. In early September last year, Xi Jinping talked about struggle 58 times in a speech at the Central Party School’s cadre training course, and 14 times in a row at a similar meeting this year.
According to current affairs commentator Yokogawa, the CCP’s Culture has always been one of struggle, with no etiquette or civility, and these officials have been trained to be brutal on the international stage at Home. The officials’ biggest task is to maintain the CCP’s political correctness, and their Education system is contrary to traditional Chinese etiquette.
Yokogawa said that CCP diplomats have even gotten into physical confrontations with foreign diplomats, only to be honored back home. This encourages diplomats to violate basic diplomatic etiquette abroad in order to save the CCP’s face.
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