Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin’s remarks during his visit to China on April 1 to attend a press conference with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Fujian, where he called Wang Yi his eternal big brother, were heavily criticized by the Malaysian opposition. Hishammuddin responded on April 3 that he was only trying to show respect to Wang Yi at the time. Malaysian opposition parties were not convinced by Hisham Mudin’s explanation and urged Hisham Mudin to admit his rudeness. Malaysian Justice Party Chairman Anwar also did not accept Hishammuddin’s statement, and today criticized Hishammuddin for setting back Malaysia’s foreign policy towards China by 25 years.
The company has been criticized for calling Wang Yi a “big brother”, and Malaysian Foreign Minister Hisham Muddin said he was only showing respect. According to a report today by the East China Network, Hishammuddin said on Twitter that Wang Yi is older and more senior than him, so he called the other side “big brother”, stressing that this is respect and not weakness. He also said that the “big brother” title does not refer to the relationship between the two countries, because the strong relationship between the two countries is based on equality and mutual trust.
The report said that China is Malaysia’s largest trading partner, but the relationship between the two countries has been tested in recent years because of issues such as sovereignty in the South China Sea. Hishammuddin visited China for the first time as foreign minister and met with Wang Yi to discuss issues such as promoting cross-border tourism, strengthening cooperation on the new vaccine crown and the situation in Myanmar, and signed a series of agreements after the meeting. Wang Yi visited Malaysia in October last year.
The Malaysian foreign minister called Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi his big brother during his visit to China, which caused controversy in Malaysia. Opposition parties have criticized calling him big brother as rude and out of character.
According to the Malaysian News today, Malaysia’s former Foreign Minister Anifah today criticized the “big brother theory” is a diplomatic discourtesy, Anifah urged Hysan not to argue. Foreign Minister Hishammuddin’s explanation yesterday was not enough to extinguish the controversy ignited by the “Big Brother Theory”, and now Anifah, who served as foreign minister during the BN administration, has also joined the criticism, urging Hishammuddin to admit his rudeness.
Anifah Aman is also the chairman of the Aisha Party. He said in a statement today that many people have asked him to comment on Hisham Mudin’s “big brother theory”.
The report said that despite Foreign Minister Hishammuddin’s explanation of the “big brother theory” yesterday, Justice Party president Anwar did not accept his statement and today criticized Hishammuddin for setting back Malaysia’s foreign policy towards China by 25 years. He is also the leader of the opposition parliamentary party and president of Hizbul Mujahideen. He said in a statement today that Hishammuddin’s “big brother theory” has also ruined the efforts of Malaysian diplomats over the past decades.
Foreign Minister Hisham Mudin recently visited China, showing Chinese language to describe China as Malaysia’s “big brother”, attracted the former deputy defense minister Liu Zhendong criticism, that Hisham’s speech is out of proportion.
The former deputy defense minister, Liu Zhendong, reminded in a Facebook post that Malaysia is a sovereign country and China is not the “big brother” of Malaysia.
However, there are also Mahua support “China big brother theory”, and criticize the ruling of Hsien Chang repeatedly set off diplomatic disasters.
The former deputy defense minister Liu Zhendong said that Foreign Minister Hysan Mudin’s “big brother theory” during his recent official visit to China was out of proportion. Only MCA urged the former to reflect on the failure of diplomacy during the Hsien Loong administration, which led to the stagnant sale of palm oil, causing the small garden owners to cry out in pain.
In addition, the director of MCA’s International Party Liaison and Foreign Affairs Bureau, Cheng Cheng Cheng, also defended Hysan Mudin’s comments in the statement.
According to the director of the Malaysian International Political Party Liaison and Foreign Affairs Bureau, Cheng Cheng Cheng Cheng said, “China received our foreign minister Hisham Mudin in a friendly manner, and the foreign minister who visited China on behalf of our country also returned the respect, saying affectionately that ‘Malaysia and China are one family, you will always be my big brother’, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi returned the respect ‘We are brothers’.” According to him, he added, “This has made it very clear that Malaysia-China relations are now like brothers, good friends and good neighbors, just like brothers who respect and support each other.”
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