French Newspaper Digest
Why has Xi Jinping allowed Chinese Communist diplomacy to break faith with the world? At a time when the Chinese Communist Party’s war wolves are increasingly turning off Western governments and publics, the French Asian current affairs website Asialyst boldly asks these questions.
The author points out that just after the U.S.-China saber-rattling in Alaska, and at a time when the West is concertedly sanctioning the Chinese government and the Communist Party’s diplomacy is in turmoil, Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a four-day visit to his powerhouse in Fujian. The author notes, however, that the visit was not a surprise. However, the author points out that around the time of Xi’s visit to Fujian, CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang and Chinese Minister of State Security Zhao Kezhi went to Xinjiang, and top Chinese officials frequently visited Xinjiang, either because of new conditions in Xinjiang or to prepare for foreign companies to visit Xinjiang.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a fool of the CCP in the international arena, but Beijing seems powerless to do anything about it, for a variety of reasons. Chub yi b g and Zhao Lijian, whose strong-worded war-wolf language has worsened the CCP’s international image. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also a headache for Beijing, as the Communist Party’s top brass has doubts about Wang Yi’s ability to serve as foreign minister, which is why State Councilor Yang Jiechi is in charge of diplomacy, but it is clear that the two sides do not get along well, as evidenced by the U.S.-China Alaska summit. Moreover, with Wang Yi, Cui Tiankai and Liu Xiaoming all approaching retirement age, who will lead the CCP’s foreign ministry next? It seems that the decision has not yet been finalized. As for when the CCP ambassador to the U.S. will be replaced, this is a major problem given the tense relationship between the U.S. and China. All of these factors have led to a seemingly fragmented approach by CCP Foreign Ministry officials and a lack of coordination of positions. The outside world can only understand what the CCP opposes, but it is difficult to see what the CCP government is actually up to!
Is there a possibility that the CCP’s diplomacy will change course? The current state of affairs seems to be unsustainable for Beijing, as the West is gradually forming a united front against the CCP and Beijing has to move closer and closer to Tehran and Moscow, but history has shown that these two countries are not reliable allies. The article concludes by noting that the arrival of a new Chinese Foreign Minister may bring changes, as the three possible candidates are Le Yucheng, Zheng Zeguang and Ma Zhaoxu. Le Yucheng is the most likely candidate for foreign minister.
In a lengthy investigative article published last Friday in the French newspaper Libération, Sonia Bresseler, a PhD in philosophy and history of science and owner of an investment strategy consultancy, followed the French author of the far-left, the French author who is in line with the official position of the Communist Party of China, and the head of the publishing house “Silk Road” of Maxime Vivas. For her, it is important to give a platform to different points of view, and she published Maxime Vivas’ book because, in her own words, she found it interesting, because she believes that some of the accusations about Xinjiang are based on the concept of “fear. “Sonia Bresseler is also the organizer of the Sino-French Dialogue magazine, which works closely with some of the official Chinese Communist media. Interviews with former French Prime Minister Raffarin and others are often published, and articles by Christian Mestre, a French law professor at the University of Strasbourg who recently had to resign after being exposed by the media, can also be found. Pascal Boniface, head of the French Institute of International Relations Studies, also had published an article on Sino-French trade in the Sino-French Dialogue, stressing that it was at the request of Sonia Bresseler and that he was not aware of this journal at first. He noted in particular that today he would not publish in such journals. The French Institute of International Relations has been organizing annual seminars on the topic of the Communist Party’s Belt and Road with the Chinese embassy in France since 2017, but Pascal Boniface also said in this regard that it was impossible to continue similar cooperation after the Communist ambassador to France rudely insulted French academics.
In addition, Sonia Bresseler often appears in the official Chinese Communist media as a sinologist, commenting on events in China, for example, on the Hong Kong issue, where she once commented on the Occupy movement, which broke out with the financial support of foreign capital.
In addition to the above reports and comments about the CCP, on Monday French newspapers focused on the situation in Burma, with French energy giant Total’s stance on continuing to cooperate with the Burmese military under public criticism.
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