The EU-China investment agreement was reached two days before the end of 2020, a seven-year negotiation that came to a hurried end. Before the agreement was signed, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell had called on the Chinese Communist Party to immediately release lawyer Gao Zhisheng, “709 case” defense lawyer Li Yuxun and other dissident lawyers and individuals. As things stand, this has not been achieved.
The agreement looks like a lot of promises to the EU, such as China will give EU companies a higher level of market access, ensure fair treatment of EU companies, give European companies a better competitive environment, and not force European companies to exchange technology. However, the agreement has been questioned by many parties who believe that the Chinese Communist Party’s promises are not credible, as Hong Kong is the best example of where the promised 50 years of no change is.
The signing of the agreement between Europe and the Chinese Communist Party at this juncture can be considered a risky move, and criticism has risen. Matthew Pottinger, deputy national security adviser at the White House, said, “Leaders of the U.S. political party and the entire U.S. government are baffled and alarmed that the EU is moving forward with a new investment agreement [with the Chinese Communist Party] on the eve of the new U.S. administration.” Bomen said, “The European Commission’s rush to work with Beijing in spite of its serious human rights abuses is pulling down a veil of shame.”
Bomen said, “Some European officials and commentators like to say that the Trump (Trump) administration is an obstacle to further and deeper transatlantic cooperation. Now it’s clear to everyone that this is not a problem for President Trump, it’s a problem for core European officials. Look at yourself in the mirror. There is nothing to hide from the bureaucrats in Brussels or Europe.”
Some said, “It’s hypocrisy on the part of the left to demand the release of a few people and then be content to keep raking in the cash. The CCP’s hostage diplomacy has been very effective.” “It’s no wonder the CCP is arrogant when they are engaging in human rights sanctions while getting money into China.”
Within Europe, criticism has also continued. Jakub Janda, director of the European Values Center for Security Policy, a Czech-based think tank, told Radio Free Asia that several leaders, led by Germany and France, are pushing for the deal with an eye primarily on a “This is contrary to European values and strategies.
According to Janda, it is “a strategic mistake” for an EU power like Germany to think only of a trade agreement with the Chinese Communist Party; what the EU should really demand is that the Chinese Communist Party stop its aggression, its spying on democratic countries, its genocide and forced labor practices in China.
In addition, Reinhard Bütikofer, leader of the German Green Party and chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with China, has publicly stated that he will argue the issue of forced labor in the parliament.
However, many parliamentarians may think similarly to German MP Katja Leikert, vice president of the CDU/CSU parliamentary association, who tweeted on the day of the EU-China signing that the human rights situation in China is a cause for concern, but that even an investment agreement will not change that. In any case, the improvement of labor protection standards and the commitment to abolish forced labor can still be seen as positive intermediate steps.
In response, Gyde Jensen, a German federal lawmaker and chair of the parliamentary human rights committee, tweeted back that such words were telling the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping that they were right to negotiate and not to worry about the consequences of violating international law. Social freedom and economic freedom are missing – including human rights.
So far, much of the opposition has focused on human rights issues. In fact, one should pay more attention to the Chinese Communist Party’s implicit threat to Europe. Judging from the stormy U.S. election, it is the omnipresent and pervasive Chinese Communist infiltration and manipulation that Europe should really worry about.
The U.S. election has exposed the massive infiltration of the Chinese Communist Party into U.S. society, political leaders, business and media, which is alarming. From Biden’s son’s computer exposing the Biden family’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party, to the Chinese snake Fang Fang pushing Eric Swalwell from a city councilman all the way to the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, the Chinese Communist ghosts are everywhere.
In a January 4 interview, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described his 10 years of experience dealing with the Chinese Communist Party in the political arena, watching it break its promises over and over again, and how nothing it says can be trusted. He also mentioned that past regimes had illusions about the CCP and that U.S. President Donald Trump has allowed a policy shift to begin to build alliances in the world’s democracies and free market economies to stop the CCP threat.
In a December 20 article, prominent U.S. attorney Lin Wood noted that “Communism has infiltrated our government at all levels, including our judiciary. Communism infiltrates through ideology, corruption, money and extortion.” He added, “We have been cajoled into saying that doing business with China is good for America. Fallacy. The Chinese Communist Party is evil. They want to destroy us, our way of life and our freedom. The Chinese Communist Party is the devil. Too many Americans have made a deal with the devil. Donald. Trump woke us up by running for president.”
For years Europe has had a policy of appeasement toward the Chinese Communist Party. In Germany alone, many dignitaries and business tycoons, including Angela Merkel, a number of chancellors and presidents, have been awarded honorary doctorates and professorships by the CCP. Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and former Chancellor Gerhard Schmidt, who retired as advisors to the Chinese Communist Party, have made a surprisingly large number of trips to Beijing and are inextricably linked to the Chinese Communist Party economically and politically, many of them being called “old friends of the Chinese people.
The signing of the investment agreement between Europe and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is just like giving charcoal to the CCP, which is facing a wall. Once the agreement was signed, the number of people infected with the Chinese Communist virus (Wuhan pneumonia) in Europe increased dramatically. For example, on the day of the signing, the number of infections in Germany jumped from 19,466 the day before to 49.044. This also confirms the rule that whoever is close to the CCP is more dangerous.
The good news is that Europe may still have a chance to change the dangerous situation. According to the timetable of the agreement, it has to be sent to the European Council and the European Parliament for review. In other words, if Europe is vigilant enough, it can still hang back and have a chance to refuse to sign with the Chinese Communist devil.
Otherwise, a big disaster will come and Europe will be in danger.
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