Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has frequently “scolded” in diplomatic occasions, while making noise at Home. The picture shows the opening of the Communist Party’s two sessions on May 21, 2020.
Since last week, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been frequently “cursing” on diplomatic occasions, while making noise at home. Analysts say the Communist Party’s approach is reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution and is not beneficial to the mainland population, nor is it as tough as its scolding rhetoric.
Since the March 18 U.S.-China talks, Chinese officials at all levels have made frequent “scolding” remarks.
After the Communist Party’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, called out “the Chinese for not eating this” at the Alaska talks, the Communist Embassy in France took to its official Twitter account the next day to call French scholar Antoine Bondaz a “petite frappe” in French. Bondaz publicly criticized the Chinese ambassador to France, Lu Shano, for interfering with the plans of French elected members of parliament to visit Taiwan.
This week, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said, “(Sanctions against Chinese Communist Party officials in Xinjiang) The United States, Britain and Canada together account for only 5.7 percent of the world’s population …… They are not qualified to represent the international community.”
Former U.S. Diplomat: Today’s comparison can be made with the Chinese Communist Party’s Cultural Revolution
David Keegan, a former U.S. diplomat who now teaches at the Nietzsche School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., told Radio Free Asia, “The political-ideological climate in Beijing right now is probably the most authoritarian and harsh since 1989, and it can be compared to the Cultural Revolution-style diplomacy under Mao Zedong. But I would say that whether it’s the current war-wolf diplomacy or the Cultural Revolution-era diplomacy, this is not constructive for China itself, and it’s still important to observe what China [the CCP] does next.”
According to Voice of America, during the Cultural Revolution, the CCP’s Foreign Ministry was led by the “Central Cultural Revolution Group,” and in the year around 1967 alone, nearly 30 of the 48 countries with which the CCP had diplomatic relations had diplomatic disputes due to the CCP’s propaganda of the Cultural Revolution.
Analysis: The Communist Party’s promotion of anti-American sentiment is detrimental to the country and its people
Voice of America on March 24 quoted Li Datong, a senior media figure in Beijing, as saying, “Yang Jiechi’s off-the-cuff remark that “Chinese people don’t eat this” will make Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times, jump for joy, but is it good for China? Is it in China’s national interest? It is “baffling”!
He said that a country relies on hard and soft power, including economic and military hard power, as well as cultural and diplomatic soft power, to seek peace and compromise and create a good international image and prestige when dealing with international relations.
Gao Yu, a senior Beijing media figure, said that the phrase “the Chinese don’t eat this” in a diplomatic setting is not very civilized and has some jingoism, which may encourage populist anti-American sentiment at home.
Professor Leng Jiefu, former head of the Department of Political Science at Renmin University of China, said, “His tough attitude expressed to the nationalism of people who do not have a good understanding of the domestic ideology, a little influence, some stimulation, because the pain is ah, the U.S. is the old ah, we do not eat that. But for people who are really very cultured, very decent diplomatic position, very measured, very polite, and will not agree.”
Scholar: The Chinese Communist Party is not really tough
Current affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan analyzes that Yang Jiechi is actually carrying out Xi Jinping‘s wishes, and if we talk about performance, he is being ordered to perform for the world to see. This is a planned diplomatic attack in accordance with Zhongnanhai’s wishes, with the aim of disrupting the U.S. pace and seizing the initiative in the talks, while also testing the bottom line of the Biden administration’s policy toward the CCP to the maximum extent possible. Moreover, Xi Jinping no longer cares about international window dressing. Although the world has seen the CCP’s war-wolf diplomacy, its crassness and brutality and arrogance, the CCP now does not care how badly it is known, as long as it can stir up success.
Robert Daly, director of the China-U.S. Institute at the Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Washington think tank, told Radio Free Asia that he noticed that while in front of the cameras, high-level U.S. and Chinese diplomats were showing full tension aimed at their domestic audiences, the official Chinese (Communist Party) Xinhua news agency softened its tone in its post-meeting report, which said the U.S. and China promised to strengthen communication, among other things.
After the U.S.-China talks, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada jointly sanctioned Chinese officials in Xinjiang, and the Chinese Communist Party said it “counter-sanctioned” the EU officials. According to Ge Tianhao, China’s (CCP) quick response in sanctioning some of the EU countries’ lawmakers and think tanks also highlights China’s (CCP) real concern about the U.S. fighting a group war with its traditional allies.
Hu Jia, a well-known Beijing-based rights activist, told VOA that the Communist Party is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and that the Communist Party wants to seize the opportunity to stand out as an “equalizer.
He said that the CCP controls the tools of propaganda and public opinion, and tightly controls and regulates the Internet. The CCP will use their propaganda tools to manipulate and guide public opinion, to encourage people to oppose the U.S. when relations with the U.S. are tense, and to show people that the two countries are friendly when relations with the U.S. are easing and improving.
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