Wang Yi’s knock on “superior countries” sparked online debate

Since the failure of the U.S.-China dialogue in Alaska, China has been frequently commenting on U.S.-China relations in a high profile, with the latest quote coming from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who told the official media, “China does not recognize that there are superior countries in the world, and does not accept that only one country can say what happens in the world.” What do you mean by “superior country”? Netizens have a seriously different interpretation: “The higher the country, the lower the people, and this is what is called, a superior country.”

In an interview published by Xinhua News Agency on March 4, Wang Yi, who met with the foreign ministers of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea in Fujian from March 31 to April 4, said that “everyone agrees that the development and growth of China is a historical necessity. “Everyone” is too high a generalization, and from many reports, most of these countries are not close to Beijing.

In particular, I wonder how the Philippine foreign minister, who has ignored the Philippines’ strong protests against the large number of unidentified Chinese ships occupying the waters of Niuyu Reef for days, feels about Wang Yi’s comments.

The Chinese foreign minister, who attended the U.S.-China dialogue in Alaska, next spoke about the U.S.-China dialogue, saying, “Dialogue should be conducted on an equal footing and with mutual respect, and China does not recognize that there are superior countries in the world and does not accept that only one country can say what happens in the world.”

The Chinese side’s performance at that dialogue is well known to the world, with Chinese leader Yang Jiechi’s 17-minute speech seriously overrunning his time by blasting “the United States is not qualified to speak to China from above” and “China doesn’t eat that” becoming an Internet quote that has been circulating around. The nationalists in particular felt that the Chinese delegation had done them a great service.

But as in the last dialogue, the Chinese side is still talking along the logic of the “bullied” and does not recognize that “there is a superior country in this world”, not knowing who this country is, but considering itself superior, which in Wang Yi’s eyes is of course the United States. When did the United States consider itself a superior country? About all Wang Yi is upset with is the ongoing U.S. accusations of human rights violations against Beijing and criticism of China’s expansion and threatening activities in Taiwan and the South China Sea.

However, Wang Yi’s statement, followed by the phrase “not accepting that only one country can say what happens in the world,” gave more of a sense that he was showing that China is already strong and that the U.S. should not try to dominate, but that China wants to share the world.

Wang Yi’s anger and pride were both in this statement, and the analysis pointed out that his expression, like Yang Jiechi’s in Alaska, was the kind of war-wolf language described by outsiders, but Yang Jiechi was facing the U.S. representatives, while Wang Yi spoke mainly to a domestic audience.

The euphoria of national sentiment was short-lived, with many netizens seizing on the “disapproval of superiority” and pointing the finger directly at the three, six, nine classes within China, the privileged, the commoners, and the gross inequalities between societies, according to screenshots from China’s digital age.

As with all people in the world, so do the Chinese people, who are more concerned about their own side and their own survival than about foreign affairs, just for a while.

Under the sign “China does not recognize that there are superior countries”, there is a serious divergence between the goal of the netizens and Wang Yi’s. Wang Yi’s gun is aimed at the United States, while many netizens have turned their guns around: “China does not recognize that there are superior countries.

Lu Xikun: China does not recognize that there are superior countries, similarly, we do not recognize who is less taxed, who has more pensions, who is Sun Xiaoguo, who drives a big G to visit the Forbidden City.

Shi Hong want to fly on the fly: Who drives into the Forbidden City in China? Who chases traffic police okay? Who can get out of jail with the death penalty? Who can spend money to buy a life?

There are people who have no heart: when will the dual-track system be abolished? When will the special offer be cancelled?

Hoho, the superior country overrides the people supreme, let the people 996, 007, the inferior country can not dare to do so.

Sanshing Township grain abundance village: their own family pension, medical treatment, school districts have to be divided into three, six, nine, yes, that’s you, the United States Empire.

Today and tomorrow: their own country account book has several levels, children reading also divided into several levels?

Students can not know everything: the higher the country, the lower the people, which is called, the higher the country.

There are also a few online comments that politely ridicule the “fruitful” achievements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

D: Minister Wang’s Boxer Rebellion style diplomatic team, for nearly a decade, by making enemies on all sides and striking out on all sides, has finally achieved the goal of having fewer friends and more enemies. Friends are North Korea, Venezuela, Belarus, Russia, Cuba, Iran. Syria, Pakistan, Palestine.

There is also this strange comment.

Building generated logic: according to past facts, China only accept the United States appropriate suppression, and not bottomless, as long as the price is reasonable and fair, even if the attitude is bad some, appropriate have some personality insult, are tolerable.

Why so much whining “leaked out,” China Digital Times analyzed, “perhaps because there was no censorship of comments and no timely participation of online commentators, and the Weibo comment section quickly turned over badly.” “There was little talk about the officially set topic – the country’s sovereignty and national dignity.”

In an April 5 analysis by AFP, “Beijing will henceforth be tit-for-tat in the face of Western criticism and pressure, using ‘war-wolf diplomacy’ without fear or hesitation and never hesitating to show its fangs again.”