China’s Communist Youth League earlier set off a wave of boycotts of a number of international brands, criticizing the brand years ago announced a “boycott of Xinjiang cotton” statement, of which the Swedish clothing brand H&M was the first to bear the brunt. Swedish independent journalist Jojje Olson (Jojje Olson) for reporting on the Chinese boycott of H&M, repeatedly intimidated by the Chinese Embassy. The right-of-center Christian Democrats and the right-wing Sweden Democrats have called for the expulsion of the Chinese ambassador to Sweden, Gui Congyou, because the Chinese embassy has repeatedly threatened journalists.
Swedish media “Expressen” (expressen) reported that the independent journalist familiar with China issues Olson Thursday (8) received an e-mail from the Chinese Embassy, the letter “asked” him to stop critical coverage of China, but also accused him of conspiring with advocates of “Taiwan independence The letter also accused him of “dishonesty and moral turpitude” for conspiring with advocates of “Taiwan independence” to spread misinformation and stir up anti-China sentiment, explicitly telling Olson to face the consequences. The Express is inquiring with the Chinese Embassy authorities what consequences Olson will face if he continues to report on China news.
Olsson, who has published articles on China’s boycott of H&M, said it was not surprising that he received an email from the Chinese embassy, which had repeatedly asked him to stop reporting on China, but this time the email was more threatening in tone than in the past.
The Swedish Democratic Party’s foreign affairs spokesman Markus Wiechel said the Chinese ambassador to Sweden has threatened Swedish journalists and political figures for years, describing “unacceptable behavior,” and the Swedish Democratic Party has proposed in 2019 that Gui be listed as an “undesirable person” from the friend The Swedish Democratic Party has already proposed to list Gui Congyou as “persona non grata” in 2019. He said that Gui Congyou has seriously affected the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and also made the image of Chinese people in Sweden more and more bad.
Lars Adaktusson, the Christian Democrats’ diplomatic spokesman, said that although Gui had been summoned, he had not changed his “war wolf” style and urged the Swedish government to classify him as persona non grata.
Since he became China’s ambassador to Sweden, Gui has repeatedly accused the Swedish media of “viciously attacking the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party”, and in 2020 he accused the Swedish newspaper Express and Svenska Dagbladet of “maliciously criticizing China”. The editor-in-chief of the political section of the Swedish daily Nerikes Allehanda (Lars Ströman) also referred to Yao Jinxiang as “ambassador” in an interview with Taiwan’s representative in Sweden; the report also He also received at least three malicious emails from the Chinese embassy because he criticized China and expressed support for Taiwan, China’s “neighbor”.
The Christian Democrats and the Sweden Democrats have called on the Swedish government more than once to expel Gui from Friends, and other Swedish opposition parties have expressed their discontent with the Chinese Embassy’s attempts to influence freedom of expression in Sweden.
The local Left Party has also called for the expulsion of the Chinese ambassador to Sweden. Ulf Kristersson, chairman of Moderates, has also repeatedly called on Sweden’s ruling coalition to be tougher on China. He said that the authorities’ summoning of the ambassador would not help and that a tougher approach should be used, even in conjunction with other European countries, to sanction China. Kerstin Lundgren, a representative of the Centre Party, said that if China wants to join the world market, it must understand that there is a price to pay, and he believes that “the EU has been too soft in the face of China.”
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said that the Swedish government has summoned Gui Congyou several times to tell him that freedom of expression is constitutionally guaranteed in Sweden and that journalists are free to report on their work. Authorities have repeatedly asked the Chinese ambassador to respect Swedish law and said they do not accept threats.
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