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The World Blames China for Covid-19
- Germany, France, Britain, Australia and Canada among them – joining the United States in pressing Beijing for greater transparency regarding its initial cover-ups
- China’s diplomats are fighting an uphill battle to fend off criticism of the country’s initial handling of the crisis and reset the narrative about the origins of the deadly coronavirus.
- Wolf Warriors/Twitter Warriors of China
- Chinese diplomats have been particularly aggressive on Twitter
- Chinese embassy in Berlin argued publicly with German newspaper Bild after they demanded more than US$160 billion in compensation from China
- Beijing’s diplomatic missions in Australia and Canada accused local politicians and media of supporting US propaganda
- Chinese diplomats in Sweden, Britain, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore and Peru made international headlines by trading barbs with media
Good for Diplomat’s Careers
- “For their careers, it makes perfect sense for the diplomats to echo and magnify what they see as the leader’s wishes,”
- “Whether their conduct backfires on China’s relations with other countries or not is now a secondary consideration for many of them,”
Chinese Ambassadors summoned…
- At least seven Chinese ambassadors – to France, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and the African Union – were summoned by their hosts to answer charges
Charges included:
- spreading rumours and misinformation
- the “racist mistreatment” of Africans in the south China city of Guangzhou.
China might suffer in the long run…
- “The aggressive Chinese propaganda and diplomacy will antagonise other countries, and some will backtrack from the globalisation process that has benefited China so much,
China might suffer in the long run…
- “This will of course hurt the best interests of China and the citizens of China, as they have been the biggest beneficiaries of globalisation
Overall Opinion regarding China
- A former foreign minister of Singapore, said that the level of antiChina sentiment in Western countries had gone from bad to worse in recent years
- Beijing must curb the tendency of its officials, who become extra aggressive in their defence of China.
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