The bully doesn't know how to react when confronted by an even bigger bully
China is a responsible major country. We stand up against hegemony, not only to safeguard our own rightful interests, but also to uphold the common interests of the international community," the Chinese foreign ministry said in a faxed statement.
China's behaviour from the start and throughout the pandemic is enough to debunk the above.
When you could care less about your own people why would you care about any international community?
It added that, "This trade war was started by the U.S. and imposed on China... If the U.S. really wants to resolve the issue through dialogue and negotiations, it should stop applying extreme pressure. Any dialogue should be established on the basis of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit."
Oh really? Funny how nobody retaliated off the bat except China. Because they were warned not to. So if you retaliate then you are the one starting the fighting.
If after 90 days there are concrete deals worked out with major countries then China's case will look even weaker.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
tried to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a China hawk who is sanctioned by Beijing, during a February visit to New York to chair a United Nations session but did not secure a meeting. There has been no publicly disclosed exchange between the two sides’ top diplomats beyond a frosty phone call in late January.
Maintaining sanctions on a current foreign minister and then wonder why your counterpart couldn't get a meeting with him?
Previous SECSTATE Mike Pompeo was also sanctioned by China along with other members of Trump's first cabinet. What it means is no high paid consultancy gigs shilling for China when they retire.
The way “countries which have tried to negotiate
have been treated so far this year also certainly has not done much to encourage China to sit down at the table,” said Lynn Song, Chief Economist for Greater China at ING Bank.
China sees itself in the same league as Ukraine now?
Because that's the country the linked article points to. And this meeting was about trade sanctions? Lol
The real battlefield is on the domestic front, rather than bilateral negotiations,” said Zhao of Fudan University.
Oh yeah, this summer is going to be real hot for the CCP.
Imagine milions of unemployed college grads mixing with millions of out of work migrant factory workers. What could go wrong.
Chinese officials also published on Musk’s X platform a clip of Chairman Mao giving a speech in 1953 - the last time the U.S. and China were in direct military conflict during the Korean War.
In the clip, Mao, whose oldest son died in the war, says peace is up to the Americans.
“No matter how long this war is going to last, we’ll never yield,” he said. “We’ll fight until we completely triumph.”
Except we're no longer in Mao's China. The present lot are spoilt only kids. There is no way they could endure the hardships during Mao's time.
Mao thought the soviets were weak because they wouldn't start a nuclear war with the Americans for the sake of communism. Mao was quite ready to lose two thirds of his population if they could win. And that was the founding father of the PRC.
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