Let me summarize Xi Jinping's speech at Davos in one gif:
The Uyghurs, Tibetans and Hong Kongers would like to have a word with you about this "forcing one's own history, culture and social system upon others" bit.
Ah yes. So rich hearing the Chairman speak of strengthening equal rights, equal opportunities and equal rules globally! We all know how equal the rights are back home!
Is that why a senior advisor at the World Health Organization (WHO) hung up on the journalist who asked about Taiwan’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and then did not answer further questions because they had “already talked about China?”
Then why is Taiwan shut out of the WHO?
And why did China dismiss requests from Australia, US, and other countries to let independent scientific investigators access Wuhan to study the origins of the virus last year?
Why did the WHO investigators face so many obstacles?
And why did China dismiss requests from Australia, US, and other countries to let independent scientific investigators access Wuhan to study the origins of the virus last year?
Why did the WHO investigators face so many obstacles?
We all know a commitment to openness and inclusion is, in fact, a cherished Chinese value. You can learn about this from China's Great Firewalled Internet.
Also, decoupling is very bad. It's not like we disallow US tech companies and social media platforms in China.
Also, decoupling is very bad. It's not like we disallow US tech companies and social media platforms in China.
International laws and rules must be safeguarded!
Except the Sino-UK Joint Treaty, territorial claims in Ladakh, South China Sea, and such.
Except the Sino-UK Joint Treaty, territorial claims in Ladakh, South China Sea, and such.
4 million federal workers whose identities were stolen in the OPM hack might have something to say about meddling in internal affairs...
But industrial espionage and forced tech transfer to secure others' advantages in development are ok?