European powers send harsh messages to China

Europe’s Key Power France has recently entered a political battle with Beijing amid mounting sentiments against China on the mainland and aggressive diplomacy by Chinese diplomats. The French foreign ministry recently summoned the Chinese ambassador for “objectionable” articles on the Chinese embassy’s website. Last week, the ministry summoned Chinese Ambassador Lu Shaye to express deep disapproval of claims by Chinese diplomats that France had killed its older citizens during the coronavirus crisis.

The controversy follows a series of posts on the Chinese embassy (Paris) website, attributed to a Chinese diplomat, resulting in an article that reads: “Nursing home residents were forced to sign” exemption certificates emergency care “; Ehpad nursing staff left their posts overnight, collectively left, leaving their residents to starve and die.” “Some recent public statements by representatives of the Chinese embassy in France do not match the quality of the bilateral relationship between our two countries,” said the French Foreign Ministry.

Meanwhile in Germany, Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief of the Bild newspaper, criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping for his regime’s inability to reveal the coronavirus outbreak. In his letter to Xi, Reichelt said: “Your embassy in Berlin addressed me in an open letter because we asked you in our Bild newspaper whether China should pay for the massive economic damage that the coronavirus is causing worldwide.” [Xi]You, your government, and your scientists have long known that the coronavirus is highly infectious, but you left the world in the dark about it. Its top experts did not respond when western investigators asked to know what was going on in Wuhan. You were too proud and too nationalistic to tell the truth, which you felt was a national disgrace, “the letter said.

Spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Berlin, Tao Lil, published an open letter to Bild on the embassy website. “I followed up on his report on the crown pandemic in general and China’s alleged fault in particular today. In addition to the fact that we consider it a bad style to blame a country for a pandemic that is affecting the whole world and then presenting an explicit account of China’s alleged debts to Germany, the article ignores some essential facts, “the letter stated. . In the Netherlands, the Chinese embassy accused the Volkskrant newspaper of publishing “exaggerated and malicious” stories. Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus Huang Xingyuan was also in trouble for saying the world was embarrassed by how quickly China had resolved the virus outbreak and had resorted to “blaming lies.” In another post he wrote: “It is sad to see #Boris [Johnson] Positive and confirmed cases exceeded 100k in the US. USA I hope it is not the result of the herd immunity policy. ”

China has been embroiled in disputes on social media not only in Europe, but also in Khazakstan, Iran and Singapore. He has also argued with the Brazilian education minister over statements that Beijing planned world domination. In Sri Lanka, the Twitter account for the Chinese embassy has just been restored after it was closed for allegedly being inflammatory. According to the expert group The German Marshall Fund, Twitter accounts linked to Chinese embassies, consulates and ambassadors have increased by more than 250% since the start of Hong Kong anti-government protests in March 2019. Only from September to December, the Chinese diplomatic authorities The body created more than 40 new accounts.