Der Westen vs. Chinas Expansionsdrang

[Schneemann]

Ich packe es mal hier hinein:

Die Aussagen von Außenministerin Baerbock zu China - im Kontext eines Fox News-Interviews während ihres aktuellen USA-Besuches - kommt derzeit in China nicht sonderlich gut an, u. a. nannte sie Xi einen Diktator. Ja, man reagiert in Westtaiwan (Copyright Quintus) geradezu pikiert, so als wenn man beim Ladendiebstahl erwischt wurde.

Andererseits kam die Aussage innerhalb stark konservativer US-Kreise, die bekanntlich unter Trump schon einen harten Anti-Peking-Kurs fuhren und innerhalb derer man gegenüber der "green/left" Baerbock zunächst sehr, sehr zurückhaltend war, recht gut an...

Another country has called Xi a ‘dictator’ and China is not happy with that description [...]

China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made the remarks in an interview with Fox News during a visit to the United States last week. [...]

The Chinese government on Sunday summoned Germany’s ambassador to China, Patricia Flor, to protest Baerbock’s comments, a German foreign ministry spokesperson told CNN Monday. China’s Foreign Ministry said Beijing was “strongly dissatisfied” with Baerbock’s comments and “firmly opposes” them. “The remarks made by Germany are extremely absurd, seriously infringe on China’s political dignity, and are an open political provocation,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular news briefing on Monday. [...]

In June, US President Joe Biden also referred to Xi as a “dictator,” sparking a fierce backlash from Beijing.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/19/china...index.html

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