Xi Jinping calls for more 'loveable' image for China in bid to make friends

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: BBC



China's president has said he wants the country to "expand its circle of friends" by revamping its image. Xi Jinping told senior Communist Party officials it was important to present an image of a "credible, loveable and respectable China", according to a report by state-run news agency Xinhua. It marks a possible shift in China's diplomatic approach, which analysts say has become increasingly antagonistic.

The comments came amid deteriorating relations with key global powers. China has faced criticism over human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority group and the crackdown on Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners, among other issues. It recently denounced US efforts to further investigate whether Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab, accusing the Americans of "political manipulation and blame shifting".

Mr Xi told officials on Monday it was important for China to tell its story in a positive way. "It is necessary to make friends, unite and win over the majority, and constantly expand the circle of friends [when it comes to] international public opinion," he was quoted by Xinhua as saying. He said the country should be "open and confident, but also modest and humble" in its communication with the world. Mr Xi also said the party's propaganda organisations must make it clear that Beijing wanted "nothing but the Chinese people's happiness and good fortune". The country's diplomats have become increasingly vocal in recent years, deploying sarcasm and aggression against those who challenge its positions. The strategy has been dubbed "Wolf Warrior" diplomacy - named after patriotic blockbuster movies in which elite Chinese special forces take on American-led mercenaries.

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[Aristus]

1. Well, not running over people with your tanks might be a step in the right direction...

n/t

[dalton99a]

5. +1. And stop bullying your neighbors and grabbing international waters

using utterly bullshit territorial claims

[zuul]

2. Headline from yesterday:

China State Media Says Country Must Prepare for Nuclear War With U.S. After Biden Asks for COVID Probe

https://www.newsweek.com/china-state-media-says-country-must-prepare-nuclear-war-us-after-biden-asks-covid-probe-1596568

[padah513]

3. Exactly

Talking out of both sides of their mouths

[AZLD4Candidate]

16. My wife calls it 两面子, or two faced.

The Communist Party of China are proficient, professional liars and it's about the only thing they know how to do effectively.

It trickles down to the populace as well. . .I heard many a people say "if Xi Jinping can lie, so can I."

I can go into the CPC's indoctrination of ethnocentrism, jingoism, xenophobia, racism, and intolerance, but I want to keep my reply short. Challenge most people there on any of those and prepare to get either "well, this is our way and we don't think it's bad" or "you have no respect for China. This is China. Accept it or go home." And if you're married to a Chinese woman, prepare for the foreigner to be called a rapist barbarian, and the spouse to be called a banana that "dishonors her family by being a foreigner's whore."

All this got worse under Xi Jinping.

[dalton99a]

4. Meanwhile:

https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-fishing-vessels-going-dark-off-argentina-waters-2021-6

Fleets of fishing ships are going 'dark' in the South Atlantic, and China is the leading culprit
Christopher Woody

China's heavily subsidized distant-water fishing fleet is the world's largest. Its catches are hauled back to China and often sold for export.

Indonesia, where officials described Chinese fishing as "transnational organized crime," blew up at least one Chinese fishing boat. African countries have detained and fined Chinese vessels, and Ecuador jailed a Chinese crew caught with 300 tons of illegally caught fish.

Chile and Argentina have both had run-ins with Chinese fishing vessels. Argentina's coast guard has chased, fired on, and sunk Chinese vessels it said were fishing illegally in Argentine waters.

The appearance of some 300 Chinese-flagged fishing boats near Ecuador in summer 2020 drew international attention, including from US authorities, who have warned about such activity for years.

[Crowman2009]

6. I knew quite a few Korean war veterans who have the opposite...

...view of PR of China.

[AZLD4Candidate]

17. My wife's grandfather fought in the Korean War for the Chinese, was a party member

and hated everyone associated with the party except Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Peng Duhuai, and Deng Xiaoping.

[IronLionZion]

7. Like a panda, they'll look soft and cuddly

but they'll kill you just because they feel like it

[Warpy]

8. A fluffy panda cartoon character won't do it, Xi

You're going to have to start by pulling your claws in, both in Hong Kong and the South China Sea.

But you don't want to do that, do you?

[PoliticAverse]

9. The beatings will get harder until our image improves. n/t

[Danascot]

10. If he wanted to appear more loveable

He probably shouldn't have banned Pooh

[turbinetree]

11. Maybe he forgot or some other BS about the 380 re-education camps they have employed against some

of ethnic groups in the Xinjiang region...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54195325

and its is just amazing how companies flock to the country with blind eye...........

[Mickju]

12. Maybe he should try leaving Hong Kong alone for a start.

[Martin68]

13. "more 'loveable' image?" I believe that train has left the station.

[ripcord]

14. Want to make friends?

Be friendly.

[AZLD4Candidate]

15. Too little too late, you disgusted Chinese Donald Trump

亲吻我的屁眼，他妈的傻逼。去死。

[Javaman]

18. how about we let the Uyghur people give their perspective on this bullshit? nt