In his Lunar New Year speech, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping praised closer “unification” with Hong Kong and Macau, while condemning “Taiwan independence” and “interference by foreign powers” in China’s affairs.
“We have actively supported Hong Kong and Macau to be better integrated into the overall national development,” Xi declared.
In the case of Hong Kong, its “integration” required a shocking and formidable human rights defenders from around the world. dignified An oppressive “national security law” that effectively criminalizes all dissent against the Chinese Communist Party.
Hong Kong’s puppet government, controlled by the Chinese government, ignored There are calls internationally, including at the United Nations, for the national security law to be abolished.
When the international community realizes that Hong Kong is no longer a haven of free enterprise, a luxurious front lobby where the outside world can do business with China, and Hong Kong’s billions of dollars of wealth. evaporated. In January 2024, the Hong Kong stock market fell below its trading volume on the day China took over Hong Kong in 1997.
Xi said that over the past year, his administration has “strongly opposed separatist acts of Taiwan independence and interference by foreign forces, and resolutely defended the country’s sovereignty, security, and development interests.”
as South China Morning Post (SCMP) Mercilessly I got it.Mr. Xi has always disliked Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen as an alleged “separatist” and has waged a relentless diplomatic campaign to isolate Taiwan as punishment for being elected Taiwanese president, and has used propaganda to blackmail him. The party has been aiming to oust the party from power in Taiwan in January, using all means possible. However, in any case, William Lai Chingde, Tsai’s vice president and chosen successor, won a landslide victory.
Taiwanese Vice President William Lai Ching-te celebrates victory in Taipei, Taiwan, January 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
President Xi claimed that China’s diplomacy in 2023 “brought certainty and positive energy to a world of change and turmoil,” a boast that is quite difficult to substantiate given the world situation at the end of the lunar calendar. , which is probably what he wanted the audience to do.Think of something like China intermediary approach between Saudi Arabia and Iran. China has vigorously promoted this agreement as evidence of its arrival as a major power on the geopolitical stage.
Until now, China very useless China has refused to criticize Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, despite pleas from around the world for China to use its influence constructively on the atrocities committed against Israel by Hamas. There is. in China in February shifted Attitudes range from an awkward silence on Ukraine to active support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion.
Mr. Xi has said that by fighting corruption (things never seem to get better in China, no matter how hard he claims to be fighting it) and “resolutely carrying out” political reforms, He patted himself on the back for creating a “favorable political environment.” Pandemic policies to create “economic recovery and development.”
President Xi’s crazy coronavirus lockdown finally ended in November 2022. stood up China is in a state of near-rebellion, and China’s economic recovery is unusually weak.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that China’s economic slump will continue until at least 2028. India’s stock market is booming as investors exit China’s struggling economy and build “risk-averse” portfolios to reduce dependence on China.
