Friday, 11 March 2022

SCMP - Why China’s ‘condescension diplomacy’ will be of no help in resolving regional disputes

Why China's 'condescension diplomacy' will be of no help in resolving regional disputes.

It’s true that Chinese apparatchiks are super sensitive to criticism. And Wang Yi (above) s one the the worst of them.

Part of that is the hangover from the Hundred Years of Humiliation. And that’s surely understandable: stealing Chinese land by Unequal Treaties. But it’s now.  Not then.  And a confident country doesn’t need to live off victimisation for ever. Get over it.

My comment at the site: 
Wang YI says "…countries outside the region who do not wish to see tranquillity in the disputed waters."    
One way to achieve "tranquility":  Surrender.