CHINESE WAY OF LIFE

Gen. Kao said that Taiwan lost its military advantage in the 1980s and China’s economic boom has led to great advancements in its military strength. He claimed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is no longer the version seen in the 1950s and ’60s and called on “brothers from the three armed services” to show “loyalty and filial piety” to China. He added “the time is right” for generals leading the three branches of Taiwan’s military to “stand up and set things right.” Kao alleged that Taiwan’s “hard-won democracy and freedom have been destroyed by the DPP.”

Kao urged Taiwan’s generals to rise up “for the sake of national righteousness” and to “save the people of Taiwan from turmoil.” In an apparent reference to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, Kao said that when “D-Day” arrives, Taiwan’s armed forces “must respond by overthrowing this DPP scam ring in one fell swoop.”

In this video, Keybros dissect the differences between Chinese and Western diplomatic thought. Within the historical context of China’s interactions with the West since the Xin Chou Treaty (Boxer Protocol) of 1901, we analyse the origins and philosophical foundations of Chinese Confucian diplomacy and American foreign policy. In tandem with quotes from contemporary politicians from both countries, e.g. US President Joe Biden and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, we seek to present how Chinese history and humanism has shaped Chinese diplomatic thought; on the other hand, we also lay out our interpretation of Western/American Exceptionalism.

After putting up with nearly four years of relentlessly provocative assaults from the US, China has made a decisive, historic change in its approach to bilateral relations. The two high-level meetings in Anchorage and Tianjin will be seen as watersheds marking Beijing’s genuine pushback to Washington’s trademark bullying — a turn from defensive to full counteroffensive mode.

PETER KOENIG—Over the past several decades, the United States, the UK and other western allies have continually sought to destabilize China by interfering in Taiwan, meaning in China’s internal affairs. The latest such events include the US weapons sale for US$ 5 billion to Taiwan in December 2020, and earlier this year, the U.S. Ambassador to the Pacific Island of Palau (Palau being one of the states recognizing Taiwan), became the first US envoy to travel to Taiwan in an official capacity, since Washington cut formal ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing in 1979.

KIM PETERSEN—Chua is sympathetic to Chinese government censorship: “Given the amount of relentless agenda-based disinformation against the Chinese government, it is not hard to understand why China needs to counter such disinformation with censorship to protect its own society from undue influence by the ill-intended and well-funded Western propaganda machine.” (76)

While I prefer to err on the side of freedom of expression; I do not fence-sit when it comes to the insidiousness of disinformation. I shared the unanimous declaration of participants at the Halifax International Symposium on Media and Disinformation that disinformation should constitute a crime against humanity.