On March 18, US President Biden had a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Biden clearly reminded Xi Jinping that he should take international responsibility to stop Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Biden also stated that China will be punished if it provides economic, financial and even military assistance to Russia on the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Although the Chinese Communist Party did not publicly respond to Biden’s warning, on March 19, Liu Xin, the host of the “China Global Television Network” under the Chinese state media CCTV, unexpectedly responded to the US-China summit. She tweeted, “Can you help me against your friends so I can focus on you?”
Although this text is considered to be “sore” the United States, it is also considered to expose the real reason for the CCP’s aid to Russia.
Moreover, the official Weibo “Strategic Security and Arms Control Online” of the Arms Control Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China also retweeted Liu Xin’s tweet on the same day, and added that (Liu Xin said) “the truth”. This also provides circumstantial evidence that although the CCP official tries its best to maintain the so-called “neutrality”, “aiding Russia” is the true position of the CCP.
At the same time, as soon as Liu Xin’s remarks came out, many netizens below his Twitter made mocking voices. Someone said, “The enemy of your enemy is my friend! Or the friend of my enemy is my enemy!”
Others said, “So your friends are war criminals? Got it. Makes sense, and I agree with you, given that your (Chinese) government is engaged in genocide. Criminal regimes are of course natural friends.”
Some people asked, “Since they are friends, why not put their children and property in the friend (Russia), but in the enemy (the United States)?”
According to Al Jazeera, the Chinese government has always been playing a “neutral player” on the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian war. On the one hand, it claims that China has provided Ukraine with humanitarian supplies; on the other hand, the CCP also claims that it maintains a good friendship with Russia.
On March 18, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian boasted at a regular press conference that China provided Ukraine with supplies such as food, children’s milk powder, sleeping bags, quilts, and moisture-proof mats. He also insinuated that the United States provided Ukraine with lethal weapons, which would cause more casualties in Ukraine.
Embarrassingly, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk publicly responded to Zhao Lijian on March 19, “What blanket are you talking about? The Russians are bombing residential areas in our city, and what we need is an air defense system to protect civilians. The sky, what are you talking about moisture pads!”
At the same time, Vereshuk also suggested that Zhao Lijian pay attention to the 160 Chinese students evacuated from the Russian shelling incident last week and ask them what they need. She also called on China to stop supporting those who bombed Ukrainian urban residential areas.
Fang Wei, a senior American media person, tweeted on March 20, “The CCP now wants not to offend the West, Russia, or Ukraine, so it says nice things or ambiguous words to everyone. The result? It can’t please anyone. , but offended everyone, including its Russian partner who also thinks this guy is too unreliable. This is the biggest misunderstanding of being a person: trying to please everyone, but offending everyone, the CCP’s public relations in the Russian-Ukrainian war was the most unsuccessful, The whole world is watching, but it’s just not being said.”