[The Epoch Times, March 17, 2022](The Epoch Times reporters Ning Haizhong and Luo Ya) The fire of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not been extinguished. When the CCP is under international pressure for supporting Russia, the Chinese ambassador to Ukraine, Fan Xianrong, met in Ukraine a few days ago. The country’s officials clapped their chests and pledged never to attack Ukraine, and the two countries are strategic partners. Chinese media did not report the remarks.
Some experts believe that the CCP is actually deceiving Russia, Ukraine, the world and the people at home, but it is difficult to hide the dilemma. The biggest bottom line is that the CCP itself should not be harmed.
The Chinese ambassador to Ukraine said “never attack Ukraine” and was banned in China
Earlier this week, China’s ambassador to Ukraine, Fan Xianrong, claimed during a meeting with Ukrainian officials in Lviv that China is a “friendly country” to the Ukrainian people and the two countries are “strategic partners,” according to Ukrainian state media Ukrainian news agency. .
The Chinese ambassador also assured: “China will always be an important partner of Ukraine, both economically and politically.” “China will never attack Ukraine, and we will help in the economic direction.”
Fan Xianrong also said that the Chinese embassy has moved from Kyiv to Lviv and continues to work here.
Ironically, not only did the official website of the CCP’s embassy in Uzbekistan not report the incident, but the Epoch Times reporter found that among the mainland Chinese media, the CCP’s Global Times, Jiemian News, and China Youth Daily all reported on the diplomatic affairs on the 17th. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian responded to foreign media, saying that Zhao “supports the statement made by the Chinese ambassador to Ukraine”. However, many of the reports used the press release, and did not mention Fan Xianrong’s “sensitive” remarks such as “partners” and “never attack Ukraine”.
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war for several weeks, the CCP has been trying to play “neutral” on the issue of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it clearly supports Russia and has repeatedly abstained from voting on resolutions condemning Russia. When the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency voted to condemn Russia on March 3, the CCP voted against it. On March 16, judges sent by the CCP voted against the International Court of Justice’s decision to stop Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Analysis: The CCP is deceived by multiple parties and is more afraid of the lies being exposed in China
Li Yuanhua, an expert on China issues and a former associate professor at Capital Normal University, analyzed the Epoch Times that the CCP is deceiving Ukraine, the world, and the people at home. The ambassador to Ukraine said the same thing this time.
“It was originally a deception, and everything it said was not true, whether it was on Russia’s side, or now it’s expressing support for Ukraine. It’s actually a deception.”
Li Yuanhua said that this time in the International Court of Justice in The Hague to sentence Russia to stop its military operations, the CCP and Russia voted against it. If it said that it really wanted to support Ukraine, it would not vote against it in the International Court of Justice, so this is a deception.
“Ukraine actually knows about the CCP’s deception, but he is willing to vigorously report (the words of the ambassador to Ukraine). This will not do any harm to Ukraine. But for the CCP, it has always been pro-Russian in domestic public opinion. He does not report anything that is unfavorable to Russia. In many cases, he even reports some lies before Russia to deceive the world and the Chinese people. If he publishes the remarks of the ambassador to Ukraine in China, everyone will be insane, and they will be insane. It will definitely know that the CCP is lying, and the common people may not be able to turn their heads around for a while. So it does not report, it has always been like this.”
Li Yuanhua further analyzed that the CCP is now more afraid of international sanctions against it. It does not dare to oppose the Western world, but it knows that it is not good with Europe and the United States, so it hopes to unite Russia against the entire Western free society. But it does not want the Russian-Ukrainian war to affect it, or to be sanctioned, which is what it fears the most. Therefore, it has always been secretly supporting Russia. On the surface, it is peaceful and peaceful, playing a neutral card, but domestically, it is pro-Russian and anti-Ukraine.
He said that the CCP is now saying these words in Ukraine to pull back the former pro-Russian evaluation in the international community, so that Europe and the United States still have some illusions about it. Its biggest bottom line is not to be affected by itself. Because it has not been long since it has been seen, there have been more than six thousand sanctions against Russia. If it is clearly on the side of Russia, the United States, Europe, including Australia and other countries may really want to jointly sanction it. Because Australia, from the foreign minister to the prime minister, has made it clear that if the CCP secretly supports Russia, then Australia will definitely sanction the CCP as an ally of Russia.
“In the US-China secret talks in Rome a few days ago, the United States also showed its trump card to the CCP. That is to say, you must choose a side, you want to ride the wall on both sides, no, then Russia will also put pressure on it, so now Speaking of which, it is a bit of a dilemma. It must be thinking about not letting everyone’s blame turn to it, so whether it secretly supports Russia or collaborating with Russia, it will appear to be more and more restrained. This time in Ukraine, this clear statement , in fact, it reflects such an attitude.”
Li Zhengxiu, a military expert at Taiwan’s National Policy Research Foundation, told The Epoch Times that the CCP has not condemned Russia’s aggression, but only provided humanitarian supplies to Ukraine. The ambassador to Ukraine hopes to strike a balance and slowly wash away the negative image. In addition, Ukraine is a very important country for the CCP to promote the Belt and Road Initiative from Asia to Europe. In this regard, the CCP must also show favor to Ukraine.
He said that almost all influential countries in the world now support Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion.
“The official position of the CCP is that it has not yet set the tone for war, nor has it set the tone for aggression. So this war really highlights the embarrassment of the CCP leaders.” Li Zhengxiu said.
Putin met with Xi during his visit to the Beijing Winter Olympics last month, and on February 4 Moscow and Beijing issued a joint statement announcing their agreed positions on a range of issues. Xi Jinping and Putin solemnly declared that the friendship between the two countries “has no end”. The Chinese leader also announced that China and Russia continue to maintain a partnership of “mutual firm support.”
After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi continued to publicly state on March 7 that the Sino-Russian friendship was “rock solid” and refused to call Russia’s military action against Ukraine an invasion. However, on the 14th, Wang Yi claimed that China was “objective and fair” on the Ukraine issue, and “I don’t want the sanctions to affect China,” and said that “we will use our own methods to promote peace talks to ease the situation.”
Responsible editor: Gao Jing#