Beijing time:2021-06-23 05:29
[NTD News June 23, 2021, Beijing time]The Chinese Communist Party’s ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, said on Twitter on June 22 that he would leave his post and return to mainland China this week. Qin Gang, the CCP diplomat who is rumored to take over as Cui Tiankai, is more of a war wolf style. Experts believe that the prospect of Sino-US relations is unpredictable, and the rhetoric collision between Washington’s diplomatic circle and the United States and China may become more intense.
Cui Tiankai has served as ambassador to the United States for 8 years. Compared with the CCP’s ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, and the CCP’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, his style is more moderate. In an interview with American media in March 2020, Cui Tiankai hinted that the remarks that the CCP virus spread by some CCP diplomats came from the United States were “crazy”.
At that time, Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tweeted that it was the US military that brought the virus to Wuhan. Cui Tiankai said that the source of the virus should not be speculated by diplomats.
In fact, the news of Cui Tiankai’s departure has been heard for several months, and public opinion has widely spread that the Chinese Communist diplomat Qin Gang may take over his post. However, Qin Gang has shown a war wolf style, which makes the prospect of Sino-US relations unpredictable.
In February this year, Qin Gang responded to the accusation of the CCP’s “wolf war diplomacy” at a briefing by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He retorted that some countries and individuals discredit the CCP as the “evil wolf.”
Dean Cheng, a senior researcher at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Asian Studies, told VOA that Washington’s diplomatic scene may become more intense as the more moderate Cui Tiankai returns to China.
Observers have noticed that Qin Gang has no direct experience in dealing with the United States, and he is mainly responsible for European affairs. Qin Gang is Xi Jinping’s Chief Concierge. During Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States in 2015, Qin Gang was in and out of Xi Jinping and was called “the closest person to Xi Jinping” by the outside world.
Bloomberg reporter Peter. In an earlier interview with VOA, Martin (Peter Martin) said, “If Qin Gang is appointed as the new ambassador to the United States, it means that political trust may be more important than professional experience in the country in which he resides.”
As for what kind of situation and challenges the next ambassador to the United States may face, Martin believes that it is difficult for the ambassadors of the two countries to play a role and it is difficult for the U.S.-China relations to improve if the U.S. and China do not change their fundamental policies.
Martin said that Chinese diplomats will continue war-wolf diplomacy, but they will be more polite when dealing with the United States. “Because the United States is stronger, they need to listen more carefully to what the United States says.”
Tim Heath, a senior researcher at the Washington think tank RAND Corporation, is also concerned about the prospects of the United States and China. He believes that Qin Gang’s closer approach to “wolf diplomacy” style may cause greater damage to US-China relations.
(Reporter Luo Tingting Comprehensive Report / Chief Editor: Wen Hui)
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