Instead of boldly supporting Pelosi’s assertion that Xi should not dictate the travel plans of American lawmakers, Biden settled for mumbling that the Speaker’s trip was “her decision.” Members of Congress can show their support for countries and democracies who are our friends, and according to the Taiwan Policy Act, Taiwan is our friend,” she said during the Today interview.ĭriven perhaps by a desire to deflect criticism of China’s belligerent response as childish, the Global Times built its “pass the buck like a spoiled child” narrative around Biden’s dithering.
“It doesn’t mean that I’m going to have do my schedule for members of Congress. lawmakers to pay their own visits to Taiwan. In fact, she denounced Chinese dictator Xi Jinping as an insecure “bully” for throwing a temper tantrum with military drills after she flew out of Taipei and encouraged more U.S. Whatever else one might say about Pelosi’s interview with Today, there was little evidence of buck-passing and no sense that she regretted visiting Taiwan. The Global Times was obsessed with calling Pelosi out as a “selfish child,” harping on the narrative that she recklessly jetted off to Taiwan without properly consulting President Joe Biden and his officials, and is now trying to “pass the buck” to the White House. And Pelosi, in turn, had to swallow her own bitter fruit,” commented Shen. American hostile against China stirred up by China hawks, represented by Pelosi, has entered a state of irrationality and hysteria. “This is a consequence of the anti-China and anti-Communist hysteria nurtured by the US. Many of those who lash out at Pelosi do not even accept the explanation that such a line is tongue slip.
This tongue slip has drawn wide attention and has sparked a new wave of criticism toward her in US’ public opinion. As a result, instead of playing up the “success” of her visit, she was attempting to shirk her due responsibility.
This is because she is clearly aware that she has stirred up trouble – her reckless visit has severely challenged China’s red-line. In the interview, she tried to defend her trip by underlining its significance on ideology such as so-called freedom and democracy, but she also claimed that this provocative visit did not violate the one-China policy, noted Shen Yi, a professor of international relations at Fudan University. The context as well as the gaffes of the interview evidently displayed that Pelosi was very tense and troubled. NANCY PELOSI: “China is one of the freest societies in the world…” /8yN8W1q4CAĪll the Republican National Committee did was post the Pelosi clip without comment, while the Global Times had a complete nervous breakdown: Pelosi’s staff rushed to clarify that she clearly meant Taiwan, not China, but the Global Times pounced on her comments even harder than the Republicans, who are world-champion pouncers and seizers in the estimation of the U.S. Taiwan scored top marks for political freedom even though its last few elections “featured online disinformation and influence operations that were attributed to the Chinese government.”
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Taiwan, on the other hand, has a “Free” rating of 94 percent, good enough to land it a spot in Freedom House’s top-20 free countries. China managed the neat trick of having a negative score for political rights, which is hard to get without dropping barrel bombs and chemical weapons on citizens who vote the wrong way. China’s current ranking from the human rights organization stands at 9 points out of 100, a certified “Not Free” rating that positions China as one of the worst tyrannies on Earth. “Don’t take it from me, that’s from Freedom House,” she added.įreedom House, of course, would never dream of characterizing Communist China as one of the freest societies in the world. Chinese propagandists were hardly the only ones to notice Pelosi defending her trip to Taiwan as “only about saying China is one of the freest societies in the world.” Pelosi delivered the gaffe during an interview with NBC’s Today show on Tuesday. There was some black comedy to be found in the communist newspaper’s high dudgeon that anyone would dare insult China as being “free.”
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