The Chinese press attacks Zelensky, here’s how
Since the Ukrainian leader commented on the Taiwan issue, mainland China websites, along with some pro-Beijing media in Hong Kong and Taiwan, have published dozens of articles and videos to promote the idea that the West has lost. interest in supporting Zelensky. The article by Giuseppe Gagliano
Last week, the Chinese media launched a huge propaganda campaign against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Since the Ukrainian leader commented on the Taiwan issue last Saturday, mainland China websites, along with some pro-Beijing media in Hong Kong and Taiwan, have published dozens of articles and videos to promote the idea that the West has lost interest in supporting Zelensky and would try to persuade him to compromise.
They mainly cited the recent remarks of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg who commented on the possibility of future negotiations for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
During the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 11, Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin asked Zelensky in a video call how Taiwan could resist the invasion of China. "I think today's Ukraine is an example for the whole world – said Zelensky – The world must always support preventive measures to prevent violence and wars because there is no positive aspect deriving from wars", adding that no one, except ambitious political leaders, could benefit from wars.
“We need diplomatic resolutions to support the countries that need help. We must not leave them at the mercy of another country that is more powerful in financial, territorial and instrumental terms, ”he said without mentioning Taiwan.
"We noticed that President Zelensky did not mention Taiwan when he answered the question," Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said in a briefing on Monday. Wang argued that the Taiwan issue was fundamentally different in nature from the Ukrainian issue as the former was purely an internal China affair.
On Sunday, RT, a Russian government-funded television network, said Stoltenberg recently met with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in Brussels and asked a question about how much territory and sovereignty the Ukrainian government would sacrifice for a peace deal with Russia.
The RT report was then translated into Chinese and cited on Monday by China Central Television (CCTV), a state-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “Peace is possible. The only question is, what price are you willing to pay for peace? How much territory, independence and sovereignty are you willing to sacrifice for peace? " CCTV reported citing a direct statement from Stoltenberg in his report.
CCTV said Stoltenberg believed that Finland's decision to cede part of Karelia to the Soviet Union to secure a peace agreement was the reason why "Finland was able to emerge from World War II as an independent and sovereign nation. ".
Over the past two days, Chinese media have published a large number of comments and videos claiming that NATO had changed stance in the Russian-Ukrainian war and had lost interest in supporting Zelensky.
On Tuesday, the CCP spokesperson Beijing Daily said in an article that Stoltenberg's comments implied that NATO members wanted Ukraine to compromise on the ground and end the war, which had lasted for more than 100 days. and whose costs would have become prohibitive. The article stated that Western countries could not survive the current high inflation, the oil and gas crisis and supply chain disruptions.
In a phone call on Wednesday, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin exchanged views on the Ukrainian issue, Xinhua said. Xi said that all parties should push for an adequate solution to the Ukrainian crisis in a responsible way, while China will continue to play its role in this. The Chinese president said China is also willing to work with Russia to promote solidarity and cooperation between emerging market countries and developing nations and push for the development of international order and global governance in a more just and reasonable direction. Putin said Russia has opposed any outside force that interferes with China's internal affairs, using issues involving Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan, among others, as an excuse, according to the Xinhua report.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/perche-la-stampa-cinese-attacca-zelensky/ on Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:45:04 +0000.