Bejing September 21:Amid deteriorating relations with America and India, China’s efforts to help Europe are now failing. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi not only faced public outrage when he visited five European countries last week, but President Xi Jinping’s online meeting with the European heads of state has not faded. Experts say that Jinping was getting a lot of ‘favors’ earlier on investment partnerships, but now there is a great resentment in almost every country of Europe against their policies and human rights violations.
People, politicians and intellectuals are not only openly supporting Hong Kong and Taiwan, but Chinese leaders are also being severely criticized.
In such a situation, Jinping’s dream of improving the economy by increasing partnership with Europe after tainted relations with America can be shattered.
Chinese Foreign Minister himself a victim of torture
When Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reached Europe after reprimanding a Czech Republic leader who visited Taiwan this month, he himself became a victim of the people. The inhabitants of Europe even wrote for them vulgar language. This shows how much China has lost its relationship with Europe. Paraguay’s District Mayor Pavel Novotni wrote for Yi that you should be ashamed. Novotni described the Chinese as thoughtless and even clowns. He also asked them to apologize to the world.
Jinping’s ambition will break
Analysts say the changing trend in Europe could prove to be a tough challenge for Jinping. This may weaken the short-term growth of their economy because the US is restricting Europe from investing in China. At the same time, Jinping’s ambition to become an alternative to America in the business and administration sector in the world in the long term may also be broken.
From substandard mask diplomacy to totalitarianism
According to experts, after Corona in Europe, there has been a crackdown on people against China. First, China’s failure to stop the epidemic and then substandard mask diplomacy has backfired. Especially after selling second-rate masks and protective equipment to countries like Netherlands and Spain, the sentiments of the government and the people have cropped up there. At this time in Europe, the sentiment is beginning to take hold that China’s totalitarianism cannot match the political values of Europe. This is the reason why many countries in Europe are becoming quite vocal against China after implementing the National Security Act in Hong Kong.
Questions arise on duplicity
Janka Oyertel, director of the Asia Program at the European Council for Foreign Relations, says that on the one hand, China is giving messages of cooperation, peace and amicable society, while its police is fiercely beating schoolgirls on the streets of Hong Kong. This duplicity cannot go on simultaneously. Significantly, Jinping gave the mantra of cooperative strategic partnership in a meeting with European leaders on Monday.
Jinping meeting not successful, differences revealed
Jinping’s latest meeting with European heads of state is not considered successful. Analysts say that earlier the close economic relations between the two sides were flourishing, but in the current climate there has been no significant progress on the investment front. In contrast, differences between Europe and China have been more exposed in the recent past. The favors being received by Europe in Europe and Jinping in the Corona period, seem to be falling into disarray. After this meeting of Jinping, the President of the European Council Charles Michael said openly that there is no denial of the real differences between China and Europe and we cannot cover them.
Only seven percent expressed confidence in China
According to an article published about a week and a half ago by the European Council on Foreign Relations, only seven percent of Europeans believe China is a useful partner in fighting the Corona epidemic. At the same time, China has a bad image in the mind of 62 percent people.
Increasing criticism on important issues
Europe has in the past accused China of climate change to persecution in Hong Kong and Tibet. At the same time, he has also criticized the Swedish bookseller in jail, the arrest of two Canadians and his arbitrariness in the South China Sea.
Europe mobilizes against the dragon
France and Slovenia have banned Huawei’s investment along the lines of the US. At the same time, the Parliament of Italy has passed a resolution in support of the Hong Kong protesters. There is also growing distrust in Germany, the largest trade with China in Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel herself gave a message after meeting Jinping, saying that Europe is committed to multilateral cooperation. According to independent political analyst Wu Qiang in Beijing, the vocal voice emanating from Europe has increased tensions. Everything has changed towards China since the Corona epidemic.