France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults
France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults
France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults
https://www.yahoo.com/news/france-summo ... 56808.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/france-summo ... 56808.html
PARIS (Reuters) - France summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to underscore the unacceptable nature of insults and threats aimed at French lawmakers and a researcher, and Beijing's decision to sanction some European officials, a French foreign ministry source said.
Ambassador to France Lu Shaye had already been summoned by the foreign ministry last April over posts and tweets by the embassy defending Beijing's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and criticising the West's handling of it.
The Chinese embassy last week warned against French lawmakers meeting officials during an upcoming visit to self-ruled Taiwan, drawing a rebuff from France.
Since then it has been in a Twitter spat with Antoine Bondaz, a China expert at the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research, in which the embassy has described him as a "small-time thug" and "mad hyena".
"It continues to be unacceptable and has crossed limits for a foreign embassy," the French official said after Lu was received by the head of the foreign ministry's Asia department.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Lu's behaviour was creating an obstacle to improving relations between China and France.
The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, in the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new U.S President Joe Biden.
In retaliation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry sanctioned several European nationals, including French Member of the European Parliament Raphaël Glucksmann.
The envoy had been told of France's disapproval of that decision, the French official said, adding that Lu was "visibly shocked by the extremely direct character of what he was told" and had tried to change the conversation to discuss Taiwan.
(Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Catherine Evans)
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Re: France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults
good, these weasel dogs need to be spoken to in language they understand
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Re: France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults
China's policy makers believe that an aggressive "wolf-warrior" type diplomacy will win it the respect and successes the country "deserves."
China's public opinion LOVES it. I imagine Cambodia's leaders are lapping it up too.
The rest of the world not so much.
China's public opinion LOVES it. I imagine Cambodia's leaders are lapping it up too.
The rest of the world not so much.
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Fuck this fucker who'd like people to shut the fuck up.
We like to debate with anyone about anything, and Taiwan is not China, otherwise it would be called "China". And China is very debatable.
We like to debate with anyone about anything, and Taiwan is not China, otherwise it would be called "China". And China is very debatable.
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Re: France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults
The template was set by the first emperor of China.Ghostwriter wrote:Fuck this fucker who'd like people to shut the fuck up.
We like to debate with anyone about anything, and Taiwan is not China, otherwise it would be called "China". And China is very debatable.
One people, one culture, one thought. No debate. All other peoples converted. All other cultures subjugated. All other thoughts corrected.
Done all in flowery language to confuse the white barbarians.
Sometimes the truth peaks through.
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Re: France summons Chinese envoy over 'unacceptable' insults
It is officially called the Republic of China.Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:35 am We like to debate with anyone about anything, and Taiwan is not China, otherwise it would be called "China". And China is very debatable.
Silence, exile, and cunning.
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