Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly

Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly

War in the Middle East “should never have happened”, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has declared, even as he struck a more conciliatory tone with the US ahead of a highly anticipated visit by Donald Trump.

Regime change, a key stated aim of the US president as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran, “will find no popular support”, Wang said on Sunday. “A strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he added.

Speaking on the sidelines of China’s annual parliamentary and political gatherings, known as the Two Sessions, the country’s top diplomat and foreign affairs official notably avoided directly criticising the US.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he added.

    If only he had said that to Putin too, when Russia invaded Ukraine and started a full scale war.
    Time for Europe to hold him to this announcement.

        • pet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 hours ago

          Iirc they said that diplomatic measures should’ve been employed instead.

          All in all, it doesn’t matter, because they just keep this ‘neutral’ thing going and denounce this and that. The actual trade policy and such work by a completely different logic. They aren’t gonna boycott the US or sever trade with them, just as they haven’t with Russia.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            Iirc they said that diplomatic measures should’ve been employed instead.

            Which is total bullshit, what diplomatic measureless were necessary or even possible? When Ukraine was absolutely peaceful, and Putin was promised that Ukraine wouldn’t become a NATO member? And Putin attacked Ukraine with an argument of denazification, which is insane since Ukraine is a democracy, and their leader is Jewish! Of the 2 Russia is clearly the very Nazi like totalitarian regime.

            That statement by China was for appearances only, it was hollow and completely lacked any criticism of Putin or Russia or the war crimes Russia is committing.

            Which is why I don’t remember China speaking against the war in any real way.