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.

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    12 hours ago

    It’s not related to Taiwan, but that commenter made a connection. Do you not get it?

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      11 hours ago

      The western lib obsession with Taiwan is unbelievable. China hasn’t entered a war in 50+ years, it’s literally inconceivable for the western mind that China actually has good trade relations with Taiwan, because you can only understand violence and sanction, as is the case of Cuba by the US.

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        53 minutes ago

        The exact same Principle applies to judging the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the American and Israeli aggression against Iran and the possible Chinese aggression against Taiwan.

        The difference for the latter is that so far it has only been threats, hence only concern about the possibility of it happening is justified, whilst judging China for it is not justified.

        Not saying that some (maybe even most) people knee-jerking “Taiwan” as soon as somebody says “China” aren’t being good little propaganda-driven muppets, rather I’m saying that some are not and their concern comes from personal principles around aggression and self-determination.

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          The exact same Principle applies to judging the Russian aggression against Ukraine

          The Russian republic had armed conflict in the 90s and 2000s with the Chechen wars, it has precedent of militaristic attitudes.

          the American and Israeli aggression against Iran

          The US had armed conflict in the 90s, 2000s and 2010s, and Israel has been genociding Palestinians since its inception

          and the possible Chinese aggression against Taiwan

          China doesn’t have a recent history of militarism. It’s pure speculation and kinda senseless looking at China’s attitudes towards Taiwan and their extensive trade agreements.

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        10 hours ago

        Using ‘lib’ as an insult just exposes the idiocy, thanks for self reporting.

        Red MAGA, Green MAGA, it doesn’t change.

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          It’s not an insult, it’s a description of your political position, a shortening of the word “liberal” in the USian sense of the word. I’m not even from the US, you can hardly call me MAGA.

          What’s green MAGA? Genuinely curious, I never heard that before. Maybe following the teachings of Gaddafi’s green book?