Now Beijing senses an opportunity to get closer to Europe again.
Xi Jinping is offering himself as a partner, claiming that China is a resource for Europe – if it awakens from its "American nightmare."
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China's Charm Offensive:
Now Beijing senses an opportunity to get closer to Europe again.
Xi Jinping is offering himself as a partner, claiming that China is a resource for Europe – if it awakens from its "American nightmare."
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China's Charm Offensive
Now Beijing senses an opportunity to get closer to Europe again.
Xi Jinping is offering himself as a partner, claiming that China is a resource for Europe – if it awakens from its "American nightmare."
The Chinese leadership is currently trying to regain the trust of European countries.
In Beijing, Victor Gao of the Center for China and Globalization explains to Western journalists and diplomats how China sees the world.
They are ready to save Europe, which is supposedly "fighting for survival," if it stops criticizing China and Russia in the future.
50th floor of a glass tower in western Beijing. Victor Gao is already sitting there, the lawyer and businessman best known as the vice president of the Center for China and Globalization think tank. Back when he was still an interpreter for Deng Xiaoping, he chose the words for the man who redesigned China's future – and led the country out of isolation after Mao's death with a market economy.
Today, he explains to Western journalists and diplomats how China sees the world. A regime that prefers to hide behind walls, that talks about peace but points weapons at Taiwan. People like Gao should present China's side of the story, as advantageously as possible. That's what Xi Jinping demanded. Many Chinese experts are no longer speaking out – the new anti-espionage law places all contact with foreign countries under general suspicion. Talking to foreign media is considered risky, almost treasonous. So they all come to Victor Gao: CNN, BBC, al-Jazeera – anyone who wants it will get the party line.
What Trump is up to and what China thinks about it
Gao checks his cell phone; you never know what the US president might be thinking up. Trump's destructive rage culminated last Wednesday in his "Liberation Day," when he imposed tariffs on the entire world. But that was still a few days away when Gao met him. He was still thinking about the phone call between Trump and Putin. Even on China's social networks, the prevailing opinion is that Trump's crony diplomacy with Putin is doing more harm than good to the West. Where can Europe turn now? What to do with all this uncertainty?
Victor Gao smiles. The Communist Party is many things, but not unpredictable. And the former diplomat knows the sore spots of his European counterparts. "Wake up from your American nightmare and talk to us," says Gao. "Don't talk about values, talk to us about the right things. China is a resource you can use."
That's the offer that China's diplomats and their spokesmen are now constantly making to the Europeans. Shortly afterwards, in the Great Hall of the People, Xi Jinping welcomes CEOs from all over the world – from BMW to Pfizer – to regain the trust of the business community. Trust that has been lost.
How Beijing wants to win Europe back
Since when, exactly? Since the crackdown on the democracy movement in Hong Kong? The internment of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in western China? The destruction of Tibetan culture? The cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan? The threats against Taiwan? Or since the Russian war of aggression, in which Beijing stands firmly on Russia's side? Whatever the case – the Chinese leadership now senses its opportunity to draw Europe closer to itself again.
One thing about Europe right away: "Europe is not an adversary. It's far too small for that," says Victor Gao. If there is any rivalry at all, it is between China and the USA. "They are equals."
If at all. Because fear is growing in the USA too. That China's economy will continue to grow. So much so that Beijing will move to the center of the world stage and displace Washington. The Americans write books about how war is inevitable. Pure projection, says Gao. "The Americans are always afraid that they will run out of enemies. That's why they're constantly looking for new ones."
Donald Trump said during his first term in office that China had plundered the US economy. Gao shakes his head. "China builds roads, China produces goods, we haven't taken anything away from anyone." Who's threatening to steal Greenland, who's threatening Canada? Well, Trump. "How can such a thing be possible?" Gao asks, and then says nothing more. He doesn't have to. It's not difficult to appear reasonable next to Trump.
"God would say China did very well."
Gao talks quickly. And one name comes up again and again: Deng Xiaoping. The man who ordered the opening of the economy in 1978. It was also Deng who reopened the universities after the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. Gao was among the first class in China to be allowed to study again in 1977. It was a turning point for the entire country.
In 1984, Victor Gao began working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, translating for Deng Xiaoping and other top politicians. Later, he worked for the Secretariat of the United Nations.
Now Beijing senses an opportunity to get closer to Europe again.
Xi Jinping is offering himself as a partner, claiming that China is a resource for Europe – if it awakens from its "American nightmare."
The Chinese leadership is currently trying to regain the trust of European countries.
In Beijing, Victor Gao of the Center for China and Globalization explains to Western journalists and diplomats how China sees the world.
They are ready to save Europe, which is supposedly "fighting for survival," if it stops criticizing China and Russia in the future.
50th floor of a glass tower in western Beijing. Victor Gao is already sitting there, the lawyer and businessman best known as the vice president of the Center for China and Globalization think tank. Back when he was still an interpreter for Deng Xiaoping, he chose the words for the man who redesigned China's future – and led the country out of isolation after Mao's death with a market economy.
Today, he explains to Western journalists and diplomats how China sees the world. A regime that prefers to hide behind walls, that talks about peace but points weapons at Taiwan. People like Gao should present China's side of the story, as advantageously as possible. That's what Xi Jinping demanded. Many Chinese experts are no longer speaking out – the new anti-espionage law places all contact with foreign countries under general suspicion. Talking to foreign media is considered risky, almost treasonous. So they all come to Victor Gao: CNN, BBC, al-Jazeera – anyone who wants it will get the party line.
What Trump is up to and what China thinks about it
Gao checks his cell phone; you never know what the US president might be thinking up. Trump's destructive rage culminated last Wednesday in his "Liberation Day," when he imposed tariffs on the entire world. But that was still a few days away when Gao met him. He was still thinking about the phone call between Trump and Putin. Even on China's social networks, the prevailing opinion is that Trump's crony diplomacy with Putin is doing more harm than good to the West. Where can Europe turn now? What to do with all this uncertainty?
Victor Gao smiles. The Communist Party is many things, but not unpredictable. And the former diplomat knows the sore spots of his European counterparts. "Wake up from your American nightmare and talk to us," says Gao. "Don't talk about values, talk to us about the right things. China is a resource you can use."
That's the offer that China's diplomats and their spokesmen are now constantly making to the Europeans. Shortly afterwards, in the Great Hall of the People, Xi Jinping welcomes CEOs from all over the world – from BMW to Pfizer – to regain the trust of the business community. Trust that has been lost.
How Beijing wants to win Europe back
Since when, exactly? Since the crackdown on the democracy movement in Hong Kong? The internment of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in western China? The destruction of Tibetan culture? The cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan? The threats against Taiwan? Or since the Russian war of aggression, in which Beijing stands firmly on Russia's side? Whatever the case – the Chinese leadership now senses its opportunity to draw Europe closer to itself again.
One thing about Europe right away: "Europe is not an adversary. It's far too small for that," says Victor Gao. If there is any rivalry at all, it is between China and the USA. "They are equals."
If at all. Because fear is growing in the USA too. That China's economy will continue to grow. So much so that Beijing will move to the center of the world stage and displace Washington. The Americans write books about how war is inevitable. Pure projection, says Gao. "The Americans are always afraid that they will run out of enemies. That's why they're constantly looking for new ones."
Donald Trump said during his first term in office that China had plundered the US economy. Gao shakes his head. "China builds roads, China produces goods, we haven't taken anything away from anyone." Who's threatening to steal Greenland, who's threatening Canada? Well, Trump. "How can such a thing be possible?" Gao asks, and then says nothing more. He doesn't have to. It's not difficult to appear reasonable next to Trump.
"God would say China did very well."
Gao talks quickly. And one name comes up again and again: Deng Xiaoping. The man who ordered the opening of the economy in 1978. It was also Deng who reopened the universities after the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. Gao was among the first class in China to be allowed to study again in 1977. It was a turning point for the entire country.
In 1984, Victor Gao began working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, translating for Deng Xiaoping and other top politicians. Later, he worked for the Secretariat of the United Nations.
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