Xi Jinping’s ‘Disappearing’ Acts Leave No Doubt He’s A Dictator
The mysterious 'disappearance' of China’s top diplomat is the latest proof that Xi is a ruthless dictator.
On Tuesday, the Chinese foreign minister threatened "conflict and confrontation" if the U.S. doesn't change course as it pertains to its Chinese "containment and suppression" strategy.
The apparatchik's threat during the so-called "two sessions" political meetings in Beijing comes amid American calls for Beijing to refrain from providing Russia with arms with which to continue its war on Ukraine and the U.S. government's approval of a $619 million arms boost to Taiwan, itself challenged by frequent Chinese air incursions.
Since the National People's Congress, a so-called national legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body, hold their annual meetings simultaneously, the days-long event in Beijing is called the "two sessions" meetings. These meetings, during which the regime acts under the pretense of having independently minded legislators, began Saturday and culminated in the formalization of Xi Jinping's third term as Chinese dictator, reported the Guardian.
Qin Gang, the genocidal communist regime's new foreign minister, made his anti-American remarks at the session as part of his first media appearance since taking on the role in December.
Formerly China's ambassador to the U.S., Qin criticized American efforts to outcompete China, claiming that "in reality, the U.S. side's so-called competition is all-out containment and suppression, a zero-sum game where you die and I live."
While Qin contended that the U.S. has approached competition with China with a "zero-sum" mentality, a 2021 Pentagon report indicated this may be projection.
The report noted that the CCP's aim is to "achieve 'the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation' by 2049 to match or surpass U.S. global influence and power, displace U.S. alliances and security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and revise the international order to be more advantageous to Beijing's authoritarian system."
The communists will reportedly undertake "far-ranging efforts" to see this geopolitical goal realized.
NBC News reported Sunday that China plans a 7.2% defense-spending raise this year, allocating $224 billion to military spending this year and demanding its forces boost combat preparedness.
TheBlaze previously reported that Xi seeks to address the deficit between its military capability and America's — with new ballistic missiles, carriers, and overseas outposts — and that the corresponding initiatives fit within its broader goal of completing its so-called "hundred-year marathon."
Xi and other elements of the communist Chinese regime have long aspired to "replace the United States as the economic, military, and political leader of the world," in part to "avenge or 'wipe clean' (xi xue) past foreign humiliations," such as the Chinese addiction to opium in the 19th century.
Michael Pillsbury, director of the Center on Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute, indicated in the book "The Hundred-Year Marathon" that the CCP's aim is "a world without American global supremacy."
Qin threatened at the "two sessions" meetings, "If the U.S. does not hit the brakes but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing, and there will surely be conflict and confrontation."
"Such competition is a reckless gamble, with the stakes being the fundamental interests of the two peoples and even the future of humanity," added Qin.
While accusing the U.S. of casting risky bets, in recent weeks and months, the Chinese regime has been caught subjecting Americans to:
Days after the U.S. implored China not to aid Russia in its war on Ukraine, Qin underscored in his speech that China and Russia together would "set an example for global foreign relations."
"With China and Russia working together, the world will have a driving force," Qin said. "The more unstable the world becomes, the more imperative it is for China and Russia to steadily advance their relations."
Qin, who previously defended the CCP's spy balloon, stressed Sino-Russian unity, noting "close contact" between the leadership of both nations and claiming "the strategic partnership ... will surely flow from strength to strength."
The Associated Press reported that Beijing previously stated it has a "no-limits friendship" with Moscow.
On Monday, Xi Jinping echoed Qin's suggestions, saying, "Western countries led by the United States have implemented all-round containment, encirclement, and suppression of China, which has brought unprecedented grave challenges to our nation’s development."
In the face of western nations' efforts to hem in the threat of communist Chinese aggression, Xi said that China must "remain calm, maintain concentration, strive for progress while maintaining stability, take active actions, unite as one, and dare to fight."
Regarding the apparent threats by Qin and Xi's remarks, Biden White House spokesman John Kirby said, "There is no change to the United States’ posture when it comes to this bilateral relationship. ... The president believes those tensions obviously have to be recognized but can be worked through. And we, again, seek competition, not conflict."
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In what could be read as either a warning or a threat, China's ambassador to the United States said Thursday there will be "military conflict" between the U.S. and China should the island nation of Taiwan attempt to become fully independent from Xi Jinping's communist regime.
In an interview with NPR, ambassador Qin Gang asserted that Taiwan is "walking down the road toward independence" and said, "If the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by the United States, keep going down the road for independence, it most likely will involve China and the United States, the two big countries, in a military conflict."
While Russian aggression on Ukraine's borders may precipitate war in Eastern Europe, China is taking increasingly aggressive action toward Taiwan under President Joe Biden's watch. Days ago, Chinese warplanes flew through Taiwan's southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone in what was the largest incursion on Taiwanese territory since last October, when China few 38 planes, including bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, through the ADIZ.
The People's Republic of China has long claimed sovereignty over Taiwan, which is the last foothold of the old pre-communist Chinese government and a democracy. Last year, dictator Xi pledged to "reunify" Taiwan with mainland China and "smash" any attempts by the island nation to achieve independence from the PRC.
The United States has traditionally supported Taiwan's right to be free of "force or threat" from the PRC. President Barack Obama's administration sold $1.83 billion worth of arms to the Taiwanese military in 2015, which was opposed by the PRC. As a candidate for president, Joe Biden said that the U.S. has a "commitment" to protect Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack. But since assuming office and talking with Xi, Biden has backed down and said the future of Taiwan is in the country's own hands.
"We are not encouraging independence," Biden said in November.
Though Biden has made noncommittal statements about Taiwan, Qin said the region's status remains "the biggest tinderbox" in U.S.-Chinese relations. He denied that China wants to pursue war to take control of Taiwan.
"People on both sides of Taiwan Straits are Chinese, so we are compatriots. So the last thing we should do is to fight with compatriots. And we will do our utmost in the greatest sincerity to achieve a peaceful reunification," Qin said. "But ... that Taiwanese authority is working down the road towards independence, emboldened by the United States. So China will not commit to giving up the un-peaceful means for reunification because this is a deterrence."