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“… as Xi Jinping turns China<\/a> from a one-party<\/a> state<\/a> into a one-man imperium<\/a>, everything matters. No<\/a> detail is too small to sweat. No sympathetic politician<\/a> too obscure to ignore. With opponents, Xi demands a gangster\u2019s respect by unleashing retaliation out of all proportion to the original offence. China explodes at trivial examples of opposition a stable superpower would have the self-confidence to ignore.<\/p>\n … the Czech politician Zden\u011bk H\u0159ib … discovered when he became mayor of Prague in 2018 that the city<\/a> had committed itself to supporting Xi\u2019s one-China policy, as part of an apparently harmless twinning agreement with Beijing. H\u0159ib abandoned the policy because he was a liberal<\/a> who did not agree with forcing Taiwanese people into a communist<\/a> state<\/a> against their wishes. In any event, he thought<\/a> it ridiculous for a central European<\/a> city<\/a> to take a position on conflicts in the far east. China reacted as if he had declared war<\/a>. It banned cultural<\/a> contacts. Czech oligarchs with Chinese interests hired hack journalists<\/a> and PR shills to attack him. Milo\u0161 Zeman, who was then the Czech republic\u2019s Trumpian<\/a> president, warned him and Prague of ‘unpleasant consequences’.<\/p>\n Today it is Lithuania\u2019s turn. China is blocking imports and threatening multinationals with punishments if they do business with the tiny Baltic country, solely because it trades with Taiwan.<\/p>\n We should bother …”<\/p>\n aus: Nick Cohen: No friendly politician is too obscure for insecure China, not even Barry Gardiner. The Guardian online, 15.1.21, im Internet<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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