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- China's position on the Ukraine war contains apparent contradictions. It is Russia’s most important friend. And yet its "position paper" on ending the war declares the importance of territorial integrity - an implicit criticism of Russia's invasion. At the Munich Security Conference, DW’s Richard Walker tries to unpick this with Li Cheng, an expert on geopolitics at Hong Kong University. Professor Li also lived for many years in the United States, and has a unique perspective on the new "Cold War" developing between China and the West.
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When you can't convince them Confuse them - Professor Li
You mean cnn and ny times? R
Very CNN and BBC
You were confused? The man seems to be speaking pretty clearly to me
You have to feel sorry for the man. Imagine living everyday with that chaotic mind-a tangled mess of frantic voices, cognitive biases, etc.
@@Harold-hm3ri speaking clear contradiction and obfuscation.
that was excruciating to watch
distressing and unnerving
@@JICKY2.0why?
oh contrera it spoke volumes about chinas disposition
@@Valknow analysts say all kinds. We know he wants to take Taiwan already
Considering Taiwan is absolutely massive in the microchip industry, controlling the country would have massive ramifications for the entire world.@@bg1616
So basically he’s saying the Chinese position is that you should respect sovereignty unless you have a reason not to…
Nay. Actually Beijing already has an idea of what to do, of which I am not supposed to say anything. I am a neutral.
There is no need to guess. This 'expert' has nothing to do with Beijing, anyway.
That's also the position of the US if you count the number of times they have declared war on other countries, or used other countries as military bases.
Like how the issue of human rights is being treated by the west.
Yeah, exactly what the "west" Has been doing!
Thats US policy as well, I mean look at what happened in seerbia with kosovo
😁😁😁 The professor diplomatically dismissed the journalist's questions 👏👏👏
He is trying to say , “please stop asking me about China’s position on Ukraine!” I don’t want to be disappeared. 😂😂😂
Too much BBC/DW kool-aid isn't good for ur brain to think critically
@@tomchen513 I mean to an extent they aren't wrong. If he went out and said that ukraine should have the land back no problem it would probably cause a diplomatic incident. He's obviously dodging the question because answering would be hypocritical no matter what is answered cause that's the reality of China's position on Ukraine.
Dr. Lee is a very smart man; honesty is next to godliness!! Especially in business and international relations
It's hilarious. Can you tell me what is the diffnce between asking Chinese"analyst' and regular communist apparatchik?
@@adams8847😂😂😂 are you being sarcastic?
Imagine the fate of poor Li if he said something inappropriate.
There are probably unoccupied apartments in the building Peng Shuai now resides in. Anyone see her lately?
The fate of a western journalist who says something wrong?
@@hellofromanothersideofthemoon won't fall off a window, he/she also gets the opportunity to travel and speak with many of their favorite dictators the world over!
@@hellofromanothersideofthemoon btw, I'm not portraying the west of being anything close to good, they are equally evil, if not more in some cases (just with some more freedoms)
Showing your racist indoctrination while Assange is in jail for publishing western warcrimes.
In this DW media, do they give their reporters a certificate of stupidity? What a low quality of journalism.
Interviewing Chinese “professors” is about as useful as interviewing Russian state TV hosts.
He is just a propagandists of CCPs
So you are sticking with CNN to learn about China? Sad.....
Usual CCP autocratic white noise.
Listen to his double talk. The west should start decoupling from China and support more our allies in Asia..
Yeah he should've interviewed a Washington based China expert. They know everything in Xi Jinping's mind.
Who wants to take Li Cheng's place as an expert on geopolitics at Hong Kong University? Poor Richard Walker has a hard time interviewing someone who has to mince his words into unintelligible sentences the purpose of which is to sit on the fence as comfortably as he possibly can.
Well, he was hammering on the territorial sovereignty a lot, whereas Li was saying, it's both that and the other thing (possibly limiting NATO expansion).
Even if you and I don't agree, Russia still exists, and Putin is still leading that country, and he has the support of the majority of the population.
I am starting to get worried about a military confrontation with all of Europe.
@@starbase218 He has the support of the people because Putin has expanded Russian influence and occupation rather easily in Georgia, Moldova and Crimea.
The 2022 Ukranian offensive is a completely different animal. He still has to support of some, but that support is waning.
I feel like Mr Walker didn't understand that Li Cheng is an academic and not part of the Chinese government. As such, he can't speak for China but merely try to explain what an entire government might be saying/doing/thinking. Points for effort at hard hitting journalism but needs work at recognizing when he's just banging an anvil
@@BardovBacchus tell me where Mr. Cheng diverts from the official Chinese position, please. I am very curious about this.
@@kurtwinslow2670true but it doesn’t show
Russian people are brainwashed from the days of Stalin many fear interacting or getting involved in any way with government. So if you ask their opinion on Putin and Ukraine war they will usually say “I don’t know of such things but I support Russia”
They’re vague fearful of just uncaring 60% of the time I’ve seen.
30% pro Putin all the way Russia conquer the world with grandpa bunker Russias version of a little pink
Good interviewer.
Very interesting to actually hear the Chinese point of view regarding the Ukraine annexations, and the Chinese dilemmas regarding this.
I think it very important to try and listen to what he very politely and diplomatic is trying to say. I think he actually says more than many of the comments here suggest.
Ppl dont care, they just want to treat this as a sports event, "my team must win lololol", thats why Ukraine will turn into Afghan in a few years cos the war is just not gonna end, and the recession in Eurozone will continue cos the world is no longer unipolar, sanctions don't work when its the west vs the rest of the world.
Chinese Guy: "Well... people define sovereignty in lots of different ways"... So, whatever the Chinese government said is pretty much useless, since they'll be able to redefine the meaning of the words as they wish!?
just like usa and west in arming taiwan whilst saying they believe in one china sovereignty
So does the world to Chinese claim of sovereignty, we should see their claim as fluid and not up to them to decide either
Chinese Guy play both sides. Who do you trust?
Nord Stream
Are you talking about the US government?
He does have a point that if sovereighty is such important to the Western World in regards to Ukraine, why does it not matter when it comes to Taiwan? Can anyone answer this? If the answer is that Democracy trumps soverieghty than why does the Western World opposed the independence of Calalonia and why the Calanon officials are in jail for 30 years due to sediction charges? And if Democarcy is truly sacre in that regards, why did the US allow Morsi to fall in Egpt and why the CIA activately push for the overthrow of an elected leader in Chile after which dictator Pinochet took power?
Cos the real world exists and reasons
Ein chinesischer Professor hat es klar gesagt:
- NATO = USA;
- Die USA haben China zum Feind Nummer eins erklärt;
- China und Russland sind strategische Partner, weil wir zusammen unbesiegbar sind;
- Es ist für China nicht von Vorteil, Russland zu besiegen, weil die NATO nach Russland China treffen wird;
- Und deshalb wird China dem NATO-Kampf gegen Russland nicht helfen;
- Aber bisher hält sich China an die Bedingungen westlicher Sanktionen... Tschüss.
This Chinese is so diplomatic) " China talks about NATO's extension as a part of the reason that defines Russia's steps. And we can't talk about Ukraine's sovereignty regardless to Russia's sovereignty"
The key message that he told.
" America already has claimed China " enemy ", if Russia will be defeated, we will be next?" So, no, China is with Russia. And they understand, who is their enemy, and who is their friend 👍🇷🇺
good reporting, don't let him off the hook. This guy is just talking in circles.
you clueless. this guy is just an political analyst in a university, he is not a government spokesperson. there is no hook. he is merely analysing politics like chomsky or others in west do.
@@zenastronomySeriously right. Dudes here are treating him like he’s an official Chinese government spokesman. He’s an analyst…
Well, he's a member of the CCP.@@zenastronomy
True, but if he says what he thinks, his funding may be curtailed.
He is in Hong-Kong, so he has to weigh his words. Still clear enough IMHO.
I'm going to name the next tossed salad I make the "Li Cheng" salad. All the words out of that man's mouth were nothing more than word salad. "It all depends on how you interpret the word Sovereignty." "China comply SOME of the sanctions."
All int'l relations professors play the word salad game, this is why int'l relations and its degrees provide no predictive power, it is one of the least scientific of all the social sciences bc all the field is full of groundless theories to be spouted off by news people, diplomats and professors.
Richard Li is well known for 10+ projections over China's Japanization. Hardly possible as a resourceful (natural and human capital) enriched country. Completely opposite for Japan
I like the reporter’s competence, listening skills and willingness to push a question when not getting an answer rather than just moving on. Great job DW 👍🏻
I wholeheartedly agree.
He got the answer finally, that China is in a dilemma, where it can't push for a Russian defeat because it doesn't want to be alone against the US. On the other hand it's suffering economically from the international disturbance.
he is the head of the international bureau , very smart guy!!! basically there are videos in which he summarized the entire concerns of the international community in under 5 minutes regarding everything that happened at the Munich conference
@@halberderdier8073 That's an insightful summation.
@@jameslong9921 Thanks.
Beijing's perspective on Ukraine is basically the same as two years ago: Mere talking about peace plans whilst not even sending a single diplomat to Kyiv. Bigotry at its finest.
i think China's embassy in Ukraine is still fuction.
Sitting on the fence is nor admirable nor is it the right side of History
Zelensky is only interested in wars until aids to Ukraine are in jeopardize by budget constraints. Neither the NATO supports China peace plan. Furthermore NATO is extending its military presence to East Asia besides Ukraine.
China has become a scapegoat even b4 pulling a trigger. The west has already campaigned to defame, blasphemy, threaten and demonise China.
If diplomats who write about diplomacy are to be believed, diplomacy is both distinct from and opposed to war. It is the “'art' of resolving negotiations peacefully.” Similarly, many scholars of diplomacy distinguish diplomacy from war and align diplomacy with peace.
@@bg1616Flat earthers may sit on a fence. ROUND EARTH is reality in the age of nukes and Global Fallout.
I think this was actually great interwiev. The reporter was asking unpleasant questions and the Chinese gave such unpleasant answers where he pointed out that the West can have the same questions directed at them - and all that in a pleasant way!
Marvel.
Great job by Richard Walker. It's really refreshing to see a reporter that won't just go with bullsh*t answers.
I don't think it was very bullshitty when the professor said outright that
1. China is not pro-West, China's in it for nobody else but China.
2. There are certain ways in which China prefers to have US bogged down in Ukraine, China would not rather have NATO expansion. China would rather not aid a democracy against a dictatorship.
3. China is driven by its insecurities about its relationship with the West, and is torn between seeming to be reasonable and wanting to pursue its own interests.
So why on earth should China go out of its way to do something so pro-western as to be on Ukraine's side? Why would China render aid to the West when there's a confrontation about Taiwan that's coming up in a few years' time?
It sounded pretty blunt to me. IT's the people who can't see things from China's view who are confused.
And for those who can't tell, Li Cheng's accent tells me that he's a Hongkonger, not a mainlander, although increasingly this will be a difference that does not matter.
I wonder why he didn't mention the territorial integrity of Palestine.🙄
@@netterdrachen1687 Palestine is not a full member of the UN, and anyway a lot of other things have been mentioned. The idea is there: there are so many potential flashpoints between China and the West, who needs one more?
Baaaa 🐑
What’s that.. they voted against a Palestinian state in 1948.
Never regret your choices.
China’s past history of illegal wars, occupations, regime change, and proxy wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, are indeed a cause for concern.
Hahaha...
whats your point apart from ill-fitting whatbaoutism?
🤣
I see what you did there. 😄
@@RoninTF2011 whataboutism is a lame word for the weak who is afraid of acknowledging facts. Whatever is bad for one should be bad for all and whatever is good for one should be good for all. And until we all get to and accept that conclusion we will continue to sink into crisis world over.
Great questioning! The guest was uselessly evasive for the most part.
But we all saw the persistence in labeling from the journalist.
He did not achieve the answer he needed - but not everyone thinks like DW.
This guy is a professor? He sounds like a China party official.
my thought exactly
Similarly…Is the guy from DW working or employed by U S ?
@@liewkinglim The irony why ur commenting as chinese CCP rep
@@abhisheknag7177 The irony why ur commenting as burger CIA rep
@@ensteffo why am I getting replied by wuhan virus lobby
Chinese 🇨🇳 Xi Jinping was never shocked or disgusted about Russian war crimes.
- Instead, he helped them evade Western sanctions, provided them with spare parts and dual-use equipment, and cheered for Putin the whole time.
Is that not what allies usually does?
@@JBEMultimediamadrid well if you want to be put into the same pot like russia, then yes. But that would mean that china is as responsible for what russia does as russia itself
This is exactly what is happening with America supporting Israeli war crimes. America is complicit and equally a part of the violations against Palestinians as Israel is.
At the end China wil choose Russia !@@maxmeier8784
Biden was never shocked or disgusted about Ukrainian war crimes, Israeli war crimes, British war crimes, Australian war crimes and American war crimes. So what is your point? LOL
Chinese and territorial integrity 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Coming from western colonialist channel viewer.
I hope that German journalists will also ask China the same question about Israel and not be too double-standard.
Deflect, delay, deny.
Looks like someone has forgotten what NATO has done to China in 1999
But NO Chinese would forget it
This interview is hard to listen to. He is telling us about a totally different perception regarding many issues in the world, it is a testimonial of the different reality / Galaxy that China lives in.
BTW. Here in Asia are many voices demanding to end NATO.
Brain washed westerners here are very uncomfortable with the professors different perspective on the issues. Most of them have been brainwashed to the point of zombie by the MSM. The Prof really put the interviewer in his place, which is why many people are crying in this comment section. They are suddenly realising that China is too big to be pushed by the west put together.
"Demanding to end NATO" is neither in the hands of nor in the interest of Asia. It's the NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organisation, the influence it has on Asia to begin with is secondary and marginal at best. It's like me (a European) claiming I want an end to ASEAN, wtf do I care abt that?
It's an unarguably common sense that one has to accept the price to pay for something will inevitably be changed as time and conditions progress. So, given the present development of the Ukraine war, more likely Ukraine has put itself into a position of having no choice but to accept what Russia requires at the negotiating table. NATO intention to have its offices in Asian countries further indicating it's ulterior motives of spreading troubles and wars to this region an action that countries in the region have to be alert of as Russia was to avoid wars like that of the Ukraine's as the result of the NATO expansion.
Or are you asking of Russian expansion into a future NATO member?
Respect territorial integrity. I laughed out loud. What ironic China said that when they are currently invading the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines, harassing Philippine boats.
Stay away from Chinese waters and you don’t get harassed, no?
@@tat3179 how would you say it's Chinese waters? The world already knows that China wanted to become the #1 global superpower replacing US hegemony. Is it really worth it to become superpower that claiming the entire sea including your neighbors' backyard? How would you feel personally if your neighbor claimed your own backyard?
@@tat3179 Are you really sure it's Chinese waters? The world already knows that China wanted to become the #1 global superpower, to usurp US. Is it really worth it you have achieved becoming superpower by claiming the entire sea including the EEZ of your neighbors? How would you feel personally if your neighbor claimed your own backyard?
@tat3179 Are you really sure it's Chinese waters? The world already knows that China wanted to become the #1 global superpower, to usurp US. Is it really worth it you have achieved becoming superpower by claiming the entire sea including the EEZ of your neighbors? How would you feel personally if your neighbor claimed your own backyard?
@tat3179 Are you really sure it's Chinese waters? The world already knows that China wanted to become the #1 global superpower, to usurp US. Is it really worth it you have achieved becoming superpower by claiming the entire sea including the EEZ of your neighbors? How would you feel personally if your neighbor claimed your own backyard?
It is now very clear everyone can understand what is China's position.
I thought Mr Cheng was quite expansive around geopolitical concerns and perceptions. The perceptions of folks in the comments is also apparent. All countries/corporations actively protect thier interests, and forming a consistent narrative is part of this. He personally appeared motivated to me to break down barriers, particularly given his first hand experience of the cultural revolution (which was horrific). Pretty cool insight if folks take the time to listen.
This guy is from Hong Kong? They are well and truly screwed
That place is gone. China is on the early part of becoming like other colonialist nations. Its the fate of humanity to suffer by repeating the same mistake over and over.
@@trowawayacc The British Colonial Administration took a small -largely ignored- fishing village (Hong Kong Island and its environs) and transformed it into an area that became the envy of the world and a magnet for people in China to escape the clutches of an authoritarian Communist regime on the mainland. The suffering was experienced by people in China, not in Hong Kong! Under the CCP, Hong Kong is slowly deteriorating into a mere shadow of its former wonderful self. Such a shame!
He not really HongKonger. He Chinatowner😊
@@sinjersable
Hong Kong is still a dominant financial hub not going anywhere.
While today Chinese cities within "authoritarian communist China" have become just as or even more prosperous.
He was in US for a long time
Rudyard Kipling was 100% right about West and East. A hillarious interview!
Thanks for the interview. ☺️
Hmmm....me seee fortune coookie😊
@@skreety0455 you will gain a new puppy in your life.
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@@SalemVineyard Me like big box fortune cookie!!
Those are spy balloons! Calling a deer a horse - that is typical Chinese 😂
Is it true? Biden said it himself a few months ago that they are not spy balloons. If you don't believe it, go check the news. If they are indeed spy balloons and Biden still says this, it proves that the U.S. government is too weak, afraid to offend China.
Journalist: - What is your position on Crimea?
Chinese man: - We do not condemn Russia, because you
You do not recognize Taiwan as Chinese.
Journalist: - Let's not talk about Taiwan,
we will then charge you separately for it, and
now please condemn Russia.😂😂
It's actually strange to see the Chinese twist and turn words, but making every effort to stay within the party-dictated lines. Carefully weighing every sentence if it can be mis-read. And this was a smart and fast thinking chinese guy.
I’m sorry, what?
The USA said that China is its enemy. If Russia fails against NATO, China will be next. Guess who China considers its ally?
Excellent interview and very informative answers to well constructed questions.
We call it "beating around the bush"
Thank you, that was very good interview. Insisting on some issues was absolutely correct. This is hardcore journalism when interviewing. And the man answered quite satisfactorily
China feels threatened, If Russia is weakened China will follow. That is what is in Chinese' minds... Good point. The same way NATO talks about being threatened by Russia as a reason for giving military support then China might also be feeling threatened.
I do not get how one can feel threatened by NATO. As it is a defensive alliance, NATO countries do not have to support an attack made by some NATO country, and if they want top support it, they could do so without NATO. NATO support duties only really come into play when a NATO member is attacked, so you can only feel threatened by NATO if you plan on attacking a NATO country.
I mean read the NATO treaty, it is really short. And as Turkey had to learn in Syria, counterattacks against forces of a NATO member that has started a war do not count as attacks on NATO. An before someone cites the Kosovo-war: That would have happened without NATO as well, no NATO member was forced to support that, NATO just provided a framework, it could have been an ad hoc alliance like against Iraq with little material difference. I agree that many countries feel threatened (and with good reason) by some NATO countries and by their close military ties to other countries, e.g. to other NATO countries or to Australia, Korea, or Japan. But to feel threatened by NATO as a whole, by NATO's size, or by the concept of NATO really can only betray one thing and that is aggressive ambitions against a NATO member.
@@Dr.-Ing._M Maybe you don't see it because your country is a member of the USA under dog, countries that are not American friendly see NATO as a threat. We have seen how NATO destroys Nations that have not even evaded any other country.. Look at Libya, we Africans will never forgive them for what they did to our neighbors..
@@Dr.-Ing._M the countries that joined NATO became more hostile to Russia. just look how hostile Denmark's prime minister talks about Chinese affairs which have nothing to do with Denmark but only her personal opinions. In ancient times you're allowed to own spears but if you owned shield and armor you might be considering revolt.
@@KirbyZhang I would say it is the other way round: Russia became more hostile to the countries that joined NATO, which, now being able to defend, became less afraid to speak up against said aggression. And I do not get what Denmark's PM's remarks about China have to to with hostility towards Russia?
Your example about ancient times is extremely fitting: If you are able to defend, you might consider to revolt - to be able to revolt, you have to be in subjugation in the first place, as you revolt against a Hegemon. So, in order to not be subjugated or ruled over by a strong country, you have to be able to defend. Joining a defensive alliance means you want to avoid being subjugated or ruled over. Anyone that has a problem with you joining a defensive alliance thus wants to rule over you or subjugate you. Which was my original point.
@@Dr.-Ing._M you're just ignoring wider history for sake of your own argument. you think NATO would not feel threatened by China-Russia defensive alliance? All modern alliances are technically defensive, just like missile defense is defensive. but they're not shields for those who are weak, but they shield those who have strong attack abilities and use them. do you think China has made aggressive moves on the small european states that provoke it? it hasn't. NATO allows for a large number of small agggressive actors. it's not hard to understand at all.
China supports Russia putler , not Europe ukrain
China doesnt care, not their war. However, in saying thay, China wants the war to be stopped so China could do business with both sides. China's economy relies on trade. War stops trade. On the other hand, we all know who really want this war keeps going which benefits them.
who doesn't know that collective west want to finish with russia then go to china so obviously china is working hard to prevent that
A dictatorship supports a dictatorship, it is obvious
No china support whoever benefits china. I understood " We dont have morals or agreements only have national interest." This is not good its back to the old ussr days man.
Slava Stepan Bander 🇺🇦
Funny dude. Not capable to give an answer to simple question.
Politicians answers from an embasador are expected.
This is called diplomacy - the skill that has long been forgotten in the west along with journalism
On the left / right / one / other / extra / opposite HAND: how many hands so far and which hand is which?
Chinese politicians being chinese politicians....
Taiwan is sovereign country.
go read Taiwan (republic of China)'s constitution. They claim Mainland China as their own. Read up history before commenting, thanks.
that guy was sooo scared to answer the last two questions :S
I thank him for his efforts to speak in a foreign language, and yes he has to be careful not to say the wrong thing. That may end badly for him when he gets back home to China.
Jeez ! Wish we had persistent reporters like this in the US !
Ukraine, why ask China
Should be asking Russia
My Chinese neighbour can never have a family reunion here in Australia. The only time they can all be together is in China as the CCP is worried they won't come back so it's strictly one parent at a time can visit.
lmao millions of Chinese people leave for other countries every year for tourism. You know that Australia is the one who approves the visa right, not China LOL
Ccp best govt . Israel begs before china
China survived holocaust in ww2
Israel begs china
Chinese didn't answer any questions
Professor, in international politics, "sovereignty" has only one meaning; any limitation means that country isn't "sovereign", but is "in service" of another nation and will not be allowed to make decisions customary for sovereign nations to make for themselves. Beijing double speak is what it sounds like to me.
Thats indeed Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel current states: definitum non-sovereign pro-west service.
I like hos this guy saying: "We respect sovereignity of Ukraine... But for now... We have problem with our sovereignity. When we deal with this... Of course, we will return to that problem."
This was an interesting listen. Thanks for bringing it.
China supports Russian policies but use of nuclear weapons. They know ultimately if they did, those nuclear weapons would eventually visit their shores if they were providing weapons directly to Russia.
no counter attack?
Sounds like a threat. In some parts of the world them's called fighting words.
@@Phonger4 Escalation would affect the whole planet
One cannot claim to be a co-leader of the world without showing leadership on important world matters. That was excruciating to watch.
Gets asked about the war...Talks about about how it wasn't a spy balloon.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive" Walter Scott
Double talk equivocation talk.
Remind me again when China last ruled Taiwan?
Now. The Republic of China flag is flying in Taiwan now.
Taiwan is called republic of China...
The CCP has never ruled Taiwan. Ever. Never will either
I think he is trying to keep a salary after returning home.
Biggest world companies today should think about relocate their assets back in EU or other more friendly countries.
So good interview and the interviewer person. Thanks!
Switzerland is surrounded by NATO countries. Why is Switzerland not worried?
Because nato is not made to attack them, they're made to attack Russia and only Russia. The dumbest point I've ever heard 😂
@@LeonardoEFRosanato is not made to attack full stop! So you've made the dumbest point!!
switzerland has already been conquered and brainwashed
Because Switz Banks hold lots of their money 😂 Nato was made to counter the Soviet Union. They succeeded and Soviet was long gone. Why Nato still exist? Why targeted Russia as the second Soviet Union? Is it hard to leave them alone and embrace the peacef? Sheesh
Dumb logic ever asked , 🤡
West is high on weed 🤡
When USSR put missiles in Cuba we know what the US did to Cuba 😂
You can't put missiles Russia's border and expect Russia will act like weak middle east
It's your own problem 😂😂
You get the impression there's many subjects which are "no answer"
Wow, he came in calm and collective at the beginning of the interview, and by the middle and end of the interview, just look how much he was sweating.
A spy BROOM? 🤣🤣🤣
thats what I heard too
China is in a quandary on numerous topics but that just means that China's position is questionable on all those topics and is likely based on transactional benefits rather than ethics and principles.
What ethics and principles when Europeans invaded and looted other countries to enrich themselves for hundreds of years?
Please enlighten me how West supporting genocide and apartheid in Palestine is ethic?
Exactly. Plain as day. So buyer beware
@@Libochyeah so glad you admit to it. At least its clear to all pesants all empires are evil.
Chinese, like their Russian political commentators, have to tow the Party line or else....!
Omg this was brain cancer to listen to. Props to the reporter for being able to tolerate his rambles
Китайский Лавров со своей китайской философией, "Мудрая обезьяна сидит на вершине горы и наблюдает за схваткой двух тигров в долине внизу"....
CZcams sucks anymore. I can't even comment a completely PG comment on this. Censoring everyone's comments to death. I mean the PG level of comments I've had deleted by CZcams is ridiculous to the point I cancelled my membership and CZcams music, and won't even consider Sunday ticket..
It's good that DW questions professionally these pretended Chinese ''analysts", better though not consider these individuals for any future interview - we know their stance and the fallacy of Chinese policy, its own economical repercussions are about to fully ripe.
As a Hongkonger myself, I can tell everyone that our universities have been infiltrated, or should I say fully controlled by CCP. Like this Professor Li for example, it is very easy for us to tell by one's accent whether he is from Hong Kong or Mainland China. Most managerial, research and teaching positions are now filled with mainland Chinese, which often has a different view and academic standard from the local and international ones we used to have. They are willing to say anything for money and at the same time willing to not say anything that CCP isn't happy to hear.
Source ? Proof ?
So you prefer western influence? You want another war?
Reporter didnt even mentioned Ghaza 😆
Eastern Ukraine that Russia has taken along with Crimean peninsula will remain part of Russia 🇷🇺 forever.
🎉🎉🎉😘
This Chinese so-called expert, in fact most of China's so-called experts on international issues have a fatal misunderstanding. They don't know what the facts are? And what is a perspective? Their so-called major in international politics is only about relationships. The question asked by the reporter is: China claims that all countries should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries, and specifically mentioned Wang Yi’s emphasis on including the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. But his answer was that China has a good relationship with Ukraine but also has a good relationship with Russia. He completely avoided for respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. He not only answered wrong questions but still felt good about himself and talked about it. This kind of expert is really a joke.
Yes of course. It's like American democracy. Let's not confuse democracy in the USA with democracy imported to Libya, Syria, Iraq...etc
My friend, ofc they don't think that international law should be respected. Certainly no one respects it. The West allowed the secession of Kosovo, contrary to international law. Now everyone can do what they want. I read some predictions somewhere that Azerbaijan will attack Armenia again, can you imagine what will be the reaction of the world public if that happens. None. Maybe, in the best case, there will be some condemnation and that's it.
is killing bad? it depends. if you are defending your famlily. if russia invading ukraine is bad, does nato invade syria, libya bad? they are soveregn countries too. Now you would say its for human rights... So there is no absolute answers for that question and the world other than the west have no absolute answer for that too. do not think the west is the whole world.
West is still supporting genocide and apartheid in Palestine.
He's demonstrated an expertise in towing the Chinese Communist Party line. You can't really blame him, but neither can you believe him!
China is very clear in it's ambiguity😂
living in HK and having a counter position, are we getting answers with an abundance of caution!!
Li Cheng is well informed and well spoken; clearly he tows the party line. Great interview.
Wow, look at that guy squirm under questioning.
Sleepery. But hey its a living.
This guy looks super worried that he might disappear if he says the wrong thing here.
How to beat a path around a mountain by Li Cheng.
This is how the Chinese use double speak which is neither here nor there! It doesn’t respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine in its entirety but demand Chinese claims over Taiwan!!! The journalist is very good! I like his SHARP questions!
Wrong. Taiwan's founding fathers agreed on One China as stated in the Taiwan Constitution. Why do you care anyway. Not your country.. ohhj right Extremists belief sounds an absolute threat for Indo Pacific
As usual, our CCP friends in Beijing have spun a web of contradictions by stating the territorial integrety of all nations needs to be respected; however, their attitudes and actions, respectively in Tibet, the Formosa Strait, in the South China Sea, the Himalayas, etc. evidently represent an entirely different picture.
It personally never ceases to amaze me that a society so mindful of *facing face* still tolerates the inconsistencies of those Marxist-Leninist goons. Conversely, Marxism has actually little in common with traditional Chinese mores and etiquette.
Good observation. The US Government had an opportunity to support Mao's Communist Party when he was fighting the Japanese but US business interests prevented that from happening. They considered Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist party a safer bet (ref. John Service, China White Papers). This resulted in Mao turning to Russia for help in running the country, and the rest is history!
yeah, the reporter ask keep asking question like if it was a scuffle between children, without hearing the the reality of politic, that it's being pushed into the "reject team" and have to play with that hand dealt
No moral standpoint.
who doesn't know that collective west want to finish with russia then go to china so obviously china is working hard to prevent that
If DW wants straight answers from a China expert, interview Willy Lam, Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation.
Don't waste time on appointees who are at the beck and call of Beijing.
LOL. Not one single straight answer. Classic CCP play. ...These CCP guys have made a whole art-form around dodging questions. All they do is talk about irrelevant or off-topic subject matter when asked questions that could get them in hot water with their dictator and his stooges back home.
Saying 'I'm sorry' doesn't mean you need to make a compensation. Taking an altitude doesn't mean you need to take an action.
Taiwan is an independent country.........support from the Phillipines ♥♥
On Taiwan: At no point has the CCP ever had sovereignty over Taiwan. The Qing Dynasty did, but that government was overthrown and does not exist. Chiang Kai-shek fought the communists till his last and then fled to Taiwan when he had no other options. There is no way the founding father of modern Taiwan had any plans to turn his nation over to the Communists who killed so many of his men.
You should understand that in China's thousands of years of history, no separate small political power has survived and established an independent country.... 🤣
@@jkc3738 Except Taiwan has been ruled by it's own government since 1949... So there is an established and independent country. Also Mongolia, independent. And China hasn't tried to reabsorb it yet, because it makes for a good buffer between them and Russia.
@@john_doe_not_found are you sure? Only with the permission of the Chinese government can independence be achieved... Can the Chinese government allow the island of Taiwan to separate? Is Taiwan island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? Can China tolerate a hostile island right on its doorstep? You are really naive...it is only a matter of time before Taiwan Island is recovered
Thank you Mr Cheng
i mean the first 9 minutes of this interview were a joke, but when he stopped talking about ukraine you actually learn a lot about the ccp's perspective
The problem is that the journalist believes that the Chinese diplomacy is the same that american or occidental policy, in which u cant mandate or theraten other countries - Asian thinking and their diplomatic policies are based on compromise and collaboration, I learned this fact when I lived in Japan 🗾
The foreign policy of Japan cannot be compared with that of China. China does mandate and threat countries in order to align them with its interest. Beijing imposed economic sanctions on Mongolia in 2016 after the country received the Dalai Lama, just as they imposed trade sanctions on Japan in 2010 after incidents over disputed islands. The same has been recently done on Australia after Canberra criticized China's repression on Hong Kong. China has militarized the disputed South China Sea, expelled Vietnamese and Philippine ships from the disputed waters, and in open violation of several states' sovereignty has installed secret police institutions in foreign countries in order to persecute and kidnap dissenters. Chinese military troops recently clashed with India's ones over disputed territories, with dozens being killed. The list goes on and on. Please, lets never forget that we are still waiting for transparent information on the origins of coronavirus.
There is nothing wrong in that. Its how all empires act. As they have said allways we are doing to the west what they did to us. So its fair.
@@smemavlastyes all goodwill bs is just a way to get a foothold. Foreign aid is just that. We are doomed as a species.
@@smemavlast: China in the 2020’s is behaving like Japan did in the 1920’s. And we all remember how Japan behaved in the 1930’s and 1940’s, right?
China is behaving more like Japan did in the 30's than in the 20's. Differences abound though. China has nuclear arms, is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, is a one-party dictatorship which holds the reins over the army, is multiple times bigger than Japan was back in the 1930s and certainly the world is not the same one of 90 years ago. Yet, yes, comparisons between the 1930's Japan and present China can be established.@@timonsolus
Ukraine provided China with Full Helicopter Engine technology transfer in 2018 but China backstabbed Ukraine, It's Aircraft carrier is also from Ukraine.
How come Ukraine begs for everything that runs on an engine ?
China is neutral in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. If China is silent it does not mean it is betraying Ukraine
Ukraine SOLD China with part of helicopter engine tech, then terminate the deal under the US pressure even though China paid the premium price. Now Ukraine blame China not supporting her?
who doesn't know that collective west want to finish with russia then go to china so obviously china is working hard to prevent that
Taiwan has also been providing China with the technology to make chips
you cannot blame the guy, even if personally against his principle he have to uphold the policy of his government.being an ambassador it's what the nature of his job.
Репортер так и не смог поймать китайского профессора на прямом ответе. Китайский профессор извивался как червяк на крючке. Но понятно одно, кривая политика запада до добра не доведет, он профессор, четко сказал что Китай может быть очередным врагом для США.