Many of these themes occur in China’s domestic discourse, suggesting there’s also a domestic propaganda purpose too. scmp.com/comment/opinio…
Is this the “we will bury you” confidence of Khrushchev, and are some elites just getting high on their own supply of propaganda?
Or is this a considered view and Party judgment? If so, it could be consequential.
“China and Europe will inevitably get closer. A divided Europe, further dismayed by the worsening transatlantic relationship, will naturally look east.”
It is (obviously) not based on ethnicity.
I'm not interested in whether he's right or wrong; I'm interested in the piece's political representativeness and motivations and am gathering material on PRC views of post-COVID geopolitics.