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Tuvia Gering 陶文亚

23 Nov, 10 tweets, 3 min read

"The Suwałki corridor is the soft underbelly of Lithuania... When Lithuania has conflicts of interest with Russia and Belarus, don't expect China to remain neutral... China will never forget the treacherous nations that betrayed its trust" - Gong Jiong, VP of UIBE-Israel.
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China's bullying posture towards smaller states is in full play in Prof. Gong Jiong's recent article. Gong is the Vice President for Research and Strategy at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Petah-Tikvah, which opened this August.

I'm curious if UIBE-Israel President Maj-Gen (Ret.) Matan Vilnai, a former ambassador to China and former member of the Knesset (parliament), is aware of the views that his right-hand man promotes with regard to China's relations with smaller countries.
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"The question is, given that China is the world's second largest economy, the largest trading country, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and wields significant political power in the international arena, how can it be used as a bargaining chip

"[by Lithuania to secure protection from NATO and the US]? The downgrading of diplomatic relations between the two countries is only China's first step... I believe that the Chinese government will follow up with more measures.

"The Suwałki corridor issue is the soft underbelly in Lithuania's relationship with its external environment. What used to be a security issue with no bearing on China whatsoever has now shifted.

"When the situation on the ground gets tense and relevant countries make demands or call for Russia in the UN, China, as a permanent member of the UNSC, is unlikely to abstain from voting, and don't expect it to remain neutral when🇱🇹's interests conflict with those of 🇷🇺 &🇧🇾.

"Furthermore, the author believes that Taiwan itself holds the key to preventing foreign governments from playing the Taiwan card.

"The ways in which we could raise the costs of 'diplomacy' for Taiwan and dispel the notion of 'diplomatic competition' w/ the mainland are difficult problems that will put the Chinese gov's wisdom to the test, and we should consider alternatives to diplomatic and economic means.

@Lazar_Berman

" An 'almost peaceful' situation in the Taiwan Strait could be crucial in ensuring long-term peace."
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Link: guancha.cn/gongjiong/2021…
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Some more thoughts about the conversation between Xi and Israeli president Isaac Herzog:
- first-ever phone call between the presidents of China and Israel. Unlike other countries, the Israeli president is NOT the most important political figure in the country, but the PM.

- The two sides discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations under the comprehensive innovation partnership, which is unique to Israel-China in China's diplomatic classification of partnership, as the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties approaches in January.

- FTA has been in the works since 2016, so there's a chance it will be announced in Jan.
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"The media should not become a vassal of the entertainment market" - former Minister of Culture, Wang Meng, discusses the role of culture and media in society and underlines that "literature and art cannot be simply for entertainment". Excerpts:
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"There is a troubling trend in which good works are drowning in mediocre, pale, hollow, shallow, and hyped-up, consumerized, and merely works for entertainment.
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"Of course, literature and art serve as sources of entertainment and consumption, but they are also expressions of a nation's spiritual quality, spiritual treasures, and spiritual energy, which embodies, enriches and enhances the audience's soul.
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"The US, like a deranged octopus, has exercised its so-called "long-arm jurisdiction" at every turn over the years, frenetically seeking to make gains by any means possible, leaving the world engulfed in the flames of war and abject misery" - China Military Network.
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This week, China Military Network, the PLA's official news portal, has been publishing a series of cartoons and an accompanying screed every two days with different variations on the collision.
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