As Chin. President #XiJinping visits Moscow, what signals #China and #Russia are sending each other, the world, and re #UkraineRussianWar? Comparison of statements 🧵:
1.Both Xi and Putin published articles in leading media, Putin in @PDChina and Xi in @rianru. Some diff.: 1/20 On #CH-#RU ties, Xi repeats the Chinese definition of ties: "China and Russia are committed to no-alliance, no-confrontation and not targeting any third party in developing our ties.坚持不结盟、不对抗、不针对第三方“。 2/20 CH: mfa.gov.cn/zyxw/202303/t2…
EN: fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_6…

Gas, technology and (geo)politics - a thread on Israel-US-China triangle. Lately, there's been a flood of news on the heavy #US pressure on #Israel to curtail ties with #China. Israel has always been treading carefully between the superpowers, but recent developments show..1/n ..US pressure is working. Israel has curtailed Chinese involvement in local infrastructure, but now US is demanding Israel to limit Chinese investment even further. Israeli Cabinet discussed tightening rules on foreign investment, where government intervention threshold 2/n

Using the #Chinese Civilization as a benchmark to measure Human Civilization? This is what #China's leader Xi Jinping seems to suggest in his new piece for the theoretical party journal Qiushi/Seeking Truth. 🧵 Titled "Bringing the study of the history of Chinese civilization 1/x ..to a deeper level, enhancing historical consciousness and strengthening cultural confidence," at first the article repeats tropes as "5000 years of Chinese civilization," cultural confidence," and exhorts a better study of China, etc. But then Xi drop a few gems: 2/x

#Chinese Foreign Ministry gives very interesting details from #China FM Wang call with #Israel FM @yairlapid. Thread: As far as I remember, this is 1st time China praises the #AbrahamAccords, if without naming them. Wang Yi says "China is pleased to see Israel establishing 1/9 and developing normal ties with countries in the region, which is part of the reconciliation in the broader #MiddleEast 中方乐见以方同地区国家建立并发展正常友好关系，这应是中东整体和解的组成部分." So far, China has been was quiet re Israel's closer ties with #UAE, #Bahrain 2/9

Time for that Democracy lesson, or "#China vs #West – the Battle of Systems" – Xi Jinping expounds on “whole-process democracy.” Highlights: China’s National People’s Congress/#NPC system ensures ultimate power resides with the people and ensures the people are sovereign 1/ and a big institutional advantage of the Chinese political system, says Xi Jinping at an important conference on work related to people's congresses. @NPC_Observer
The people's congress system “organically combines the party’s leadership, the people’s sovereignty, and 2/

#China official messaging on unification with #Taiwan has been on a tear lately. #PeoplesDaily runs front page article today, expanding ("thoroughly studying") #XinJinping's speech on 110th anniv. of Xinhai Revolution, titled 共同创造祖国完全统一、民族伟大复兴的光荣伟业 1/10 "Creating together the unification of the motherland and the glorious enterprise of national rejuvenation." Article repeats that Xi Jinping's sentence that "The complete reunification of our country will be and can be realized." 2/10
paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2021…

#China #propaganda In May 31 #Politburo meeting, #XiJinping calls for strengthening China's external media outreach, build "international discourse clout commensurate with China's overall power and int'l standing 形成同我国综合国力和国际地位相匹配的国际话语权". Highlights 1/6 Some of the principles enunciated by Xi are familiar - need to show "a more holistic, more comprehensive image of China," need to "build a strategic media system more obviously Chinese 构建具有鲜明中国特色的战略传播体系" 2/6