CHINA-US: CHINA'S REACTION TO US VICE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH OF OCTOBER 5

Xinhua published at least 8 responses attacking the speech. The Central Propaganda Department’s Theory Bureau, writing under the pen name "Zhongxuanli 钟轩理," published 2 commentaries attacking Pence's comments in People's Daily in the week ending October 13. The South China Morning Post said the nearly 5,400-word commentary by “Zhong Xuanli”, a pseudonym used by the Central Propaganda Department’s Theory Bureau, sought to refute the US Vice President’s address point by point.  It argued that “The problem is not that China does not buy, but that the United States does not sell. For example, is the US willing to sell its Ford-class aircraft carriers? If one piece is priced at US$15 billion and the US sells four to China, we can immediately narrow the trade gap by US$60 billion.” It described as "a huge joke!” the remark by “Pence that much of China’s success was driven by American investment in China and that the US ‘rebuilt’ China over the last 25 years – what a huge joke!” Interestingly, Hu Xijin, Editor in Chief of the nationalist Global Times, has also been publicly worrying on his Weibo account about the temptation to become more conservative and nationalistic in the face of U.S. pressure. Hu Xijin is described as smart, savvy and an excellent political weather vane — so for him to express these concerns means he sees such a shift as a real possibility.







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