Press conference of December 10, 2021 held by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin

Press conference of December 10, 2021 held by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin

As agreed between China and France, the 8th economic and financial dialogue of high-level China-France will be held on December 13 by video connection.Deputy Prime Minister Hu Chunhua and the French Minister for the Economy, Finance and Relaunch Bruno Le Maire will co-read the dialogue.The dialogue will actively implement the series of consensus affected by the two heads of state in the economic and financial fields, through discussions on cooperation in fields such as global economic governance, climate change, trade and'Economy, agriculture, aerospace and civil nuclear energy, scientific and technological innovation, finance and third -party markets.

Created in 2013, the Chine-France high-level economic and financial dialogue is an important consultation and coordination platform on the major challenges of the economic and financial sectors.He has made positive contributions to the deepening of bilateral pragmatic cooperation in these areas, to improve communication and coordination on major international economic and financial issues and to the promotion of the Global Sino-French strategic partnership.

Xinhua news agency: This morning, China and Nicaragua resumed their diplomatic relations.What is the meaning of the resumption of diplomatic relations in current circumstances?

Wang Wenbin: This morning, the Councilor of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi held a virtual meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua Denis Moncada and met a government delegation of Nicaragua on visit to China by video.The two parties officially confirmed all the content of the joint press release on the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Nicaragua.China welcomes the political decision of the Nicaraguan government to break "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan and to resume diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.Nicaragua has thus become the 181st country to have normal diplomatic relations with China.

The Councilor of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang stressed that the principle of a single China is the consensus of the international community and a universally recognized standard governing international relations. Nicaragua has made the important decision to resume and develop normal relations with China, thus choosing to be on the right side of history with the overwhelming majority of countries in the world. The resumption of diplomatic relations is fully in accordance with the fundamental and long -term interests of the two countries and will certainly be praised and supported by the two peoples. China and Nicaragua will cease the principle of a single China, a political foundation of bilateral relations, will work together to develop the development plan for bilateral relations and will regularly advance exchanges and cooperation in various fields, in order to continually bring Advantages in both countries and peoples.

The Nicaraguan part noted that the exchanges between the two countries go back very far in history.The two parties in power and the two countries share a revolutionary friendship and fraternal links.The resumption of diplomatic relations is supported by the entire Nicaraguan people.With deep sincerity in the resumption of diplomatic relations, Nicaragua will fully honor its commitments, will firmly defend the principle of a single China and will support all the efforts and actions of China for its complete reunification.

Before the meeting, the vice-minister of foreign affairs Ma Zhaoxu spoke with Laureano Ortega, representative of the Nicaraguan government.They signed the joint press release on the resumption of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Nicaragua.

Nicaragua has resumed diplomatic relations with China without any prerequisite and stands on the right side of history.We appreciate it highly.Nicaragua is an important country in Central America.The resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Nicaragua opens up a new chapter of friendly cooperation between the two countries in various fields, on the basis of mutual respect, equality and reciprocal benefits.China will also continue to develop relationships of friendship and cooperation with other countries in the world on the basis of the principle of a single China.

The resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Nicaragua once again demonstrated that the principle of a single China is a universally recognized standard governing international relations and the consensus of the international community.Membership of the principle of a single China is part of the world justice and corresponds to the will of the people and the general tendency of our time.No strength can hinder him.

RTHK: US President Joe Biden said the first day of the "Democracy Summit" that global democracy and universal human rights have been declining over the past 10 years.Autocrats seek to extend their influence on democracies, justify their repressive policies and practices and stir up societal division and political polarization.What is China's comment?

Wang Wenbin: Democracy is a common value of humanity instead of a geostrategic tool.The United States privatizes democracy, which is a public good, stir up division and confrontation in the name of democracy and undergo the international system centered on the UN and the international order based on international law, in order to defend the'American hegemony, which is downright undemocratic.

To achieve democracy, there must be equality rather than superiority, the rule of law rather than intimidation and coercion, and solidarity rather than confrontation.The so-called "flagship of democracy" is experiencing obvious democratic discomfort and enormous democratic deficits.The countries that represent the greatest threat to global democracy are precisely those who are lines in the domestic affairs of others, arbitrarily impose unilateral sanctions and carry out military interventions around the world in the name of democracy.

The facts have long proven that imposing your own model of democracy on the rest of the world does not work.The United States is trying to divide the world into "democratic" and "non-democratic" camps according to its own standards, and flagrantly encourage division and confrontation.Such a practice will only provoke disorders and disasters around the world, and will meet a strong condemnation and opposition from the international community.

Reuters: Will China be engaged in economic cooperation or will it offer economic assistance in Nicaragua during the resumption of diplomatic relations?If so, could you share the amount or extent of this cooperation or assistance?

Wang Wenbin: First of all, I would like to say that the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Nicaragua is a political decision, not a currency of exchange.Nicaragua made this political decision on the basis of its recognition of the principle of a single China.There is no prior economic condition.China highly appreciates its position. 

I want to add that the resumption of diplomatic relations opens up large prospects for the development of bilateral relations.The two parties will lead to global cooperation mutually beneficial on the basis of the principle of a single China.We will increase exchanges at different levels and strengthen mutual trust.We will actively lead an anti-depidem cooperation, will assert our respective assets, actively promote pragmatic cooperation and exchanges in various fields, and will advance the well-being of our populations.We will also maintain close communication and coordination in international and regional affairs to safeguard the common interests of developing countries.

People's daily newspaper: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will participate in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, recently said his spokesperson.French President Emmanuel Macron said that the Olympic Games should not be politicized and that such a decision would be insignificant and simply symbolic.Russian defect Dmitri Chernyshenko said the United States is trying to politicize the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, but that the Olympic movement will not be affected.Do you have a comment to make?

Conférence de presse du 10 décembre 2021 tenue par le porte-parole du Ministère des Affaires étrangères Wang Wenbin

Wang Wenbin: Beijing's Winter Olympic Games are a gathering of Olympic athletes and winter sports enthusiasts around the world.Not long ago, the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus the resolution on the Olympic truce for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, co -country with 173 countries, testifying to the full support of the international community atBeijing Winter Olympic Games.We are seeing more and more governments and national Olympic committees expressing their support for the Beijing 2022 games. The president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, underlined the mission of the games of the world.It could be the end of the Olympic movement if politics gets involved.It is against the IOC mission if the Olympic Games are used to intensify conflicts and differences.

We invite the athletes and personalities concerned from the whole world to come in China for the Beijing 2022 games. China is ready to work with all the parties to practice the "Ensemble" Olympic motto and make new contributions to the promotion of theOlympic cause.

Ria Novosti: recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping organized a virtual summit with American President Joe Biden.This week, the Russian president and the American leader also had a virtual interview.So, is it planned to organize a virtual summit of Chinese and Russian leaders by the end of this year?And secondly, according to China, what questions Moscow and Beijing currently consider the most important for bilateral relations?

Wang Wenbin: The management of the two heads of state is the fundamental guarantee and the greatest advantage of the sustained and high-level development of Sino-Russian relations.Since 2013, President Xi Jinping and President Putin have met 36 times, which has oriented strategic coordination between the two countries, developed a high -level conception for global pragmatic cooperation between the two parties and injected a solid momentumThe cause of peace and development in the world.

President Xi Jinping invited President Putin to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in February of next year.President Putin accepted the invitation with pleasure.Before that, the two heads of state will continue to maintain close contacts by various means.Do not miss the specific arrangements as they are published.

RTHK: Some countries are still so-called Taiwan's “diplomatic allies”.How do you comment on this?

Wang Wenbin: I just specified the position of China on the resumption of diplomatic relations with Nicaragua.I still want to insist on a point.Taiwan is part of China.It is a clear and simple fact that can be easily understood.There are still a few countries in the world that have "diplomatic links" with Taiwan.The reason behind this is that the authorities of Taiwan have embarked on "dollar diplomacy" by neglecting the well-being of the population of Taiwan.This is also due to the pressures imposed by the United States on these countries.Sooner or later, these countries will establish or resume normal diplomatic relations with China, in accordance with the spirit of resolution 2758 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly 50 years ago.This is only a matter of time, because it is an unstoppable trend of our time.

The Paper: The world is celebrating human rights day today.A handful of Western countries have expressed their concerns about the human rights situation in China.What is China's response?

Wang Wenbin: "Human rights for all" are a great dream of human society and a common goal that all countries have constantly pursued.Who is best placed to judge the human rights situation in a country, and who should assess the human rights cause of a country?The only answer is the people in the country.To say if a human rights protection model works, it is necessary to verify whether it responds to the interests of the people.To say whether the human rights situation in a country is good or not, you have to see whether it can improve the feeling of satisfaction, happiness and security of the people.The most fundamental human law is the right to a happy life.

China attaches great importance to the promotion and protection of human rights. The hundred years of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) have been a journey to fight human rights, respect, protection and human rights development. We allowed our nearly 1.4 billion inhabitants to get out of poverty and lead a decent and comfortable life. Average life expectancy increased from 35 to 77 years. Over 1.3 billion Chinese have access to basic health insurance. China is classified among the ten countries on the good road for the health of women and children by WHO, and has implemented the greatest systems of education, social protection, medical care and democratic institutions in the Community level. The CCP has led the Chinese people to win the victories of the eradication of poverty and the fight against COVVI-19. More than 700 million Chinese have been released from poverty, and the health of more than 1.4 billion Chinese was effectively protected. This is the best illustration of the great success of human rights development in China.

China has continued its development in the context of human development and remains determined to promote the development of human rights worldwide.We defend peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom, which are all common values of humanity, and make China's voice heard by highlighting the proposals of China andBy making our contribution to the improvement of global human rights governance.China has embarked on a new march towards the objective of the second centenary consisting in building a large modern socialist country on all levels.China's human rights will be protected at a higher level and China will make new, more important contributions to the development of international human rights.

There is no single route for human rights development. In terms of human rights, there is no "country on a hill" which is superior to the others. And no country has the right to be a "human rights judge", even less to interfere in the internal affairs of others while brandishing the human rights stick. China is ready to conduct a dialogue and exchanges on human rights with all countries on the basis of equality and mutual respect. But we will never accept a "lessons in human rights". Some Western countries criticize at the slightest occasion and with condescension the situation of human rights in other countries, while closing their eyes to acts consisting in despising human life in their response to COVID-19, as well as On their own systemic racism and their racial discrimination in the past and at present. Worse, they use human rights protection as a pretext for intimidation, sanctions and belligerent, which is a typical practice of "two weights" and sabotage of international human rights. We urge some countries to get rid of their old habits, to seriously reflect on their deplorable assessment in terms of human rights and to face and solve their own problems.

There is always room for improving human rights protection.On this human rights day, we call on all countries to respect the goals and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, to conduct constructive dialogue and cooperation in the field of human rights, to opposeFirmly in the politicization of human rights and the practice of "two weights" in this area, and to promote jointly the healthy development of international human rights.

China News Service: According to commentators, the United States has committed scandalous crimes against American Indians for centuries.However, instead of conducting real reflections, the American government has made irresponsible comments and has pointed out other countries on human rights.Do you have a comment to make?

Wang Wenbin: As everyone knows, the United States has brutally killed the American Indians, exhilarated them by force and assimilated, and have committed a systemic violation of their human rights through legislation.They have committed many crimes against humanity against the American Indians, who de facto constitute a genocide.

In history, the United States has massacred many American Indians and has committed a physical genocide against them. For more than 100 years from the United States Foundation until the end of the Second World War, the United States launched a systemic ethnic cleaning which dropped the population of the American Indians from 5 million at the end From the 15th century to 250,000 at the beginning of the 20th century, leading to extinction more than ten tribes, including the Pequot tribe, the Mohican tribe and the Massachusetts tribe. Former American president Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, general of the Union army during the Civil War, spoke favorably to rid the country of Indian tribes by all necessary means and exterminate the Indians . The United States has reduced the vital space of indigenous Indians through forced migration and the reserve system. The law on the displacement of the Indians (Indian Removal Act) adopted in 1830 forced, by expulsion, cheating and coercion, around 100,000 indigenous Indians to migrate to distant and small reserves. Many of them died during migration. At the end of the 20th century, the United States coined or forced indigenous Indians to authorize the burial of nuclear waste, industrial waste and other waste, dangerous for the health of people in Indian reserves. This caused a serious environment of the environment that led to the death of many Indians. The United States has not even spared the Indian reserves.

The United States has adopted policies to assimilate the American Indians, which is equivalent to a cultural genocide.In 1887, the American government introduced the Dawes law, which broke tribal relations, traditional income sources and the cultural values of the American Indians, and relegated the Indians of America unemployed at the bottom of the Society.For more than a century, between 1869 and 1978, more than 350 residents in the United States tried to replace the values, languages and way of life of the American Indians with Christianity, English language and Western traditions.A large number of indigenous children have died of hunger, illness, body punishment or sexual abuse, or committed suicide after suffering ill -treatment.

Among all ethnic groups in the United States, America Indians have the shortest life expectancy, the highest poverty rate, the highest alcohol rate and the doctor-patient-patient ratiothe lowest.Not long ago, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on questions relating to minorities stressed that "the experiences of indigenous peoples were for centuries an experience of dispossession, brutality and even in certain cases of genocide".The names of certain American cities, communities and neighborhoods are derived from Amerindian languages.The images and elements of the American Indians appear abundantly in films, advertisements and even car names.In reality, however, American Indians are still mired in systemic discrimination, and have now sank into oblivion, rather than in extermination.

The genocide of the American Indians in the United States is not only a historical problem, but also a persistent and systemic problem of racism.While claiming to be a model in terms of human rights, the United States has practiced the "two weights" and instrumentalized human rights to defend hegemony.We urge the American part to give up arrogance and prejudice, to face and examine its serious human rights problems, and to take concrete measures to remedy it, rather than pointing the finger at others andirresponsible remarks.

Bloomberg: Biden administration plans to sign a "very powerful" economic framework agreement with Asian countries next year, according to the Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have a comment to make?

Wang Wenbin: The training and development of industrial channels and global supply are the result of the interactions of market laws and the choices of businesses.As an economy with the greatest dynamism and the greatest potential, China has actively maintained the stability of industrial and world supply chains and has relentlessly promoted the construction of an open global economy.

The United States has repeatedly abused state power to politicize and instrumentalize science and technology and economic and commercial issues. They have also intentionally set up trade and investment barriers against specific countries. Such measures have undergone the rules of international trade and divided the world market. The United States has forced Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing CO (TSMC), Samsung and other companies to provide data on the flea supply chain in the United States. Is that also part of the frame you mentioned? In a world where the world economy is deeply integrated, American measures aimed at undermining the stability of industrial and world supply chains are against the current, will not gain support and will end up harming in the United States themselves . We urge the United States to adopt a correct attitude, to follow the trend of our time, to abandon the mentality of the game in zero sum, to seriously safeguard a fair, equitable and non-discriminatory market environment and to stop doing things which undermine global economic recovery and growth.

China Daily: serious crimes against human rights have been committed and still perpetuate in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.Some have commented that, in recent times, these countries have seemed to apologize but have not taken any measures to remedy the problems and offer compensation.Do you have a comment to make?

Wang Wenbin: I noted that strong concerns were expressed about the serious human rights violations in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada by the UN Human Rights Council and theexperts concerned.The United Kingdom has committed atrocious murders all over the world during its fanatic colonial domination, leaving behind countless crimes against human rights.In recent years, racism has spread to the United Kingdom, with an increase in systemic discrimination, violent provocations and hate crimes against minority groups.There are many phenomena such as xenophobia, hate speeches and serious violations of refugee and immigrants' rights.The British forces have killed innocent and committed acts of torture in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, but the culprits are protected by the government and remain unpunished.

Australia applied the infamous policy of white Australia during its history.100,000 indigenous children have been withdrawn from their families, and the persistent pain inflicted on stolen generations can still be clear today throughout the society.Even until today, indigenous peoples suffer from serious injustices both in terms of living conditions and the judicial system and the application of the law.Australia has placed a large number of refugees and migrants in its offshore detention centers, where they have long been physically and emotionally mistreated, suspicious deaths being reported from time to time.From 2012 to 2013, Australian soldiers mistreated and brutally killed captives and even civilians by pulling them or cutting their throat, arousing the indignation of the international community.

In the past, the Canadian government has openly brought the goal of "killing the Indian in the child" and has implemented residents to implement cultural genocide policies.More than 150,000 indigenous children were sent to these schools, more than 50,000 of whom died of abuse.Since the appearance of COVID-19, discrimination, stigma and violence targeting Canadians of Asian origin have significantly increased.The successive discoveries of all the remains and anonymous tombs of Aboriginal children in Canada since the beginning of this year are shocking and heartbreaking.Faced with racial discrimination and such blatant human rights violations, the Canadian government has essentially resorted to empty -meaning postures without concrete measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of ethnic minorities.

The countries concerned have claimed to be the "human rights model" and the "human rights judge", and have launched irresponsible and presumptuous criticism with regard to the human rights situation inother countries.However, they have elected and minimized the importance of their own human rights violations which had taken place in the past and which still occur today, repeating their misdeeds on many occasions.They try to give the impression that their apologies are sincere, but essentially consider it a way to whiten their crimes.There is no follow -up measure to punish the culprits and offer repairs.Such a gadget can never deceive the world. 

We advise the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada to make an introspection, show real remorse and repair their misdeeds on human rights issues, rather than stop at this posture.They better do not become a footnote of this well -known quote from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: "What experience and history teach is that peoples and governments have never learned anythingof history and never acted according to maxims that could have been removed from it.»»

Bloomberg: The Pentagon is looking for new ways to dissuade threats to national security in countries like China and Russia, according to US Deputy Secretary for Defense.Does China have comments to make about it?

Wang Wenbin: As we have repeatedly pointed out, some people in the United States have repeatedly invoked the so-called "Chinese threat" rhetoric to justify the expansion of their military force.We urge the United States to abandon its outdated mentality of the Cold War and its ideological prejudices, to honor its promise not to seek a new cold war and to do more to safeguard regional and global peace and stability, rather than the'reverse.