Guest essay by Eric Worrall
China is laughing at America “kneeling” before Xi Jinping at COP26: “There will be more apologies from US politicians, and there will be more kneeling down”, according to the CCP backed Global Times.
China mocks ‘powerless’ Biden over climate summit ‘apology’
China has mocked US President Joe Biden after he used his speech at the climate summit to apologise for America’s inaction.
November 5, 2021 – 11:49AM
China has taken Joe Biden’s comments in Glasgow climate summit as a chance to mock the US President as “powerless”, despite the absence of President Xi Jinping from the conference.
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“I guess I shouldn’t apologise, but I do apologise for the fact that the United States under the last administration pulled out of the Paris agreement. That kind of put us behind the eight ball a bit,” Mr Biden said.
Beijing-backed news outlet the Global Times published a piece the following day that ridiculed Mr Biden’s “noble” apology.
The report highlighted the discord between American voters, noting some comments online from “netizens” who “cannot wait until 2024 when the Republican Party, or even Donald Trump himself, apologises for Biden’s apology”.
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The US and others have urged Beijing to make bigger commitments, but Xi’s administration has strongly implied those will only come in exchange for political concessions.
Mr Trump himself had seized on Mr Biden’s comment, claiming that world leaders were “laughing” at Mr Biden.
“We have never been thought of so poorly as we are right now, including the fact that the leaders of foreign countries, all of whom are at the top of their game, are laughing at Biden as he makes the rounds in Europe,” Mr Trump said.
“So low and so bad for America. There has never been a time like it,”
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Read more: https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/china-mocks-powerless-biden-over-climate-summit-apology/news-story/5a1785fc4e377915c1bddde5a0b9e25a
From the Global Times, mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party;
Biden’s apology in Glasgow shows hypocrisy, powerlessness of US politicians
By Ai Jun Published: Nov 02, 2021 08:53 PM
US President Joe Biden apologized at the start of the COP26 UN climate summit. On Monday, when Biden made the remarks during a meeting on “action and solidarity” in Glasgow, he said, “I guess I shouldn’t apologize, but I do apologize for the fact the US, under the last administration, pulled out of the Paris accord.” What a “noble” apology, which made Biden seem like he cares about climate change, but also how hypocritical and powerless he is.
Unlike what Biden may have expected, the apology triggered ridicule. Quite a few netizens, including those from the US, claimed they cannot wait until 2024 when the Republican Party, or even Donald Trump himself, apologizes for Biden’s apology. Most people believe this was hardly an apology, but a slap in the face of his predecessor, a move to pin all the blame on Trump. This is not about how sorry Biden is. He was making a show and bringing US political infighting to the global arena.
Climate change is one of the most highly polarizing issues in the US. Leading Republicans, most notably Trump, have mocked the issue as a hoax and are reluctant to take it seriously. In March, 12 Republican-led states sued Biden for his executive orders on climate change.
So if there is anything that Biden did bring to Europe, it must be a massive 85-car and gas-guzzling motorcade. Other than that, Biden can only make empty promises at COP26. His apology does not make any sense, as he has no plan to fulfill his promises and no guarantee to make sure that his commitment won’t be toppled by the next administration. Worse, he cannot even win enough support from his own party to get a green light for his plan. Also on Monday, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, said he would not endorse a $1.75 trillion framework on social spending and climate change unveiled by Biden last week. For Biden, who is in Europe and waiting for something to deliver to the world, this is heavy blow.
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Is there a worst president of the US? Perhaps there is no “worst” but only “worse.” American voters always have high expectations during elections but will soon become frustrated. Can a US president turn the tide? It is worrying. But one thing is certain – political infighting will continue, which is exhausting US strength in dealing with domestic and global issues.
There will be more apologies from US politicians, and there will be more kneeling down, Xu said.
Read more: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202111/1237944.shtml
The Global Times article also attacked President Trump. But China’s mockery of Biden is a geopolitical assertion of authority which the entire world is watching. Biden’s absurd climate apology and helplessness in the face of brazen Chinese aggression risks making America a global laughing stock.
The mockery started with Xi Jinping personally snubbing the COP26 event, then continued when Xi’s representatives snubbed Biden’s climate proposals, demanding a huge payoff to even consider the proposals. Now they are laughing at Biden’s climate apology, calling Biden powerless, mocking the USA as “kneeling down” before China.
The most shocking part of this affair, Biden obviously went into the COP26 conference completely unprepared for Chinese aggression. There are plenty of diplomatic levers Biden could have used to push back against China, ranging from a mild ratcheting up of sanctions, right up to the ultimate comeback, dropping a hint the USA is considering granting full diplomatic recognition to Taiwan. But pushing back would likely cause an immediate Chinese COP26 walkout. Biden is so desperate for a climate deal, China is laughing in Biden and America’s face on the world stage, and everyone is watching China get away with it.
It’s time for Greta to visit Xi and Putin. She will be all grown up by the time they let her out or finishes the Havana Syndrome treatments.
I don’t think Greta is going anywhere near China.
I cry at Mr Brandon not kneeling or as I believe the current jargon phrase in the American Colonies is “Taking the Knee”, But Mr Xi would probably call it by the more demeaning “Kow-Tow-ing” as is his right given the craven obeisssance that we insist oin making to his ghastly autocracy
Great essay, but what do you mean by “brazen Chinese aggression.”
If anyone is the aggressor its Uncle Sam. Here is the scorecard. you be the judge about who is the bully here. Read the book Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
Chinese military interventions/acts of aggression against the US: 0
US military interventions against China: Too many to count
1843. US military forces sent to China after a clash between Americans and Chinese in Canton.
1854. US military forces sent to China in and near Shanghai during Chinese civil strife.
1855. US military forces sent to China in Shanghai.
1856. Battle of the Barrier Forts. US joins the UK in its war to force China to import opium. This was a war for drugs.
1859. US military forces sent to China in Shanghai.
1866. US military forces sent to China to punish local Chinese for an assault on the American consul at Newchwang.
1894-95. US military forces sent to China march on Peking during the Sino-Japanese War.
1894-95. US Naval vessel beached and used as a fort at Newchwang for protection of American nationals.
1899. US invades China with 5,000 marines in 1899 to put down the Boxer rebellion. More than 400,000 peasants die.
1911-41. US military forces landed numerous times and continuously occupied various parts of China ostensibly to “protect” American interests.
1945-49. US occupied parts of China in Operation Beleaguer. Over a four year period, US forces engaged in more than a dozen skirmishes with Chinese communist forces.
1940s-1950s. The US supported a proxy war against China with the forces of Chiang Kai-shek.
1950-53. During the Korean War, US forces massed at the Yalu river, China’s border with N. Korea. US Air Force bombed Chinese territory just across the river. General MacArthur threatened to destroy China unless it surrendered. He also wanted to launch a nuclear strike against China.
1955. The CIA tried to assassinate Chinese Premier Chou En Lai by blowing a plane out of the sky.
1999. The US bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, killing 3 Chinese.
2001. A US spy plane crash landed in China. The US has been conducting such spy missions for decades. China has conducted no such missions against the US.
The common denominator is “Communism”.
The U.S. fights against communism. If not the U.S., then who?
China attacks Americans, US government responds.
That and you seem to be highly offended that the US is spying on China.
I would be very surprised if I found out that the US wasn’t spying on pretty much every country on the planet.
I would also be very surprised if I found out that China wasn’t spying on pretty much every country on the planet.
The same goes for Britain, Russia, France, Germany and pretty much every other country on the planet.
True but it was the US that got caught doing it; I still can’t believe Obama dodged that particular bullet.
Readers should look at
https://www.globaltimes.cn/
and
http://xinhuanet.com/ http://xinhuanet.com//english
and
https://asiatimes.com/2021/11/china-to-grow-faster-than-expected-in-2022/
themselves, and wonder.
Some here are having conniptions, hissy fits, bizarre, like an amateur Steve Bannon.
Adults, like Trump, who invited Xi to Mar-a-Lago and got real hospitality at Beijing.
Adults, like Trump, who said getting along with Russia is a good thing.
The Oligarchy decided that was their end – and look what happened. Now their end-game is FLOP26. They are utterly and iredeemably bankrupt and their last hope is that $150 trillion of your green.
Bloomberg reports that 150 nuclear plants are planned in 15 years in China.
And GT Voice: Modi’s ambitious climate pledge incompatible with India’s starving population
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202111/1238059.shtml
shows even better how China views economics.
It should e clear what an utter fiasco FLOP26 is, seen from Asia.
Er what starving population of India? India has broken it’s own records several years in a row for huge crop yields. I see your GT link conflates poverty with starvation, despite evidence of bumper harvests and government handouts of staple foods to the poorest in their society.
No excuse for that kind of leadership that allows a few left wing loons to destroy the reputation and wealth of the US. It is obvious the people had no hand in selecting this kind of representation.
What? Why the leftist caveat, “reluctant“?
UN, UNFCCC, IPCC and their unelected Euro leader pals, openly acknowledge the global warming movement is not about carbon dioxide but about redistributing money from the rich nations to poor nations.
The reality of that desire is not about redistributing wealth, it is about collapsing Western economies and forcing Western governments and those governments they protect, to join communism.
Trump and other government officials and politicians understand this fact very well. COP26 and regular predictions of doom by the climate cult are absurdities, an immense security risk and an incredible waste of money and resources.
Sooner or later, these “reluctant” leaders will remove the various lynch pins holding the scam together.