US EditionChina complains to Germany after foreign minister calls Xi Jinping a 'dictator'
- China has lodged a complaint against Germany after the German foreign minister referred to President Xi Jinping as a "dictator". This remark was made during a live interview with Fox News where the minister discussed the situation in Russia and Ukraine. China sees these comments as a political provocation and an infringement on its political dignity.
- Germany's Annalena Baerbock, known for her criticisms of China, has described her trip to China as "more than shocking" and has called China a challenge to the way we live together in the world.
- The US President Joe Biden has also referred to Xi Jinping as a "dictator," which adds to the tension between China and the Western world. This comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China in an attempt to stabilize ties between the two nations.
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Beijing summons German ambassador after foreign minister calls Xi Jinping a ‘dictator’
Annalena Baerbock, who has taken a hawkish stance on China, made the remark last week during a visit to the US Beijing has summoned the German ambassador to China after foreign minister Annalena Baerbock called president Xi Jinping a “dictator”, Berlin has said, in the latest flare-up of tensions between the countries.While they are major trade partners, Berlin-Beijing ties have been fraying as some in the German government take a harder line ov…
China on Monday denounced Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “political provocation” by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who called Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator” in an interview with Fox News last week.
Mao Ning disse que os comentários de Baerbock foram "totalmente absurdos e constituem um grave ataque à dignidade política da China, bem como uma provocação política aberta".
China fires back at German foreign minister for branding President Xi a 'dictator'
“China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the German side’s remarks, which are extremely absurd, a serious infringement of China’s political dignity and an open political provocation,” she said. “China has made serious inquiries to the German side through diplomatic channels."
China summons German envoy after foreign minister calls Xi Jinping a dictator
During an interview with US network Fox News on Thursday, Annalena Baerbock said: ‘If Putin were to win this war, what sign would that be for other dictators in the world, like Xi, like the Chinese president?’
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