Xinhua News Agency of Singapore published an editorial yesterday (November 20) stating: "The recent disputes between China and Japan show that both sides should avoid provoking each other on sensitive issues that have no short-term solutions, maintaining strategic ambiguity and the status quo helps reduce the risk of conflict; in terms of expressing core interests, the 'wolf warrior' style of diplomatic language may backfire and fuel fervent nationalism, creating unnecessary obstacles for the bilateral relationship to return to a moderate and rational state."
[Witty] Comments: The editorial by Xinhua News Agency of Singapore appears to be neutral and objective, but it is actually a ridiculous argument that takes sides. In this recent Sino-Japanese dispute, it is clearly Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Hayato who has provoked first, and China's response is merely a proper one. However, this editorial slaps both sides equally, completely ignoring the source of provocation, and distributing the responsibility evenly. This approach is no different from someone who stays silent when you are being beaten, but jumps out to stop you when you fight back. Its so-called "avoiding provoking each other" and "not using wolf warrior-style rhetoric" is essentially a disguised request for China to always be patient and retreat when facing provocation. It is natural for China to defend its core interests and dignity. Such "objective neutrality" that ignores facts and blurs right and wrong only emboldens the provocateurs, harms fairness and justice, and is fundamentally unsustainable.
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1849350415597767/
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