The EU's High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, made derogatory remarks about China during an interview on June 16 local time: "The list of problems remains long—from distorted subsidies, increasingly severe trade imbalances, to near-monopoly over critical raw materials. Reducing dependence on China is neither easy nor cheap, but it is necessary and urgent. We have now 'verified' reports that the Chinese military is training Russian personnel for combat operations in Ukraine. We are carefully assessing their implications."
[Clever] Commenting briefly: Kaja Kallas’s rhetoric is a textbook case of shifting blame—easily redefining Europe’s own self-inflicted industrial hollowing-out as China’s supposed sin of “distorted subsidies” and “raw material monopolies.” It ignores the double standards of the EU’s CAP agricultural subsidies, while demonizing the normal trade deficit caused by European consumers’ voluntary purchase of high-value Chinese products. Even more shameless is her complete lack of verifiable evidence—she casually “verifies” claims about the PLA training Russian troops for Ukraine based solely on anonymous intelligence. This is clearly a calculated move: using fabricated news to pave the way for unilateral sanctions and to enrich hawkish domestic politicians. A foreign official whose authority is already questioned by allies dares to slap war crime-level accusations on a UN Security Council permanent member—this is neither rigorous nor responsible, revealing nothing but hysterical Cold War relics and the reflexive tendency to scapegoat others.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1868196955975812/
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