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Am I misreading or is this article a bit misleading?
Is this the "demand"? its the only actualy quote Im seeing, I am very tired tho
Diplomacy demand.
"He should clarify them" roughly equates to "MFer better think long and hard about what they say next".
also chinese people aren't blunt when speaking, they ways soft things out with euphemisms or a compliment sandwich, so she fucking destroyed that dude
It seems (to me) to be a soft demand outwardly as China is both trying to avoid the US and western nations being able to paint them as just being pro-Russia instead of neutral (and trying to find a way to maybe be the ones to bring peace). While also still not just letting it slide. Which if Ukraine does stupidly make worse in their reply, will only help move basically all of Asia away due to calling them all stupid because of race. Which also gives the de-Nazification argument for Russia starting the special operation a boost.
I think that's just the polite way of putting a demand. The fact it's the Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman saying it basically means she's saying "I'm giving you one chance to retract that racist bullshit"
Oh so this person specifically reacting to it is what makes it a big deal? I’m never sure if Chinese officials are actually high level or if western media just finds the equivalent of a local council person and attributes their comment to the will of the entire nation lol
she's deputy to the minister of foreign affairs and is an official diplomat as well as the official spokesperson of the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs therefore what she says can be assumed to be the official position of the Chinese state here