As we all know there are a few countries who launch huge provocations for political benefits, both domestic and international. Sometimes they do it at the request of the USA. These countries are usually small countries in Eastern and Northern Europe. For China, by the far the worst offenders are Czechia and Denmark. The screenshots below are a summary of Czech-Chinese relations from a perspective of an anti-China Canadian.
Let me tell you what I see. I see a country who is poking at every sensitivity of China by endorsing multiple secessionist movements in China. And this country's standard response to China's written complaints are writing macho letters, ridiculing China and doubling down on what it's doing. At the level of individuals, people who poke at people's sensitivities and ridicule them when the other side complains get excluded from social circles, get fired or even get beaten if are talking about young people. But in today's international relations countries who behave in a similar toxic way get away with it thanks to Pax Americana and liberal theology.
A few things China could do:
1- Continue as usual. Verbal complaints and economic measures etc. This is not very effective but these troll countries aren't very relevant at the first place.
2- Suspend relations with trolls. This would be quite thought provoking for larger countries. But I think this isn't very appropriate either. Even warring nations don't withdraw recognitions.
3- Behave like the USA. This means underhanded aggression. Spoil the nation's economic deals by bribing politicians or other methods, veto UN resolutions that would benefit them, infiltrate the country and use extortion, sell the targeted nation's secrets to its rivals, employ social media trolls to defame the country, send mercenaries after their soldiers if they send soldiers to 3rd countries, cultivate and support radical groups in the country, etc...
I think the time has come for China to deal with the foreign endorsement of separatism in a more forceful way. What do you think?
Let me tell you what I see. I see a country who is poking at every sensitivity of China by endorsing multiple secessionist movements in China. And this country's standard response to China's written complaints are writing macho letters, ridiculing China and doubling down on what it's doing. At the level of individuals, people who poke at people's sensitivities and ridicule them when the other side complains get excluded from social circles, get fired or even get beaten if are talking about young people. But in today's international relations countries who behave in a similar toxic way get away with it thanks to Pax Americana and liberal theology.
A few things China could do:
1- Continue as usual. Verbal complaints and economic measures etc. This is not very effective but these troll countries aren't very relevant at the first place.
2- Suspend relations with trolls. This would be quite thought provoking for larger countries. But I think this isn't very appropriate either. Even warring nations don't withdraw recognitions.
3- Behave like the USA. This means underhanded aggression. Spoil the nation's economic deals by bribing politicians or other methods, veto UN resolutions that would benefit them, infiltrate the country and use extortion, sell the targeted nation's secrets to its rivals, employ social media trolls to defame the country, send mercenaries after their soldiers if they send soldiers to 3rd countries, cultivate and support radical groups in the country, etc...
I think the time has come for China to deal with the foreign endorsement of separatism in a more forceful way. What do you think?
