I actually see the Bangladeshi response as undiplomatic and aggressive. All the Chinese Amb said was about QUAD and that any country joining it including Bangladesh would damage relations with China.
Thanks for the photo. I keep it for punching the mental gymnastics in the future. "You are just something in the bracketand don't exist in your own language".
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These are behaviors we were taught happened in Nazi Germany, Guess what? The western democracy are a sham and hypocritical for doing the same. No pro-active actions and policies are being taken by the so-called "democratic" 5-eyes NAZI. Affirmative and aggressive policies are needed but instead we see them looking away and turning an acknowledging blind eye.
Because in the same article that you posted, the defense minister actually said it crystal clear with very strong and unambiguous manner.
One may ask when this "doesn't want" happen? Before or after the visit by the defense minister? It is all for us to guess.
IMO, making a justified warning of last resort is the duty of an Ambassador, can not be incompetence. Remember China's diplomatic officials have made such "threat" many times in the past. Also remember China's "non-interference" policy comes with a pre-condition, that is "don't fuck with me" (人不犯我我不犯人，人若犯我我必犯人).
Wait... I don’t understand... so Bangladesh is thinking about joining an organisation/initiative that is basically specifically designed to counter China... and the ambassador is saying that such actions would damage relations... and that is aggressive how? That not even China poking their noses into anything... that is just stating ‘if you are going to be an Asshole to us, then don’t expect us to be nice to you’ how is that being aggressive and interfering in their policies... Bangladesh is free do what they want but can’t expect their actions which is specifically against the interests of the other party to be completely ok with it...
Yes but why do this in public? He could easily do it in private. Doing it in public changes nothing
I don't know the politics in Bangladesh, could it be that this FM is from a different camp or background than the president or prime minister? We have seen this kind of mess happening in many countries, such as Sri Lanka and Czech Republic, to name a few.
Chinese PM Wang Yi has warned Bangladesh privately in April for not joining the Quad. If the ambassador felt the need to comment that in the public, which means Wang Yi's warning is brushed aside by factions in Bangladesh that wanted to engage with India and Quad.
Calm down as you get too agitated too easily. Shouting "wolf" all day does not make a wolf warrior. It is contrary.
I am just suspecting, could this FM is at odd with the leadership. This is not a surprise in a western styled democracy. The very recent example is the president of Czech and the chairman of the Senate making conflicting statements about China. The Senate chairman event went to Taiwan, but the president gave a very warm speech of relationship with China.