i24 News – A senior Chinese diplomat threatened to “downgrade relations” with Israel over an article published on Monday in which Taiwan’s foreign minister was interviewed.
The Chinese official called on The Jerusalem Post (The Post) – which conducted and published the interview – to delete the article, otherwise, Beijing would also sever ties with the publication.
“Apparently I’m supposed to take down the story or they will sever ties with The Jerusalem Post and downgrade relations with the State of Israel. Needless to say, story ain’t going anywhere.”
The request to remove the article came shortly after it was published on The Post’s website.
In the piece, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned that Israel was relying too much on China and that Beijing was preparing to invade Taipei.
He further suggested that Israel not make concessions to Beijing, nor “worry about China getting upset with you. When they get upset with you, that means you’re doing something right.”
This wasn’t the first time China and The Post had their differences – the Chinese embassy in Israel previously condemned the publication of past articles as well.
In response to an op-ed published on May 10 over the events in China’s Xinjiang province, the embassy wrote a letter to The Post, criticizing the opinion piece for being an “anti-China article written by a ‘Xinjiang independence’ separatist.”
If anyone else was wondering, the opening word of the headline “生气的” means ברוגז, in case that wasn’t already obvious.
Jerusalem Post answer to the Chicoms should be: Go pound sand and also grind water.
The Zionists are the ultimate galus Jew: despite the Zionist bravado and fake show of power, the Zionists always need the approval of the nations of the world to survive to continue their heretical existence.
Hong Kong Chollie so solly
Limited; this seems greatly a very better issue that a newspaper should clean up. Fondly, I think the world knows the situation with China and Taiwan. We do not need the Jerusalem Post verifying its own kept skills to newly provoke the next bear.
THE CHINESE NEED A LESSON IN DEMOCRACY AND FREE SPEECH 101.
I never liked or understood what the big craze for sushi is. Man made nonsense.
Sushi is Japanese not Chinese
Shows you how little I know about all these crazy foods.
The current government of _China is an enemy.
Watch out for those Chinese when they get into their tanks. There is nothing more dangerous than a Chink in the Armor.