French Communist Party presidential candidate Russell recently made a nonsense about “Taiwan is a part of China” when he expressed his political views on a TV show.Figure: Flip through Russell’s Facebook
France will hold a presidential election in April this year. French Communist Party (PCF) presidential candidate Fabien Roussel said in a recent political speech on the well-known political program “C dans l’air”: “Taiwan is part of China.” , he also said that Taiwan should abide by one country, two systems, and like Hong Kong, France also needs to “abide by” its relations with China. Russel’s remarks were immediately criticized by French netizens, and Chen Liguo, the European Director of my country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also criticized Russel’s speech as a “serious mistake”. In this regard, Russell clarified his attitude towards China on Twitter on the 16th local time, but was slapped by scholars.
Faced with this gaffe, Russell responded by posting a speech at Sciences Po on the 15th on Twitter on the 16th, and tried to clarify. “People have been writing articles on this these days: This is my direct response to the China issue,” he wrote. In the video, he said to the audience off the podium, “Stop the hypocrisy! When I go to China, it’s okay to go to China. Wouldn’t it be too serious? When I went there, I discussed it with the Chinese leaders I met, and we were frank with each other. First of all, I told them that a one-party system is not our idea of democracy, and we are completely different in this regard.”
Then he said: “(China) buys our factories, ports, airports. If I become president, it will not happen again.” He criticized China’s use of coal for power generation to cause pollution, and was dissatisfied with the relocation of industries such as Renault to China. He said: “Why not make it in France? I said that to the Chinese, but I was the only one who spoke. Emmanuel Macron, Valerie Pecresse and others said ‘go, no problem’. They said The Chinese are the opponents of the system, but they continue to produce there.” Criticizing the teachings of current French President Macron, Porcius (President of the Greater Paris Parliament, right-wing presidential candidate) and other “hypocrites” who chanted China Although it is a “wolf”, it still continues to move the factory to China.
In this regard, Antoine Bondaz, a researcher at the French Foundation for Strategic Studies (FRS), posted on Twitter the press conference and related reports held by Russel during his 2019 visit. At that time, Russel not only said that China was the most hard-working Global warming countries also called on France to sign China’s Belt and Road memorandum. Bondaz directly criticized Roussell: “Is this justifying French industry and rejecting Chinese investment in France? Oh, is that so?”
In addition, Pierre Laurent, the national secretary of the French Communist Party, said in an exclusive interview with the official media “China Global Television Network” (CGTN) in 2017 that Ruse, Laurent and the Chinese Communist Party are the same routine. .
The ongoing debate over Taiwan’s positioning is also related to the French presidential candidate’s understanding of international relations.《Le Figaro》(Le Figaro) published a special article “Does Taiwan belong to China?”, which uses an analytical approach to clarify doubts for readers. Barthelemy Courmont, head of the Indo-Pacific program at the French Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (IRIS), explained to Le Figaro, “No, Taiwan does not belong to China, but it was an interesting mistake that presents a presidential candidate people’s understanding of international relations.”
France will hold a presidential election in April this year. French Communist Party (PCF) presidential candidate Fabien Roussel said in a recent political speech on the well-known political program “C dans l’air”: “Taiwan is part of China.”
Ruse posted on Twitter on the 16th a speech at Sciences Po on the evening of the 15th in response and tried to clarify. “People have been writing about this for days: this is my direct response to the China issue,” he wrote.
Russell responded by posting a speech at Sciences Po on the evening of the 15th on Twitter on the 16th, trying to clarify the gaffes he made on the political program in the previous days.Image: Taken from @Fabien_Roussel Twitter