Xi Jinping’s Absence at G20: Deliberate Snub to Modi, Concern for UK

German-language media: Xi Jinping deliberately snubbed Modi

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02.09.2023

Both Süddeutsche Zeitung and Handelsblatt paid attention to the news that Xi Jinping may not attend the G20. “Süddeutsche Zeitung” believes that Xi Jinping is showing his influence through his absence, while “Business Daily” pointed out that Britain, which wants to resume exchanges with China, may have to wait a little longer.

(Deutsche Welle Chinese website) The G20 summit will be held next week,However, according to Reuters and other media reports, it is expected that Chinese leader Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 in person, but will send Chinese Premier Li Qiang to attend the meeting.In this regard, the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” published a commentary “The duel between the strong” and pointed out: Xi Jinping’s move is to deliberately snub the host, Indian Prime Minister Modi.

“What is happening between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be seen as a duel between two masters, both of whom have mastered the art of the ‘attention economy’. Xi Jinping will most likely not be present in Delhi The G20 summit, and because of that, he will be the main topic of the summit. This is attention management at its peak: making an impact through absence.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends G20 related activities

The comment goes on to refer to the organizers of this summit: “For Modi, who is no less than Xi Jinping in terms of self-hype, this will be a heavy blow. At this summit, Modi will not only celebrate his own greatness , also to celebrate the greatness of India and India’s growing self-confidence. But if the summit shrinks due to the absence of Xi Jinping, then Modi will suddenly look like a party organizer without important guests. Other guests embarrass Standing aside, I don’t know when I can leave.”

The author pointed out that since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Xi Jinping has only occasionally left China for visits. “Even some important meetings are attended by representatives, as if he is the quasi-hegemon of Asia and does not want to be troubled by the troubles of daily political affairs”.

“But on the one hand, according to the participants, even in the specific negotiations with India, the Chinese side did not miss any opportunity to put obstacles in the way of Indian representatives in order to ensure that the summit could not be remarkably successful. On the other hand, Xi Jinping and Mo Dee in particular has a habit of reducing politics to the personal level—that is, themselves.”

The author concludes: “If you take the whole thing seriously, you’ll be a little worried about the ego. Especially since the two nuclear-armed powers have an unresolved border dispute in the Himalayas. Zhou was reignited by a new map from Beijing that will also redefine sovereignty in the South China Sea. All these issues urgently need to be discussed, however, Xi Jinping and Modi seem to care more about what the outside world thinks of them.”

Apart from India, another country that may be worried about Xi Jinping’s absence from the G20 is the UK. The “Business Daily” commentary article “Britain is really too small” pointed out that followingAfter Sunak’s scheduled meeting with Xi Jinping in Bali during Indonesia’s G20 last year was canceledIt is estimated that there will be no chance to see you again during this year’s summit.

The article reads,Britain, like the West, wants to renew exchanges with Beijing“This is a favorable opportunity, because China is also currently very keen to revitalize its economy by improving trade relations with the West. However, Western democracies have not yet reached an agreement on a common China strategy.”

“The disunity of the West is a gift to Xi Jinping. For many years, Xi Jinping has been trying to divide Western democracies through the tried and tested method of ‘divide and conquer’.” The author believes that post-Brexit Britain is geopolitically isolated Own.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this week

At the end of the comment, it was mentioned that Sunak had an opportunity to communicate with China at the Global AI Summit held in the UK in November, “China is the leader in the development of artificial intelligence technology after the United States, so there is no A summit in which China participates will fail to realize its global claims.” However, on the other hand, the author also emphasizes: “The West should work hard not to allow the rules for the use of artificial intelligence to be diluted by dictatorships seeking to abuse this technology to maintain power.”

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2023-09-02 13:38:50