{"id":290,"date":"2023-04-24T23:03:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/chinas-diplomatic-tensions-with-former-soviet-republics-raises-concerns-in-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T23:03:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T04:03:12","slug":"chinas-diplomatic-tensions-with-former-soviet-republics-raises-concerns-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/chinas-diplomatic-tensions-with-former-soviet-republics-raises-concerns-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Diplomatic Tensions with Former Soviet Republics Raises Concerns in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, has affirmed that China respects the status of the former Soviet republics as sovereign countries after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup> The statement was made in response to comments by China's ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, who said in a televised interview that former Soviet countries don\u2019t have \u201ceffective status in international law\u201d.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> The remarks have caused diplomatic consternation, especially in the Baltic states.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup> Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia summoned their Chinese ambassadors in response, asking for clarification, while officials from Ukraine, Moldova, and the European Union all criticized the comments.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, also said that the bloc would \u201creassess and recalibrate our strategy towards China\u201d following the remarks.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup> This incident highlights a growing concern within the EU about China's international aspirations and its hard-line approach to diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-0\">0. <\/span>&#8220;China Says It Respects Ex-Soviet States' Independence&#8221; TIME, 24 Apr. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6273949\/china-former-soviet-states-sovereignty\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/time.com\/6273949\/china-former-soviet-states-sovereignty<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-1\">1. <\/span>&#8220;Ukraine slams China envoy\u2019s \u2018absurd\u2019 remarks on ex-Soviet nations&#8221; Al Jazeera English, 23 Apr. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/4\/23\/ukraine-slams-china-envoys-absurd-remarks-on-ex-soviet-nations\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/4\/23\/ukraine-slams-china-envoys-absurd-remarks-on-ex-soviet-nations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-2\">2. <\/span>&#8220;Chinese ambassador sparks European outrage over suggestion former Soviet states don't exist&#8221; CNN, 24 Apr. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/24\/china\/china-ambassador-lu-shaye-baltic-soviet-states-europe-intl-hnk\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/24\/china\/china-ambassador-lu-shaye-baltic-soviet-states-europe-intl-hnk\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-3\">3. <\/span>&#8220;Former Soviet Union nations have no legal status &#8211; Chinese ambassador&#8221; The Jerusalem Post, 24 Apr. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-740116\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-740116<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-4\">4. <\/span>&#8220;China distances itself from envoy comments after EU outrage&#8221; DW (English), 24 Apr. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/china-distances-itself-from-envoy-comments-after-eu-outrage\/a-65422300\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/china-distances-itself-from-envoy-comments-after-eu-outrage\/a-65422300<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, has affirmed that China respects the status of the former Soviet republics as sovereign countries after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[0] The statement was made in response to comments by China&#8217;s ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, who said in a televised interview that former Soviet countries don\u2019t have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}