Zhao Lijian's press briefing gets lots of attention nowadays and this one really hit the points.
China's stance on Ukrainian issue is aboveboard, fair, objective and unimpeachable, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
Zhao made the remarks in response to a press query saying China's position on the Ukraine crisis is becoming increasingly uncomfortable. "China has repeatedly stated its position on the Ukrainian issue. To be honest, China's position is indeed different from that of a few other countries. China's position is aboveboard, fair, objective and beyond reproach. As for the 'uncomfortable' terms, the ones feeling 'uncomfortable' are actually those intending on dominating the world by applying the Cold War mindset, those pushing eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for five rounds in defiance of other countries' pressing concerns, as well as those waging wars while accusing others as being belligerent," said Zhao.
"I heard that even cats, dogs and trees from Russia would be sanctioned. And I heard that Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake would also be banned. Tchaikovsky is a famous composer who has been dead for more than 100 years. What fault did he have? Swan Lake is a masterpiece of dance art in the world. What's wrong with Swan Lake?" said Zhao.
The West remains what it's always been: a retrograde cesspit of religious zealotry. Today the state religion of "liberal democracy" has replaced the old religion of Christianity but that's just a change of form, not substance. The so-called "Enlightenment" allowed the West to masquerade as a quasi-civilization and the Industrial Revolution allowed it to out-produce the rest of the world, but those advantages are disappearing by the day. Now that the beast is being starved of all its ill-gotten privileges, we're seeing it return to form - book-burnings, witch hunts, Inquisitions, etc.
I must say that social media has been a surprisingly effective accelerant to the fires consuming Western societies. I cannot imagine a more effective facilitator of thought-free mob politics.
