To the government that poured out harsh remarks every day
Netizens “acted too weak”
With a boomerang that creates premature tension
Ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, harsh remarks from the Chinese government, military and media authorities have returned as a ‘boomerang’. The voices of extreme nationalists in China are pouring out online, claiming that the level of water level is too weak compared to what the Chinese authorities had predicted.
One netizen commented on Weibo, referring to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian (趙立堅) that “China will not stand still when Chairman Pelosi visits Taiwan.” “Should we see them bombing fish at the most?” “Putin would have bombed Taiwan right away.” As the number of critical comments increased, the WeChat comment section, which shares news regarding military training, was closed.
The Weibo account of Hu Shi-jin, the former editor of the Global Times, who said, “We should shoot down Pelosi’s plane,” is also criticizing the comments. One netizen said, “If I were you, I would hide without saying a word until the day of Taiwan reunification.” Some voices criticized for failing to properly demonstrate the ‘resurrection of the great Chinese nation’ that President Xi Jinping had emphasized, such as “I lost face” and “It’s a great nation.”
The aggressive atmosphere of netizens is largely promoted by the Chinese authorities. Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was not an issue of interest to most Chinese. Then on the 1st, Spokesperson Zhao’s remarks that “China will not stand still” were introduced and attracted attention.
Since then, the social networking service (SNS) posts that the military authorities have posted emphasizing “battle readiness” have garnered tens of millions of views, and following having more than 22 million followers, the former editor-in-chief’s remarks fueled the buzzing atmosphere of netizens.
Netizens’ reactions show that the nationalism mobilized by the Chinese authorities is a double-edged sword. The CCP interpreted the 1989 Tiananmen Incident as a failure of ideological education and concentrated on patriotic education. As a result, in the 2010s, ‘Xiaofenhong (小粉紅)’, an ardent patriotic youth who is proficient in digital media and acts aggressively toward foreign countries, emerged. Xi Jinping’s administration has been encouraging Xiao Fenhong’s actions, including boycotting foreign companies, saying, “Patriotism must be shown through actions, not just words.” However, some have recently pointed out that Xiao Fenhong’s overly aggressive behavior has put a burden on the government.
Meanwhile, following Chairman Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China declared a cessation of dialogue and cooperation in eight points, including military, climate change, crime and drug eradication, raising concerns that even the smallest “guard rail” that might avoid a conflict between the two countries was threatened. have.
“I’ve been told that China-US relations were at their lowest during the Donald Trump administration, but the current situation is more serious,” Lu Xiang, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. “The lack of dialogue between the two countries means that the risk of an escalation of the conflict increases and there is less room for mitigation,” said Colin Coe, a researcher at the Defense Strategy Institute in Singapore.
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