Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly

Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly

War in the Middle East “should never have happened”, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has declared, even as he struck a more conciliatory tone with the US ahead of a highly anticipated visit by Donald Trump.

Regime change, a key stated aim of the US president as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran, “will find no popular support”, Wang said on Sunday. “A strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he added.

Speaking on the sidelines of China’s annual parliamentary and political gatherings, known as the Two Sessions, the country’s top diplomat and foreign affairs official notably avoided directly criticising the US.

  • ominous ocelot@leminal.spaceEnglish
    572·
    5 months ago

    Any war should never have happened. But at one point some people decide that the status quo isn’t good and war is the only way to move forward. Perfectly good resources are wasted, civilians die, trust between peoples is destroyed.

    And when war has begun, politicians again use the war as a basis for argumentation for their own agenda. It colors the meaning of a statement.

      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        The perversion of executive into leader is part of how we got here. Executives are supposed to answer I other people not lead anything. Like how a CEO in theory answers to a board of directors.

      • Hamartia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        Wouldn’t the world be rapidly conquered by some Thrud the Barbarian type leader then?

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        i met a few iranians, one was obviously Openly lgbtq+ another one later in a different university was ba’hai and she hated the islamic regime because they were ethnically cleansing the ba’hai

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      We need to have our leaders personally duel instead, loser can give some concessions. Challenged leader gets to pick the weapon…