By Yang Jianli and Aaron Rhodes – – Tuesday, July 14, 2020
It’s been exactly a month since the European Union hardened its position against Chinese disinformation, directly accusing the Chinese state of being a key culprit in a “huge wave” of false narratives online that undermined both public health initiatives and the health of democracies worldwide, since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic.On July 9, in a speech in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi proposed a way to improve relations between China and the United States. According to a source close to the Communist Party, his remarks articulated with the view expressed earlier by President Xi Jinping that “cooperation” was the “only choice” for the two nations.
Wang Yi’s idea was that “think tanks in both China and the U.S. would draw up three lists of issues, with the first outlining bilateral and global issues the two countries could work on, and the second detailing issues on which they have disputes but expectations that can be resolved through dialogue. The final list should be of issues that cannot be resolved.” [Continue Reading]