Now, this is very interesting.
The Dutch government has voted and called the treatment, by China, of the Uyghurs a genocide.
The Chinese response (Chinese ambassador in the Netherlands) is literally:
"Door voorafgaand aan verkiezingen de kwestie-Xinjiang te hypen, misbruiken Kamerleden de kwestie voor politieke doeleinden, zonder respect voor het recht. Dit toont hun onwetendheid en vooringenomenheid ten aanzien van China en hun egoïsme en bekrompenheid van geest."
https://nos.nl/artikel/2370330-china-veroordeelt-oeigoeren-motie-verwijt-kamer-hypen-van-kwestie-xinjiang.html
This translates as:
"By hyping up the Xinjiang issue prior to elections, MPs are misusing the issue for political ends, without respect for the law. This shows their ignorance and bias towards China and their selfishness and narrow-mindedness."
Now, the Dutch calling it a genocide is not the issue that’s interesting. Nor is it the Chinese being up in arms over it.
What is interesting is the wording of the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands.
It’s the exact same idiolect as Duchess uses: “ignorance, Western bias against China, narrow-mindedness, etc.”.
Now, Duchess doesn’t know enough about European contemporary politics (her main source is the Guardian and she’s focussed on the US) to be the Dutch ambassador... although her name could be a hint... (insert conspiracy drum roll)
But, I bet 10 to the penny, her schtick comes from the exact same response manual.
In other words, the Chinese have a propaganda protocol and Duchess uses it.
No more, no less.
But it is very interesting.
Or it’s all just coincidence. And even that, in itself, is obviously interesting for whole other reasons.
Wumao (google: 50 cent party), for example.
I guess, much like Fox news on American politics, the BBC on English politics and SBS6 on Sinterklaas, one probably shouldn’t take Duchess very seriously on Chinese issues.
@shavixmir saidIdiolect. I like it. Can anyone use it?
It’s not the sentiment that I’m raising, it’s the use of language.
The post that was quoted here has been removedYour defense is that the exact same use of language is that there is no other way of saying things.
That the use of aggressive tactics like calling the West bias to divert from Chinese attrocities is a given. And then using the exact same words... no other option.
And that the translation from Chinese can’t be used.
Luckily, the Chinese ambassador was speaking in Dutch and that does translate one-on-one into Duchess speak.
Ergo: Chinese fed propaganda.
The Dutch government has voted and called the treatment, by China, of the Uyghurs a genocide.
And what an amazing miracle it is that the Canadian government has echoed the same sentiments.
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Canada's parliament says China committed genocide against Muslim minorities
Ottawa (CNN)Canadian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a non-binding motion accusing China of committing genocide against its Muslim minorities in the western region of Xinjiang, further straining ties between the two countries.
From February 21, 2021; CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/22/americas/canada-china-xinjiang-genocide-intl-hnk/index.html
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Gee... I wonder what The Guardian has to say on the issue? 🤔 🤔 🤔 🙄 🙄 🙄
