Winter Olympics, busy diplomacy to set off new wave of ‘China mania’
IN WHAT is described as a “spectacular and grand” diplomatic feast at the beginning of 2022, observers noted that China has sent a welcoming signal that it wants to embrace the world more closely, and in response, the arrival of over 30 dignitaries from other countries and international organizations, with a standing ovation at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics and fruitful meetings with Chinese leaders shows that the world also embraces China, said the analysts.
Moreover, the joyful gathering in Beijing has defied the US-led campaign to bad-mouth China and the Beijing Winter Olympics. Experts noted that the successful hosting of the games will not only drive a new wave of “China mania” all over the world, but will also show the world that China is determined to open as always. It is some Western countries, espe-cially the US, that have changed, viewing China with a twisted, zero-sum mentality.
After hosting a banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday for state leaders and officials from international organizations, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with several foreign digni-taries on Sunday, including Pakistani Prime Minis-ter Imran Khan, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and Presi-dent of Argentina Alberto Fernandez.
Deepened bilateral cooperation, friendship, contrib-uting to regional and international stability and peace… those words topped Xi’s remarks when meeting with those dignitaries.
Xi told Khan that China is willing to work with Pakistan to accelerate the building of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, bring benefits to the people of the two countries, provide impetus for regional cooperation and contribute to world peace. When meeting with Duda, Xi called on both sides to tap the potential in fields such as trade and invest-ment, transportation and logistics, as well as high and new technologies to lift bilateral practical cooperation to a new height.
