Not wearing a mask, teaching Trudeau a lesson, Xi Jinping's first foreign visit after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China launched a series of foreign exchange activities.

Following the three home-court diplomacy, Xi Jinping left Beijing on the 14th and arrived in Bali, an Indonesian tourist resort, to attend the G20 summit. Before the meeting, he met with US President Joe Biden face-to-face for the first time. French President Macron, Australian Prime Minister Albanese, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yue.

After the end of the G20, Xi Jinping arrived in Bangkok, Thailand to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, and has met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

All the above-mentioned activities, including Xi Jinping's attendance at the G20 summit dinner, etc., were intensively reported by news broadcasts and Chinese mainstream media, and Xi Jinping did not wear a mask during the entire process.

This is obviously different from his visit to Uzbekistan in September, when Xi Jinping wore a mask throughout and avoided shaking hands and attending large dinners.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrived at Bangkok Airport in Thailand on November 17, 2022 by special plane.

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On the eve of Xi Jinping's visit, the Comprehensive Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of China issued the "Notice on Further Optimizing the Prevention and Control Measures of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control in a Scientific and Accurate Way", which is referred to as "20 Articles" "Measures" is the most attention-grabbing adjustment to China's anti-epidemic policy since the outbreak, and it is also a decision made by the Standing Committee of the Politburo.

When the "20 measures" and "Xi Jinping does not wear a mask during foreign visits" happened almost at the same time, people have enough reason to believe that China's strict epidemic prevention and control policy that has been maintained for nearly three years is really about to change.

Based on this, the outside world has also begun to place high hopes on the Chinese economy.

According to Bloomberg, economists at Goldman Sachs Group released a report on the 17th, predicting that China's economic growth will accelerate next year, showing a trend of first decline and then rise throughout the year.

Based on the data extrapolated by the report, assuming China begins to reopen in April next year, the annualized monthly growth rate between June and September is expected to rise to 10% from 2% in the second quarter.

That would help the economy grow by 4.5% for the full year in 2023, up from the 3% expected this year.

The "tail" wind of reopening is expected to continue until the first half of 2024, and GDP growth is forecast to rise to 5.3% in 2024.

In addition to the signal of relaxing the epidemic prevention policy, Xi Jinping's first foreign visit after the 20th National Congress also sent a clear signal to the international community, that is: China will not decouple from the world as the outside world fears, but will accelerate its integration into the world and Take a more active role.

And as Xi Jinping said during the meeting with Biden, "The internal and external policies of the Chinese party and government are open and transparent, their strategic intentions are open and upright, and they maintain a high degree of continuity and stability." "So whether it is the meeting with Biden, or Xi Jinping's statement on the Taiwan Strait crisis, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the meeting with the leaders of South Korea, Japan and other countries, it is the specific development of China's foreign policy established by the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Because Xi Jinping knows very well that "there is no simple solution to complex problems." This is true of Sino-US relations with structural contradictions, as well as the Taiwan Strait issue and the Russia-Ukraine war.

On November 16, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended one of the G20 summit meetings in Bali, Indonesia.

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An unexpected interlude took place outside the main venue.

On the 16th, an informal dialogue between Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became the focus of public opinion.

In the video, although Xi Jinping is smiling, his words are extremely sharp. Regarding Trudeau leaking the content of the private discussion between the two to the media, Xi Jinping bluntly said "it's not appropriate" and shook his head while saying, "And we didn't do it that way. (Dialogue), right? If there is sincerity, we will talk with mutual respect, otherwise the result will be hard to say."

Trudeau, who was "lessoned", responded, "In Canada, we believe in free, open and frank dialogue, and this is what we will continue to do. We will continue to seek constructive cooperation, but there will also be people who disagree with us." place." The video showed that when Trudeau was speaking, Xi Jinping's eyes wandered, and finally he repeated "creating conditions" twice and shook hands with Trudeau before turning away with a smile on his face.

Regarding this unexpected episode, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated at a regular press conference on the 17th that China has never interfered in the internal affairs of other countries, and that China-Canada relations have faced difficulties in recent years, and China is not responsible.

In addition, Mao Ning also echoed Xi Jinping's repeated twice to "create conditions" - "China is willing to communicate candidly on the basis of equality, and hopes that Canada will take actions to create conditions for the improvement of China-Canada relations."

When watching this unexpected episode, public opinion from all walks of life couldn’t help wondering: Does Xi Jinping expect the video of him admonishing Trudeau to be released to the public?

After all, the reason for this episode was also because Xi Jinping believed that Trudeau should not have leaked the contents of the private talks between the two to the media.

It can be inferred that when the content of the two people's private talks can be leaked, let alone the confrontation between the two in public, Xi Jinping fully expected that this unexpected episode would become a public event. Demonstrating one's own position, principles and bottom line is of great impetus, and it is also a bonus item for Xi Jinping to shape the image of a leader of a major country on international occasions.

Judging from the after effects, this is indeed the case.

At present, it is still unknown how long the adjustment cycle of China's epidemic prevention policy will last, and whether China's economy will achieve accelerated growth after loosening control as expected by the outside world is also very uncertain. However, for the international community In other words, through Xi Jinping's first foreign visit after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he will have to accept the reality that in the face of a rising China, he must learn to deal with a political strongman like Xi Jinping.

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