Beijing Exploiting George Floyd Protests to Stoke Tensions, Undermine US, Experts Say

The Chinese regime is exploiting the unrest across America to attack the United States and divert attention away from its tightening grip over Hong Kong, experts say.

Over the past few days, Chinese diplomats and state-run media have taken to social media, heaping criticism on the United States over its handling of ongoing protests over the police custody death of George Floyd, which have recently descended into violence in dozens of cities across the country.

Floyd died on May 25 after a police officer pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on May 30 responded to a tweet by the U.S. State Department decrying the regime’s encroachment into Hong Kong by writing: “I can’t breathe,” quoting what Floyd was caught on video saying before he died.

“I can’t breathe.” pic.twitter.com/UXHgXMT0lk
— Hua Chunying 华春莹 (@SpokespersonCHN) May 30, 2020

Hua’s message came one day after President Donald Trump announced that the administration would be revoking Hong Kong’s economic privileges as a result of the regime imposing a national security law on the city. The move, Trump said, showed that the regime had broken its word to allow Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy when sovereignty was transferred from Britain to China in 1997.

Beijing has not yet formally responded to Trump’s decision, but state-run outlets have ramped up their coverage of the U.S. protests, quick to make comparisons between the U.S. protests and the ongoing pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

Hawkish state-run newspaper Global Times on Saturday ran a commentary titled: “Watch out! ‘Beautiful sight’ in HK is spreading across the U.S.” The headline was a dig at remarks made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last year

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FROM THE ARTICLE:

The crisis is a “propaganda gift” to the communist regime, which is currently drawing widespread condemnation over its encroachment into Hong Kong’s autonomy, said Helle Dale, senior fellow for public diplomacy at Washington-based think tank The Heritage Foundation.

Beijing has “been handed the situation on a platter and they’re making the most of it,” Dale told The Epoch Times. “They’ll do whatever they can to fan the flames of the problems we have.”

It is attempting to turn world opinion against the United States, shift opinions domestically, as well as stoke racial tensions to exacerbate the crisis, she said.

Gordon Chang, China expert and author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” said that while the Chinese regime’s specific goal is to shift the global conversation away from Hong Kong, its propaganda efforts form part of a multi-decade campaign to undermine the United States.

The regime is “trying to go after the U.S. and tar our reputation in general,” Chang said. “Their real goal is to destroy the United States.”

Dale said that the regime has proven itself to be “quite nimble in taking advantage of current events,” and has ramped up its global propaganda efforts since the CCP virus outbreak. During the pandemic, Beijing sought to deflect attention away from its responsibility in causing the virus’s worldwide spread by spreading disinformation about the virus origins and portraying the regime as an exemplar in global containment efforts.

George Soros calls China’s President Xi Jinping ‘the most dangerous opponent of free societies’ due to face recognition AI and social credit plan (2019)

“China is not the only authoritarian regime in the world but it is the wealthiest, strongest and technologically most advanced.

“This makes Xi Jinping the most dangerous opponent of open societies,” Soros told a dinner audience on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“My present view is that instead of waging a trade war with practically the whole world, the US should focus on China. Instead of letting [the Chinese tech companies] ZTE and Huawei off lightly, it needs to crack down on them.

Soros said US President Donald Trump was taking the wrong approach to China: making concessions to Beijing and declaring victory while renewing his attacks on US allies.

“This is liable to undermine the US policy objective of curbing China’s abuses and excesses. The reality is that we are in a cold war that threatens to turn into a hot one.”

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2183562/george-soros-calls-chinas-xi-jinping-most-dangerous-foe-free

Got nothing to do with the Chinese.
Soros, Black Lives Matter, ANTIFA, fake news media and the Democrats are behind the arnachists and the riots.

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Hey Joe! What is it you are smoking? Must be good stuff, eh?

China has means motive methods and money. China has penetrated most large US corporations, R&D labs, the US military, both the Democrat and Republican parties as well as the MSN. But. Somehow can’t penetrate 2 bit orgs like Antifa et al? If Soros has anything to do with all this, it is because he’s owned by China and is nothing more than a fall guy for rubes to point at and blame. Take the red pill

Oh and BTW: BLM is an international org connected to Hezbollah and Iran.

Another mindless rant from you?

1. BLM as using in my post is Black Lives Matter.
2. Zero evidence that Chinese are behind Black Lives Matter.
3. Sounds like your typical debunked Russian collusion delusion fakery from you Democrat lunatics.
4. The NYPD just yesterday came out with who is behind the looting and arson and anarchists. No mention of Chinese.
5. The DOJ and the President have specifically said ANTIFA is behind the rioters and is drafting an EO to declare ANTIFA a terrorist organization.
I can go on if you like.
Anymore nonsense from you?

BLM (Black Lives Matter) is run from overseas, in case you missed it, they regularity hold meetings and rallies in various places in Europe; and are documented (no I don’t have it) to be run through Hezbollah.

There is zero evidence of anything because no one (MSN) is telling you what’s up with the Chinese.

You just apparently have no real world experience in things subversive and clandestine

Go back to whatever it is that you smoke and be sure your supply of blue pills is adequate

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