A senior White House official spoke in Chinese, warning China that continuing to control freedom of speech 、 ignore the real voice of the people could trigger a ruling crisis. The speech could spur a tough response in Beijing as China and the United States debate the source of the new virus.
On the 101st anniversary of the May 4th Movement, White House Deputy National Security Adviser, Matthew Pottinger,, delivered an ancient speech reviewing the history of the May 4th Movement and looking forward to the future relationship the United States and China. This is the first time that U.S. policymakers have spoken to Chinese readers in fluent Chinese at the White House.
In his speech, he asked what the final legacy of the May 4th Movement would be. "Only the Chinese people can answer this question. The May 4th Movement belonged to them. Will the democratic aspirations of the May 4th Movement wait until the next century? Will the core idea of the May 4th Movement be erased every time by official censorship? Will those who still believe in this claim today be called unpatriotic and pro-American subversive? And we know Communist Party'll try. "
The speaker called for & quot; less nationalism, more populism & quot;. The core force behind the push for Brexit and Trump victory, he said, was the same as the May 4th Movement, which was populism (populism). Mr boming said the translation of populism into populism, rather than the more common translation of "populism ", was to emphasize the power to promote people-oriented government. adding that the pursuit of democracy came from traditional chinese thinking, and that TW was fresh evidence of democratic practices in chinese society.
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On the 4th, during an online event hosted by the University of Virginia to discuss U.S.-China relationship, Mr. Boming delivered a pre-recorded speech for about 20 minutes, followed by a live broadcast question-and-answer session. Bo Ming revealed that he wrote speeches in English and worked with several friends to translate them into Chinese. He said he chose to speak in Chinese because China today lacks a plural voice and wants to talk to "friends in China ".
This is not the first time that Boming has made it public. When attending the 2018 National Day reception in China's embassy in the United States, Bo Ming quoted Confucius' famous words in Chinese & quot; wrong name, bad words, bad words and bad things & quot;, pointed out the competition between the United States and China relationship. since that speech, Bo Ming has not attended the activities of Chinese embassy.
A cartoon character Trump by the U.S. President appears on a billboard in Shenyang
How the former journalist, in China became Trump's top Chinese staff
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Over recent months, the u.s. government has launched a number of policies aimed at china, including the early chinese moratorium, the call for "wuhan virus" covid-19、 the suspension of funding for the world health organization, and even the suspension of the u.s. peace team's chinese program, and the ordering of chinese state-run media agencies in the u.s. to cut chinese staff, among other things. Mr. boming is seen as a key behind the hawkish policy.
How did a former journalist, in China gradually become Trump important adviser on China?
The most unusual turning point in Boming's career development occurred in 2005. At the age of 32, he resigned as a member of become a member of the U. S. Marine Corps. It's a tough career leap, with Boming's older and overweight, and enlistment requiring a tough physical exam. On one occasion, he collapsed into the emergency room, according to New York Times 》, when he met a u.s. marine embassy in beijing to run on the wall.
Asked why he abandoned his pen, he usually gave a short answer :" it's time to stop reporting and be more directly involved in news events ," but the brewing process is obviously more complicated, he wrote in a 2005 opinion article for The Wall Street Journal 》, an old man.
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Boming's views of china's hawks are now being blamed on his unhappiness as a journalist in china.
"Life in China will show you how non-democratic countries can treat their nationals ," Boming wrote.
America's atmosphere of fighting terrorism was in full swing, and it also infected Boming living abroad. When he caught sight of a video of an American citizen being beheaded by an Iraqi terrorist, he became determined to join the army.
"We often talk about how our policies have made young people in the Middle East extreme and become our enemies, but rarely about how their actions have made us extreme. "Boming wrote this paragraph in 2005 to describe what Washington now hawkish people think of China is also quite appropriate. According to them, the shift in US policy towards China is the result of China's strengthening of authoritarian rule in recent years, and the United States is not a party to the initiative US-China relationship.
Under the influence of military life, obey orders from superio
Boming met many hawkish officers in military life, further shaping his perception of the international situation. Mr. Boming, an intelligence officer with the Marine Corps in Okinawa, Afghanistan and Iraq, became a friend of Trump first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and was appreciated by former CIA director David Petraeus (David H.Petraeus).
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The experience of serving as a journalist in China has deprived Boming government trust in Beijing, and in military life has taught him to obey orders and obey his superiors.
Once alone journalist, to engage in the army of hierarchical discipline, the 2005 Bo Ming did not seem to have a trace of uneasiness. "It was very appealing to me because it meant that I would be part of something bigger than me ," he wrote in his essay.
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However, boming spent more time in the white house than his many personality-promoting bosses, but also step up to become the current national security adviser o'brien (Robert O'Brien) deputy. Boming's white house office has a white board, marked with military words "battle lines "," strategic objectives" and so on, detailing china's ambitious overseas influence deployment.
A responsive personality allows him to respond to change in an unpredictable White House. But at the same time, there are critics who believe that he is too obedient to his superiors and fails to give full play to his understanding of China and formulate a strong and soft policy towards China.
Has reported SARS、 family as virologists
By reporting SARS accumulated experience and contacts, Bo Ming early aware of the new coronavirus epidemic is of great concern.
Mr. boming was wary of the outbreak in early january, according to the New York Times 》 report, and spoke to a hong kong epidemiologist SARS met during an interview.
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Similarly, Boming's wife, Yen Pottinger an experienced virologist who worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and his brother, Paul Pottinger (Paul Pottinger), a virologist at Washington University, were involved in treating the first cases of newly-crowned patients in the United States.
Bo Ming early aware of the risk of new coronavirus, he believes Beijing to deal with the epidemic improperly, deceiving the real scale of infection. A small circle of White House staff, including Mr. Boming, met daily to discuss death outbreak on January 11, when China unveiled its first new title.
However, Boming's epidemic prevention advice was not immediately adopted.
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Trump president finally adopted mr boming's proposal on january 31st to impose a ban on china's entry into the country, which has been Trump's subsequent boastful decision.
A year after the fall of the SARS epidemic, boming reported repeated outbreaks of atypical pneumonia in beijing and anhui, possibly at the source of laboratory leaks of the SARS virus used. This experience clearly influenced his analysis of the current new coronavirus epidemic.
A sudden outbreak pushed Wuhan Virus Research Institute into the spotlight of the world.
He suspected in January that the virus might have come from the Wuhan Virus Institute and asked U.S. intelligence agencies to gather evidence. Intelligence agencies have announced that the new coronavirus is not man-made, but did not rule out laboratory leaks.
Washington Post quoted people close to Boming saying he believed there was a lot of circumstantial evidence to support the lab's leak.
Their views have also clearly affected the president's Trump and Secretary of State, pampio, who have repeatedly said there is "substantial evidence" that the virus originated in the wuhan virus institute, but did not disclose any evidence. Chinese state media have responded that US politicians are spreading "political viruses" of false information.
Although the source of the virus remains elusive, there is little doubt that, after the battle of the new crown, Boming's position in the White House will be further consolidated, at least in Trump tenure, continue to shape American policy towards China.
