Old Chinese classics on how to deceive and manipulate enemies are studied and put into practice by the CCP "Wolf Warrior" diplomats and politicians.
by Ruth Ingram
Naivety, ignorance, and passivity have been the hallmarks of the West in its dealings with China over the centuries, and this must stop, according to experts who came together recently to build a strategy for future dealings with the superpower.
Citing Sun Tzu, the renowned Chinese general of the 5th century BC, whose duplicitous war strategies have underpinned not only modern Chinese warfare, but every aspect of Chinese culture, Rahima Mahmut, Uyghur exile and UK representative for the World Uyghur Congress, speaking at the launch of the UK's China Research Group (CRG) latest paper, "Defending Democracy in a New World," warns Western democracies that they should wise up to the "mentality and strategy" of the CCP. She quoted the Chinese saying, "if you know your enemy like yourself, you will win a war of 100 years."
The controversial project was introduced as a tool to contain Islamic radicalism but in fact threatens religious liberty in general.
by Massimo Introvigne
On October 2, 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he will propose a law against "separatism." On November 18, a text was submitted to the State Council, which should render its opinion on it, with the "defense of Republican principles" replacing in the title the controversial notion of a "fight against separatism". The text will then pass through the Council of Ministers on December 9, and will be submitted to the Parliament.
The draft law created protests in the Islamic world, and a major diplomatic crisis between France and Turkey after the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vehemently criticized the project as Islamophobic. Other criticism followed statements by the Minister Delegate in Charge of Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, that the law will also be applied to "cults" (sectes in French).
