The Economist-China views Americas presidential nightmare with mirthand disquiet China
July 12, 2024 2 min 269 words
西方媒体的这篇报道主要聚焦于中国官员对美国总统乔拜登关于世界正处于“民主和独裁斗争”观点的嘲讽态度，以及中国官员认为西方民主存在缺陷。报道还提到，美国大选和中国领导人习近平在外交政策演讲中对美国对中国的担忧所表现出的困惑可能为中国提供了论据。但同时，中国也对美国大选和习近平演讲的时间点表示担忧。 评论： 这篇报道体现出西方媒体对中国官员观点的片面解读和过度渲染。报道中提到的中国官员对西方民主缺陷的观点，实际上也是很多西方学者和民众的看法，不能简单地被贴上“冷战思维”的标签。同时，报道中关于中国官员对美国大选和习近平演讲时间点的“担忧”，更像是报道者的臆测，而不是基于事实的结论。报道者试图营造一种中国对美国大选感到“幸灾乐祸”而又“不安”的氛围，这是一种带有偏见和误导性的叙事方式。此外，报道中对习近平演讲内容的解读也过于简单化，没有考虑到中国外交政策的复杂性和多面性。总的来说，这篇报道体现出西方媒体对中国充满了偏见和误解，缺乏客观公正的态度。
Chinese officials scorn President Joe Biden’s view that the world is engaged in a “battle between democracy and autocracy”. In their view this is dangerous cold-war talk. But they are tough fighters themselves, ever keen to sow misgivings at home and abroad about Western democracy’s failings. The weaknesses revealed by America’s presidential contest and, in particular, the debate between Mr Biden and Donald Trump on June 27th may help their case. The Communist Party’s Schadenfreude, though, is mixed with apprehension.
Unlike Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, who was said to be asleep during the encounter (it began at 4am in Moscow), China’s leader, Xi Jinping, was about to deliver a speech on Chinese diplomacy in Beijing (it was 9am there) as the debate began. He was in full flow—reading confidently from a script—as the befuddled American president struggled against his waffling, truth-dodging rival. Mr Xi did not mention America, let alone the debate, but took a swipe at American anxiety about China’s rise. “Every increase of China’s strength is an increase of the prospects of world peace,” he said.
Chinese netizens were quick to heap scorn on the Biden-Trump encounter. Clips showing Mr Biden’s confused and fumbling remarks circulated widely on China’s social media. “One is a ‘mentally deranged felon’ and the other is an ‘elderly narcoleptic’,” said one commenter on Weibo, an X-like platform. “Two people who are about to enter their coffins are fighting back and forth,” said another. “Western politics is truly ruptured. There’s no one left.” Posts on Weibo with tags relating to the debate gained well over 100m views and attracted thousands of comments.