{"id":144025,"date":"2020-05-08T13:50:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/brussels-rebukes-its-beijing-envoy-over-censorship-of-eu-letter\/"},"modified":"2020-05-08T13:50:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:50:43","slug":"brussels-rebukes-its-beijing-envoy-over-censorship-of-eu-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/brussels-rebukes-its-beijing-envoy-over-censorship-of-eu-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels rebukes its Beijing envoy over censorship of EU letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Unions diplomatic service has publicly upbraided its ambassador to Beijing, saying his decision to allow Chinese censorship of an open letter<\/a> signed by EU envoys was \u201cnot the right one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The European External Action Service (EEAS) said late Thursday that its Beijing envoy Nicolas Chapuis<\/a> was wrong to allow the letter to be published after a reference to the coronavirus originating in China before spreading worldwide was removed in response to pressure from the Chinese foreign ministry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision, taken under great time pressure, was not the right one to take,\u201d EEAS spokesperson Virginie Battu-Henriksson said. \u201cThis has been made clear to the ambassador.\u201d But Battu-Henriksson insisted Chapuis \u201ccontinues to have our confidence,\u201d as he \u201cis an outstanding expert of China and thus an asset for the EEAS.\u201d<\/p>\n

China Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party, on Wednesday published a letter<\/a> attributed to Chapuis and the ambassadors to China of the EUs 27 member countries calling for greater cooperation with Beijing. But the version that appeared on its website omitted a key reference to the fact the deadly pandemic originated in China and spread from there across the globe.<\/p>\n

Battu-Henriksson said \u201cthe decision to go ahead [with the letter], with considerable reluctance, was taken locally,\u201d adding that the ambassador did not consult with EEAS headquarters in Brussels beforehand.<\/p>\n

Chinas censorship of the ambassadors letter triggered outrage among EU diplomats and politicians, with some calling for Chapuis to be dismissed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the ambassador has indeed decided on his own responsibility to accept the censorship, then he is the wrong man for the job and must leave,\u201d Reinhard B\u00fctikofer, the chairman of the European Parliaments delegation for relations with China, told POLITICO. He added that \u201cit has long been known that this EU ambassador in Beijing is relatively uncritical.\u201d<\/p>\n

The EUs delegation to China declined to respond directly to B\u00fctikofers comment, but in a press statement sent to POLITICO, said it \u201cstrongly regrets that the Op-Ed was not published in its original, unedited form by the China Daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement added that \u201cthe decision to proceed with the publication was taken by the EU Delegation due to the fact that, even without this phrase [referring to the origins and spread of the coronavirus], the Op-Ed passed key messages on a number of our priority areas to a potential audience of more than 1 billion readers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident was the second within two weeks in which the EEAS stood accused of bowing to pressure from Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

In late April, the diplomatic service dialed down criticism<\/a> of Chinese disinformation about the coronavirus following protests from Beijing. The move triggered a furor, with the EUs foreign policy chief Josep Borrell forced to appear<\/a> before the European Parliament to defend his institutions actions.<\/p>\n

Critics have also taken aim at the EU of failing to openly address Chinas human rights record.<\/p>\n

B\u00fctikofer said the ambassadors letter was \u201ceuphemistic and cynical\u201d on human rights, avoiding any mention of Chinese oppression of Uighurs<\/a> or persecutioRead More \u2013 Source<\/a>
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