China‘s Silence on Gaza is Strategic | Zhang Sheng

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The United States just managed to pass a highly controversial resolution in the United Nations Security Council, which basically transforms Gaza into a UN Mandate and makes Donald Trump its governor. Resolution 2803 has alredy been heavily criticized by Human Rights experts like Francesca Albanese and Craig Mokhiber. The puzzeling thing in this is that Russia and China, both abstained from voting, thereby helping the resolution to pass. To help understand China’s position on West Asia, I’m today joined by ZHANG Sheng, a Non-resident Visiting Researcher at Turkey’s KUASIA (Coach) University, and the author of a very popular video on Youtube where he recently explained Chinese approaches toward Gaza. Links: The mentioned video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0fnAud1YIM One of Sheng’s articles on today’s topic: https://www.tni.org/en/article/from-global-anti-imperialism-to-the-dandelion-fighters Academic article on how the CPC and the Japanese Red Army vuewed Oakestube: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07075332.2021.2003420 Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourthwall.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:50 China's Historical Stance on Palestine 00:06:54 Israel's Failed Propaganda Campaign in China 00:17:32 How Gaza Shifted Public Opinion on Israel 00:21:43 Why China Abstained on the UN Gaza Resolution 00:32:26 China's Future Foreign Policy in West Asia 00:37:31 China's Definition of "Terrorism" vs. "Armed Struggle" 00:46:23 Perceiving Western Double Standards on "Genocide" 00:53:53 The Re-Emerging Discourse on Zionism in China