As the old saying goes, “Iron must be hard.”
We are not afraid, but we are not afraid.
But if someone has to rush to find something, China is also not used to it.
In the general debate of the Third Committee of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, eight countries, including Britain and Japan, "discredited" China with old topics, and their attitude was arrogant.
This time, China changed its previous image of being moderate and directly "fired a gun" and named eight Western countries, exposing their old stories.
All seven of them became "boring gourds", but Japan was not convinced and jumped out to reply. As a result, they were "slapped in the face" twice on the spot. The scene was embarrassing.
What the hell is going on here? Why is China so tough this time?
General debate at the Third Committee of the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations.
The British, Australian, Canadian, and Japanese old acquaintances, together with EU representatives, have begun to talk about their old teeth and teeth, using these topics related to Jiangsu, Hong Kong, and Tibet, to spit a dirty water on China.
This road, our ears are soon to hear the shit, every year comes out this way, usually, China will usually strictly reject, putting facts and reason.
For example, at the general debate of the Third Committee of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the United States and the West abused the platform of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly to make groundless accusations against China on issues related to Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Tibet.
Ambassador Dai Bing, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, responded to the joint China-related remarks made by the United States and the West. He pointed out that This is gross interference in China's internal affairs and a typical manifestation of politicizing human rights issues.
Ambassador Dai Bing emphasized, The Chinese government has always adhered to the people as the center, putting the people's interests first, China's human rights cause has achieved remarkable achievements, and the Chinese people enjoy unprecedented rights and freedoms.
But this time, it was different. As soon as Ambassador Sun Lei, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, appeared, his aura became full.
He first expressed China's strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition, but this was just an opening statement.
Immediately afterwards, he changed the topic and directly activated the "roll call mode", naming out the eight countries that had just spoken one by one to "condemn" them.
Ambassador Sun Lei directly pointed out the essence of this kind of behavior by the West and asked them to "Stop microphone diplomacy"。
What is "microphone diplomacy"?
It refers to a behavior in which one or more countries bypass normal and private diplomatic communication channels and choose to use the "microphone" of the media to shout, publicly criticize and exert public pressure on public places such as the United Nations and international press conferences.
Ambassador Sun Lei also pointed out: These countries often use “Human Rights Defenders”But ignoring its own systemic human rights crisis, its real purpose is to curb China’s development in the name of human rights.
Ambassador Sun Lei directly exposed their little thoughts.
You think it's over? Ambassador Sun Lei was quite ruthless this time and listed the human rights abuses of these countries and international organizations on the spot.
First the UK.Ambassador Sun Lei poked a sore spot in Britain: The growing racism in the country and the colonial history that has not yet been reconciled, and the piles of cultural relics from other countries in the British Museum are debts you cannot deny.
for Australia,Ambassador Sun Lei directly asked: What about compensation for the survival difficulties of the aborigines and the war crimes committed by the Australian army in Afghanistan? What about justice? How can Australia respond to this series of soul torture?
The worst is for Canada.An ancient site of an indigenous shelter in Canada found the remains of 215 children, the youngest of whom was only three years old.
The Ambassador directly defined this as “The history of ethnic cleansing and cultural extermination of indigenous peoples”This iron proof, like a heavy hammer, struck the Canadian representative could not lift his head at all.
The rest of the Czech Republic, Ireland and the Netherlands,Ambassador Sun Lei didn't let it go, pointing out their discrimination against ethnic minorities such as Roma and "Islamophobia" in society.
As for the EU,Ambassador Sun Lei's words were even more direct: My border camp is crowded like cans, refugee boats are not allowed to dock for several days, my family's affairs are in a mess, and how dare you judge others?
What about human rights? – Political manipulation.
I had to say that China's wave of counterattack was too loose, you dare to spit dirty water, and I dare to announce your family's trouble.
Nevertheless, it is surprising that the performance of Japan at this name conference is the most eye-catching.
Just when the other seven countries chose to remain silent and acquiesced to "stand at attention when beaten", the Japanese representative couldn't sit still.
After the ambassador noted that Japan should look directly at the history of the Second World War aggression and stop discriminating against Okinawa, the Japanese representative expressed "disappointment" at the scene, trying to justify itself.
This time, it can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest.
When the voice of the Japanese representative fell, the ambassador of Sun Li immediately exercised the right to answer again, and a "second call" came.
He pointed at Japan has vaguely denied war crimes in history textbooks on the issue of "comfort women".。
According to media reports, in 2025, the new Japanese history textbook deleted all the contents of "forced recruitment of comfort women", and in August, cabinet members visited the Yasukuni Shrine.
Eight special rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council also jointly sent a letter to the Japanese government, pointing out that they failed to fulfill their obligations to compensate comfort women victims, and denied the fact of forced recruitment damaged the dignity of the victims.
This is equivalent to completely tearing down Japan's fig leaf that is unwilling to face history and attempts to muddle through in front of the whole world.
Japan wanted to jump out to fight for face, but instead, it got burned and exposed its embarrassment. It really shot itself in the foot.
This confrontation, from the beginning to the end, through one word – “hard!” – where does this hardness come from?
In the final analysis, it still stems from the simultaneous improvement of national strength and discourse power. In the past, our national strength was relatively weak, and in the international public opinion field, we often "It's reasonable and unclear" can only be explained passively.
But now it is different, First, China's economic strength continues to grow and has become the world's second largest economy.
Economic development has provided a solid material foundation for China on the international stage, enabled China to invest more resources in diplomacy and other fields, and made China's voice more weighty.
The second is: China's international influence is expanding day by day.As China plays an increasingly important role in global governance, climate change response, international economic and trade cooperation and many other fields, its international status is constantly improving.
A series of initiatives put forward by China, such as the Belt and Road Initiative, have received positive responses and participation from many countries.
In international organizations, China has gradually gained more discourse power and influence, and it is no longer the country that could only passively accept the western discourse system in the past.
Today, China opposes the abuse of the United Nations platform by a few Western countries and becoming a tool for them to promote their own values and political agendas.
Ambassador Sun Lei's "offensive defense" today is the strong echo of Mr. Qiao Guanhua's declaration back then in today's era.
In 1971, China regained its legal seat in the United Nations.When news came, then delegation chief Joe Clooney laughed at the United Nations General Assembly, and the photo became a classic.
He announced to the world at that time: “The United Nations is not a tool for minorities.”
This shows that China's position of opposing hegemony and safeguarding fairness and justice is consistent and unchanged.
The "sudden change in style" of this United Nations debate was indeed beautiful!
This trick is used for the right benefit, then who wants to take human rights as a weapon to attack China, it is best to first measure themselves and see if their ass is clean.
In this struggle, we won not only applause, but also international morality and people's heart.