China’s chief diplomat told Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly Friday that Beijing wants to “inject momentum into the restoration of normal relations,” but said the Asian power will brook no criticism of human-rights abuses or its menacing threats to the island democracy of Taiwan.

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    Seems like it would be easier to get everyone to like you China (what you so desperately crave) if maybe, you know, you stopped doing the shitty, awful things that you get angry about people mentioning.

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    Totalitarian regime that ignores international law, norms of diplomatic behaviour, manages its neighbours, committed genocide against its minorities, and practices hostage diplomacy will tolerate no discussion of the fact that it ignores international law, norms of diplomatic behaviour, manages its neighbours, committed genocide against its minorities, and practices hostage diplomacy.

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    Please stop posting garbage op/ed shite from g&m writers, it’s tedious and odious.