Social media users took to Twitter today to mock China’s apparent lack of response to Nancy Pelosi’s landing on Taiwan.
Waiting for Xi Jinping response after Nancy Pelosi’s peacefully Landed in Taiwan pic.twitter.com/H8uulnvVUm
— Moeez (@thisismoeez) August 2, 2022
An old Russian proverb went viral, “China’s Final warning”.
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) August 2, 2022
Here’s how Wikipedia explains the proverb:
“China’s final warning” (Russian: Последнее китайское предупреждение) is a Russian proverb meaning a warning that carries no real consequences.
Origin
Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America during the 1950s and 1960s were strained due to the Taiwan Strait issues. American military fighter jets regularly patrolled the straits, which led to regular formal protests being lodged by the Chinese Communist Party. In China, they issued over 900 “final warnings” to the United States for their fighter manoeuvres in the Taiwan Strait, albeit with no real consequences. Thus, it is a common sentiment in Russia that Chinese warnings are merely warnings without consequences. Eventually, “China’s Final Warning” became a catchphrase and proverb in Russia as a result.
The People’s Republic of China released their first warning to the United States for their reconnaissance flights on 7 September 1958, during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. At that time, the United States considered the Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China, and conducted reconnaissance flights in waters controlled by the People’s Republic of China. The People’s Republic of China recorded such incidents, and issued warnings through diplomatic channels for each incident. The precise number of Chinese warnings is difficult to be evaluated, but is considered to have occurred more than 900 times by the end of 1964.
Chinese “Final Warnings” were regularly broadcast publicly. Since then, “China’s Final Warning” became a metaphorical catchphrase within the Baltic states and former USSR countries, and regional variations of the proverb arose as a result. The term was widely used in languages of the former Soviet states, and was used especially in Estonian.
It remains to be seen how Chairman Xi and China will respond to this profound humiliation. Will they counter a Globalist American Empire PR campaign with military hardware?
Here are the rest of the Tweets:
The Chinese: The US will pay if Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan.
*Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan with the US Air Force*
Xi Jinping: pic.twitter.com/qONslyju5a
— NBetLee (@NBetLee) August 2, 2022
Lol.
Nancy pelosi landed in #Taiwan
Where is Xi Jinping ? pic.twitter.com/7M7shD0cHK— Shruti (@kadak_chai_) August 2, 2022
Welp.
Xi Jinping putting out a strongly worded statement after threatening a military response to Pelosi visiting Taiwan. pic.twitter.com/OVrkOZlXzN
— Richard ?? (@FreeCapitalist1) August 2, 2022
Yikes.
#Taiwan | World War 3 | #WWIII
Nancy Pelosi waiting for Xi Jinping response pic.twitter.com/8zBOMM5tXJ
— Shruti (@kadak_chai_) August 2, 2022
At some point, you figure China is going to say, “enough is enough”.
From a friend in China: the internal propaganda on this Pelosi trip is "off the scales." They feel Xi will not (and cannot) backdown. They expect a military response.
— Doomberg (@DoombergT) August 2, 2022
Indian television explained why China hasn’t invaded Taiwan yet.
In 73 years, why hasn’t giant China simply invaded and taken tiny Taiwan back? No easy answer, but here’s a basic summary of why: pic.twitter.com/oVyWPMRoSJ
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) August 2, 2022
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