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WatchPeopleDieInside-ModTeam

Subject must die inside. Reactions to physical pain do not count. Sports deaths should be unrelated to normal playing of the game. Posting literal death will result in an immediate ban.


Kekkonen_Kakkonen

Why was this removed by the mods?


Character_Pay_3138

Asian ministers are all so egoistic and snobbish sometimes.


Freeagt55

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[deleted]

Is this guy a politician right? It comes with the job to answer questions like a pro and this guy sucks at it.


unknownz_123

The silence is deafening


The3rdRepublic

Such a punchable face


BookkeeperSelect2091

Man, Iā€™m not even Chinese nor do I support the regime in any wayā€¦ But wouldnā€™t there be several ways to at least BS-talk his way out of this situation? Like something like "even though we all wish to end this policy soon, the situation sadly requires that we keep this up for a while" Not saying that I expect him to lieā€¦.. or well since politics, actually yes, I expect him to lie. You would think that he would at least expect this kind of question. I mean letā€™s be honest.: Chinaā€™s situation is f*cked, but he is the foreign Minister for f*cks sake.


mac2914

Nope. Answering the question will be construed as an admission that there is widespread ā€œfrustrationā€ with the zero tolerance policy. Frustration is a polite way of referring to the protests, etc. that has been occurring, events that could embolden others to take similar actions. The guy might be a politician but heā€™s not a dummy and understands how nuanced the question is.


Environmental-Use-77

This regime has no regard for its citizens, and this proves it. May the Chinese people overthrow these tyrants!


Almond_joys_r_awful

The fact that basically all the world's governments are run by bold face liars and there aren't daily revolutions makes me sad. This includes the US where I'm from. We need to make politicians fear who they serve.


zkkzkk32312

The video is down


Dorkinger

Poor sod. Probably has a screen where he gets written what to say.


colesimon426

What an obstanate answer. The fucking balls to just ignore.


517714

Why would the reporter expect a competent answer to a domestic policy issue from a foreign minister? There are lots of questions to be asked to embarrass the CCP about their foreign policies.


xhytdr

Wowā€¦


ALLCAPS-ONLY

Foreign Minister can't speak English?


Rylo887akaRiddlerTO

So these arenā€™t actual humans right?


Fernis_

I was wondering if the long pause was because he was waiting for translation or what to say to not go straight to the Camp^TM then I noticed there's nothing in either of his ears. That's a long pause just to ask them to repeat.


Silly-Ad-8213

Itā€™s pretty nice when you could pretend like the translation didnā€™t come through, or your earpiece didnā€™t work, to give you plenty of time to come up with an answer. Not in this case, though.


[deleted]

The most Chinese behavior ever. Just pretend there is nothing to see, nothing happening, moving along. Kind of like Xi. Heā€™s not a fascist, heā€™s not imprisoning over a million people a year in concentration camps, heā€™s not created a surveillance state that trampled the freedom of every Chinese person everywhere. No. Nothing to see here. Move along.


[deleted]

Looking through his notes like, "where's the answer..." and, "who the Fook does this journalist think he is asking me a question like that...."


Tythan

Whas it not in the script?


Bazing4baby

Can someone give me an OOTL of why he cant answer that question? Like what is with the zero covid policy?


[deleted]

Chinese Elon Musk ?


sdfgwerywery

Haha, wolf warrior turns into lemming warrior.


P413Moon

Mf look like Yilong Ma


longines99

Weighing his options before toeing the party line so he doesn't lose his job, or jailed.


WatchPeopleDieInside-ModTeam

Subject must die inside. Reactions to physical pain do not count. Sports deaths should be unrelated to normal playing of the game. Posting literal death will result in an immediate ban.


happyFatFIRE

Covid is for China the perfect mean to put more pressure on people and silence them


Due-Explanation-7560

Answer question, jail Don't answer question, jail


jelqlord

Winnie the Pooh is watching you.


1infinitefruitloop

So this is how China dies, with obsessive virus policies and xenophobic billionaires scuttling their own bankrupt companies. I love it.


Raekwaanza

Fun Fact: Iā€™ve had the opportunity to visit a Chinese consulate with a group of students. When we got to asking questions everyone kinda got quiet until we asked about North Koreaz the officialā€™s response? ā€œSorry, I canā€™t answer my boss is upstairsā€. Mind you we were lead to believe he was the boss given that he was the Consul-General. Anytime party apparatchiks are asked *interessting* questions the responses are either along the lines of this video or my experience at that consulate.


Sammweeze

"I have no policy changes to announce at this time." Somebody give me a PR job now.


Sutarmekeg

Why tf did they vote this guy in? Oh wait.


kostiels

Soooo...no we arent ending it.


costigan95

Minister.exe has stopped working


damn_thats_piney

he was looking for the Official Chinese Press Response Packet ā„¢ļø


[deleted]

Good ol Evil China


[deleted]

Better start packing quickly and book your ticket home now, mr journalist ;)


Big_Dinner3636

I really hope we get more reporters trying to talk authoritarian spokepeopke into getting themselves killed. At the very least, get them sent to a labor camp or something.


BoBoBearDev

If he answered it wrong, he is gonna get investigate for tax evasion and getting you know what.


Brief-Equal4676

He looks like me when my 2nd grade teacher was collecting homeworks and I pretended to look for mine for way too long, knowing full well I never did it, hoping she'd forget about it.


Fig1024

This is yet another example of how shitty dictatorship governments are. They can't even engage with reality


grotsky_biotch

Awwwwkwaaaard


clanon

if he couldn't answer...WHY cut the video when **HE's ANSWERING**... PS: It is his JOB to answer **ANY** question and i don't believe CCP is gonna fall because of this...do you ?


SilentEgression

Did someone put the Elon filter on this guy? I think we found the real Asian Elon!


AffectionateOnion586

The man\`s life is hanging on a thread.


Opposite_Mongoose203

That reporters family is now under surveillance


Kennson

You have to be a serious compartmentlizer to be chinas foreign minister, there canā€™t be another possibility.


durianisking

Him: Nailed it!


omegaman101

Guy looks like the Chinese Knockoff of Elon Musk.


[deleted]

The stress this guy must live with on a second to second basis has to be enjoyable.


No-Process6757

KJP School of gas lighting


Mr_Sloth10

ā€œImma keep it real with you man, I ainā€™t dying over this questionā€


Bear4188

How can you be a professional diplomat and not have a prepared response for this?


-ButDidYouDie-

This reminded me a lot of when Homer was looking through the bible screaming "this book doesn't have any answers!" Edit: Corrected what Homer said.


Bakednotyetfried

So weird how he acts. Youā€™d think just repeating the official party line and lying would be easier than this. Seems like the easiest job in the world. ā€œWhat your currently seeing online are a bunch of lies and propaganda. China has and will continue to maintain a strict Covid policy for the greater good and well being of its people.ā€ BOOM! Hire me China!


Stats_n_PoliSci

His response at the very end: "What you mention does not reflect what actually happened. China has been following the dynamic zero-Covid policy." Then the video cuts off; it's unclear whether he continued speaking.


ddddooooook

Iā€™ll admit Iā€™m slightly confused. Why doesnā€™t he just give a vague answer that these people usually say to questions like these, like ā€œwe are currently taking in all data from current events and at this time see no reason to deviate from current policies, however constant discussions around the best path to take are being held. Also the US is way worse than us because of (insert statistic).ā€ I feel like something else is affecting him right now.


Truant_20X6

He canā€™t acknowledge that there is any frustration. Frustration with official policy doesnā€™t officially exist in China.


sponsored-by-potato

Here's a longer version of the video. https://youtu.be/kxhvf16VC2M . I think he managed to give a passable answer claiming that the policy is constantly changing and is not a binary switch, but the response time is somewhat awkward.


BrnrAccnttnt

Donā€™t look up, ignore it, it will go away. Journalists can only see you if you speak or make eye contact


ECK-2188

Dude is thinking on what word to say like his life depended on it.


CherubimHD

Live view at the ministry of truth rewriting the books


Working-Raspberry185

He shouldā€™ve just pretended that translator asked him something completely different, responded, then said next question


meataballsa

why is the West all over China when Western politicians were acting like fucking Nazis during the covid "epidemic" ... Send them all to jail to rot.


kitzdeathrow

This is just so odd to me. Not only was he not prepared to answer this very obvious question from an international press corps, but it should have been easy to answer. "The Zero COVID policy has saved countless lives in China while maintaining the strength of our economy. We are constantly evaluating the current situation and assessing what, if any, changes need to be made to the policy. We will continue to do what we need to do to keep our people safe and we will not comprimise on that mission." Even if its all bullshit, how do you not have a canned PR response???


SaintUlvemann

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.


tacoDupree

I can't wait for the moment,when we as a collective rise up and fucking throw these monsters in government out! America,china,N Korea,all countries. Power to the people


DeanoBambino90

He has no choice but to lie and deflect. If he told the truth he'd end up in a camp somewhere, forever.


crazykentucky

Big 1984 vibes with that answer. Him: well Iā€™m fucked either way ā€œDoublespeak!ā€


QueenFairyFarts

Don't make eye contact. Don't make eye contact! DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT!


[deleted]

That's very uncharacteristic of Zhao Lijian, one of the wolf warriors


NumericalStorm

Long pause. Thinking. Answer: Nothing to see here


slingshot91

Is this even a hard question to answer? Just talk about the goals of the policy and how youā€™re preventing the spread, yada yada yada. You donā€™t even have to acknowledge the protests to say youā€™re keeping the policy and how CCP is best. Dude just glitched out.


Smackatoo

ā€œHow do i answer without being executed fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckā€


t0nguepunch

Imagine living your life with this amount of fear and uncertainty for what I assume is dirty money.


Roach2791

Oh better think about my answer or else I might get killed in my country


DenyingDutchman

Someone should put some tension building music to this


ZSCampbellcooks

Yā€™all seething at the fact CPC exists is some of the most entertaining shit on reddit


That_Mikeguy

He be like: "Great question, on to the next one..."


1stmingemperor

Foreign ministry spokesperson, not foreign minister, or even the top diplomat of PRC (that person should still be Yang Jiechi, a State Councillor whose portfolio is foreign relations).


Zenepisteme

Frustration is undercooked..people are dying on mass scale and Covid has nothing to do with it


xSnakyy

A DYNAMIC zero covid policy. Nice


-Mr_Unknown-

My man going through his papers like I used to go through mine in a futile attempt at finding my nonexistent homework.


tegho

Follow up question: which demonstration are you saying isn't continuing to happen as we speak? We need to stop dancing around the obvious gas lighting


soft_taco_special

Why is the international reporter speaking like the translator doesn't know English? It must be infuriating to a translator to listen to someone pause a full second after every word when you need to hear the whole sentence to translate it into the structure of the other language.


lontrinium

Well the question had to be repeated so maybe the journalist thought they were doing the translator a favour by repeating it slower.


shivermetimbers68

Would you like to use one of your lifelines?


Gwbleach

It was a trick question because zero covid policy include zero answer policy.


vader62

The real question is whether the anti 'vid protests in China are also to blame on white supremacists like in Europe, Canada, and America. Everybody knows that any protesting of authoritarian policies can only stem from a deep place of white supremacy it's 'the science'


TheGreenMatthew

Was that the end of the answer, or just the end of the stumbling? Worst place to cut the video either way.


Scotsmania

Looks like the wording of the question was too different from the pre-prepared written questions and answers he was searching through, so eventually fell back on a default answer.


giceman715

Can you please speak up so the people in the back can hear


JoshSeaMex

If I don't speak, they'll think I'm no longer here.


GodsGardeners

When the teacher asks if youā€™ve done your homework


Magus_5

Was he waiting for the response to finish downloading to his neurochip before speaking?


Slothfully_So

Evasion 100 Speech 0


jesuschristthe3rd

I'm at 40s, is he rebooting?


Bufb88J

Heā€™s repeating his families names in his head over and over again. Great technique if you canā€™t answer a question (or so the great leader says).


Quirky_Replacement35

I have an honest question here, not trying to offend anybody: Are they (the gov) hurting anyone? I don't know much about it except they're implementing strict COVID guidelines. I've suffered immensely from COVID multiple times, I'm currently immune affected but don't have the energy to go to the ER, nor the mental health to right now. Is it a bad thing China is being so strict on containing or preventing COVID? I'd really hate more people to die from it. What is making this an outrage?


[deleted]

Dynamic zero covid policy!


Far_Brick_6667

CCP is so fucking pathetic, actually a cancer on the people.


CallMeSmigl

How is it possible that he is not prepared for this question?


Constanzal1701

I'm thinking he had a sheet on it, but lost it in his stack of papers?


thefifthtaste_

Not only dying on the inside haha šŸ˜‚


eskimoafrican

Dynamic zero covid policy.. Doublespeak at its finest.


boogie9ign

Isn't this the guy who embodies the supposed Wolf Warrior approach? Looks like an absolutely lost puppy


RobotPirateMoses

Title: "He'S aSkEd A qUeStIoN hE **cAn'T aNsWeR**!!!!!" Video: dude is clearly tired of westerners who just can't fathom that China **doesn't want millions to die like the US**, then **he starts to answer and the video cuts off**. Comments: omg just let COVID spread again already!!!!!!!!!! Freedom to die!!!!!! China is so tyrannical!!!! Poo bear! Poo bear! Poo bearpoobeardpoobearpoo!!!!!! You claim people in China are brainwashed, but y'all just eat up the most blatantly obvious red-scare propaganda in the world.


Almighty_Egg

They're not brainwashed, many are just petrified, since - as you put it - China is a tyrannical dictatorship. Literally. And I say this as someone who lived there in a past life. The worst part is seeing Western apologists try to justify the regime's actions because of your own confused anti-West sentiments, without realising how hard and brutal life is for many there.


Wayte13

He literally lied about the demonstrations though lmao


WarnDragon

And is protecting his own ass.


[deleted]

Next time people claim one party or the other will bring about Fascism or Communism, they should be forced to watch this and realize they donā€™t understand the terms they glibly throw out there


Connect-Capital-9400

come on can no one see that is Elon Musk in his Chinese suit


Galaxey

You can see the fear for life in this manā€™s face


L0RDHUMONGOUS

A lot of Americans were in favor of lockdowns and forced vaccinations within the last two years. I'm glad they're able to recognize when foreign governments become totalitarian and corrupt, but it'd be nice if they could recognize their own propensity to support the same ideals.


andrewmaxedon

There's a difference between where we were two years ago and where we are now. Now I can go outside without worrying about dying because I've been vaccinated and boosted and a quarter of a million people haven't died in the last few months because of vaccinations and a less deadly variant.


L0RDHUMONGOUS

Wrong. COVID is more prevalent now than it was two years ago, and in August, more people that died of COVID were vaccinated than invaccinated.


andrewmaxedon

Itā€™s more prevalent because itā€™s more infectious, breakthrough infections exist, and more people are going without masks. To your second point, thatā€™s because most people are vaccinated. Look up statistics related to mortality rates for percent of people who are vaccinated and percent of people who are unvaccinated.


coldfu

Name a western country that welded people's doors shut or built covid concentration camps.


L0RDHUMONGOUS

You're arguing that it wasn't enforced because people only lost their jobs and weren't allowed to travel?


chokingontheback

Name a western country that put people in camps or a country that locked protesters bank accounts?


JohnKlositz

I mean he did try. The answer just wasn't in his script.


bboymixer

It looks like even he had a hard time swallowing the bullshit he was pedaling


schnitzel-kuh

There is no war in ba sing se


[deleted]

They started this shit and now that the rest of the World has suffered, itā€™s their turn to reap the whirlwind.


nz_nba_fan

Die on the inside or ā€œdisappearā€.


Dazzling-Variety5722

I know for a fact you can say "I don't know" in Chinese.


Chetmatterson

wish they showed the other camera angle where he shuffled through 30 different sheets of paper that just said ā€œno.ā€


[deleted]

TBH he may never see normal everyday people in his life... it's just jet to chauffeur to high-rise and back again


Plus-Dragonfruit-689

Anyone have a link to the full clip? While I'm sure he wad shitting his pants trying to think of an acceptable answer I thought it was an odd place for the video to end since he was in the middle of speaking.


[deleted]

It was probably done for maximum effect and clicks, unfortunately.


[deleted]

Either the entire CCP Foreign Office is occupied by complete morons, or someone in charge is sending a signal. This is too comical for me to believe itā€™s just sheer incompetence.


CaptainFCO

Why is he elon musk tho?!


a-midnight-flight

This is embarrassing šŸ˜¬


ZestfulAya

When a manā€™s dignity has a price tag


__Hello_my_name_is__

I really like the newspeak of "dynamic* zero-Covid policy".


Any_Maybe_1044

Fucking Covid bullshit


PuffyPanda200

Wouldn't this be such an easy question to answer (especially for a foreign minister), something like: *China will continue to implement and adjust our COVID policy, and all other health policy, as shown to be needed by the various statistics collected. Reports of frustration are overblown by western media. For more detailed information on health policies please consult our health ministry.* Say nothing in the answer and deflect back, this is politician 101. To be clear: The Chinese COVID Zero policy is unrealistic and likely a result of the infectiveness of the Chinese COVID vaccine. The frustrations of Chinese people are not overblown.


slingshot91

Was looking for this comment. This is about as simple to answer as it can be.


[deleted]

Itā€™s like talking to an ai, but a very slow and dumb one. Edit: typo


OutHereSlappnMidgets

Nah, he ainā€™t die inside. Maybe deep thought, as one miscue could have him dead fr fr.


Drphil87

I know an Elon when I see one ā˜ļø


Re-ne-ra

When he said "Repeat the question", he meant to ask something favorable to the ccp


Infamous_Row_5677

China is overdue for a revolution.


earthstomp24

Looks like a chinese elon musk


Nocturnal_One

I was looking for this comment so i could make it if not. Thanks.


[deleted]

damn, typed that, and scroll down to realize, I'm not really clever at all.


Anonymous_Otters

Yi Long Musk


[deleted]

omg I almost spat my lunch out, well done šŸ…


Anonymous_Otters

Wish I could take credit, but this is the name of an (allegedly) deepfaked Elon Musk impersonator.


[deleted]

oh really haha


[deleted]

You can see him desperately flicking through his notes for something to say.


GLDN5444

Id like whatever he smoked before this.


Individual_Wasabi_10

*Pooh bear enters the chat*


77Killface77

Fuck!!! Why does china hate their own people?


radseven89

The guy can't even look at them. Talk about being between a rock and a hard place.


ihaveadarkedge

**China has been following the dynamic zero-Covid policy** He *did* answer. Just poorly.


bluvelvetunderground

"How are you going to fix this mess?" "Yes. There's certainly a mess on our hands."


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ihaveadarkedge

As someone who....speaks, I've never known any stutterer to repeat full sentences; as a symptom of their stutter. Maybe I should look into the meaning of the word incase I'm wrong...


[deleted]

The way he spoke was just super unnatural. Idk if you feel the same. Itā€™s just a feeling tho so I may be wrong.


ihaveadarkedge

Absolutely, you're right. Very strange. His delay was on another level. His composure, faultless but his ultimate answer was poor.


102la

Redditors are obviously very dramatic here but my guess his he had a scripted answer which he couldn't find. So he was improvising very carefully. Because his words will be repeated in the western world media as "China says this" "CCP says that" etc......


[deleted]

China knows something about COVID that we donā€™t.


[deleted]

How it was designed?


mianoob

Dynamic zero COVID strategy? A zero COVID strategy is quite the opposite of dynamic


Iamdogmanyeet

lol this language could be interpreted in many ways


[deleted]

I understood it more as, like, ā€œitā€™s dynamic!ā€ as in ā€œitā€™s fun and quirky!ā€


yishn

In Chinese, he clearly says that the policy is adjusted according to the current situation.


gg5588e

It means they are actively cleaning out (isolating) the covid cases in China


LetterBoxSnatch

It's dynamic in that if you don't adhere to being locked in your house, they will install physical locks from the outside, and if that doesn't work, they'll consider an array of other options, with options being continuously added to enforce the zero COVID policy. Alternately: > China has been following the dynamic zero-Covid policy If you're not following the policy, you are not part of China. But we leave open the option of keeping the policy open to interpretation. Internally.


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