Historian Pan Dongkai: Rubio's Athens Speech — “Xiang Zhuang Performs the Sword Dance, but His Aim Is at Pei Gong” — Countering Communism with Western Civilization
In this program, historian Pan Dongkai analyzes the speech given by U.S. politician Marco Rubio in Athens, Greece. He points out that by elevating Western civilization to a 2,500-year height, Rubio is sending a signal to Turkey. He also explores the U.S. strategic intent to distinguish between the Chinese state and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and to counter communism and left-wing ideologies using the traditions of Western civilization.
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Actually, by coming to Greece and elevating Western civilization to such a 2,500-year height, you are sending a signal to Turkey, right? Turkey didn't even mention it. You don't need to mention it; standing on the stage in Greece is in itself opposing Turkey. Because Turkey is a member of NATO, you wouldn't openly fight or curse them. Moreover, Turkey's president is a good friend of Trump, right? So, when we read these things now, we are not reading the surface-level stuff.
China doesn't need to be mentioned, because the U.S. is currently so high-profile in its resistance and confrontation against communism, and the current government is constantly promoting the idea that China is an ancient civilization. The U.S. very much hopes to improve relations with China, improve relations with the Chinese people, and respect and appreciate Chinese traditional culture. But who is the current ruler of China? It is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So, if I oppose communism, I am not actually opposing this government, nor am I opposing this country. It means that if this government is still ruled by the Communist Party, then its beliefs are different from mine, right?
It is just as Rubio said: he stated that a monster has emerged within your civilization, and what is this monster? This 'cult of death'—this belief in death—what is this 'cult of death'? It is wokeism, this current left-wing ideology. Are these not things within the West? So, is communism not something within the West? But why go to Athens, to the Acropolis? It is to say that this is the bright side of Western civilization, and we are using this 2,500-year tradition to counter the virus within Western civilization. So, this is saying: I am not opposing China; China is great. China is just China, China has over a billion people, there is no problem with that. But the problem is that the current government of China is led by the Communist Party, and therefore, communism is not a Chinese tradition.