STORY: Western countries demonize China out of fear, ignorance: Swedish expert
DATELINE: June 14, 2023
LENGTH: 0:02:01
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: POLITICS

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1. SOUNDBITE (English): STEPHEN BRAWER, Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden

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SOUNDBITE (English): STEPHEN BRAWER, Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden
"The dramatic and profound changes that are emerging worldwide can be effectively connected to the rise of a new China. In fact, the great majority of the world's population are embracing the ideas. As chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, it has been my goal to promote and educate Swedes, other Europeans, and ultimately, even the United States and world citizens in general, to the great advantages that the Belt and Road Initiative has for global development and cooperation. I'm convinced it is the pathway to peace, as well as to true human rights in the proper sense of development and the elimination of global poverty.
Unfortunately, the present ongoing effort to demonize China coming from the U.S., even that the UK and the G7, is based on a combination of fear and virtual total ignorance of both modern China and the great history of over 5,000-year-old civilization.
Yet, I see the Belt and Road Initiative emerging out of this very long and profound history of China. Western political leaders presently lack any insight into this great, long history. They operate on the law of the jungle. They consider brute force to be the solution to problems. And they cannot and do not trust others. And this is creating the basis for the great geopolitical conflicts that are terrorizing and tragically affecting the human race at the moment."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)