{"id":1281072,"date":"2022-02-08T09:53:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1281072"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:54:08","slug":"communist-china-backs-argentinas-claim-to-british-falklands-bribes-buenos-aires-with-belt-and-road-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-china-backs-argentinas-claim-to-british-falklands-bribes-buenos-aires-with-belt-and-road-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Communist China Backs Argentina\u2019s Claim to British Falklands, Bribes Buenos Aires with Belt and Road Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcommunist-china-backs-argentinas-claim-to-british-falklands-bribes-buenos-aires-with-belt-and-road-cash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1281072&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Communist China has agreed to back Argentina\u2019s tenuous claim to the British Falkland Islands, in exchange for Buenos Aires backing Beijing\u2019s even more tenuous claim of ownership of Taiwan and signing onto the Belt and Road Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Following a meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing between left-wing President of Argentina&nbsp;Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Sunday, China announced that it will formally back the South American country\u2019s claim to Britain\u2019s Falkland Islands, while&nbsp;Fern\u00e1ndez pledged his support for the so-called one-China policy of Beijing which lays claim to Taiwan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party has never ruled Taiwan \u2014 the island is ruled by the modern descendent of the Chinese Nationalist government which was once the main government of China before the Communist revolutionary war. While Argentina makes historical claims to the Falklands for periods of occupation amounting to around 31 months in the past 200 years, the territory has generally been under British control since the 1830s, and the Falkland Islanders themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-21750909\">strongly identify as British<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArgentina said it will continue to adhere to the one-China principle on the Taiwan question and China will continue to support Argentina\u2019s demand for the full exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands,\u201d China\u2019s state-run <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202202\/1251674.shtml\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rejecting the notion of Argentina\u2019s claim to the Falklands, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trussliz\/status\/1490432163623456771\">said<\/a> on Monday: \u201cWe completely reject any questions over sovereignty of the Falklands. The Falklands are part of the British family and we will defend their right to self-determination.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cChina must respect the Falklands\u2019 sovereignty,\u201d Truss added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19787074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-3247621.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19787074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-3247621.png\" alt=\"1982: British soldiers in action during the Falklands War. (Photo by Fox Photos\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1982: British soldiers in action during the Falklands War. (Photo by Fox Photos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The conflict between Argentina and Britain over the islands boiled over into a hot war after Argentina illegally invaded the Falklands on the 2nd of April 1982. The Falklands War, which lasted 74 days, saw 255 British soldiers die before the PM Margaret Thatcher-directed military effort forced Argentina to surrender after losing 649 soldiers of their own.<\/p>\n<p>The inhabitants of the British Overseas Territory, located about&nbsp;300 miles (480 kilometres) east of Argentina in the South Atlantic, are mostly descendants of British settlers, who strongly favour being under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, which colonised the islands in 1841.<\/p>\n<p>This is twenty years before Argentina emerged as a cohesive country&nbsp;following a lengthy civil war after the war of independence fought against the Spanish Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan was never under the control of the communist government in Beijing, having its own distinct government since Chang Kai Shek\u2019s nationalists fled to the island after losing the civil war to Mao Zedong\u2019s communists in 1949. Aside from the fact that the CCP has never ruled over Taiwan, the country also has its own distinct culture, currency, and military.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Slovenia Kowtows to Communist China, Will Honour \u2018One-China Policy\u2019 on Taiwan<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YPoeRSl7D3\">https:\/\/t.co\/YPoeRSl7D3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1488497366068080640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Coinciding with the announcement on the Falklands, Argentina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202202\/1251555.shtml\">officially signed<\/a> onto Communist China\u2019s&nbsp;Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the premiere strategy of increasing the global influence of Beijing. The initiative has been branded as \u201cdept-trap diplomacy\u201d because China offers predatory loans to fund massive infrastructure projects in often impoverished countries.<\/p>\n<p>Those countries that fail to repay the loans often cede control of the assets to China as repayment. While China attempts to tout the initiative as an economic boon for those who sign up, much of the economic gains are taken back to China, with Chinese firms typically constructing the installations with temporary workers shipped in from China.<\/p>\n<p>The communist mouthpiece <em>Global Times<\/em> went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202202\/1251674.shtml\">report<\/a> that the Argentinian delegation made a visit to the&nbsp;Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Beijing, where the body of communist dictator Mao Zedong \u2014 who was responsible for the deaths of between 60 and 80 million people \u2014 lays in a mummified state under glass.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the trip, the&nbsp;Argentinan Ambassador to China, Sabino Vaca Narvaja <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1250187.shtml\">told<\/a> the state-run newspaper: \u201cFor both Argentina and the rest of the world, Mao is a very crucial state leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador went on to note that President Fernandez\u2019s left-wing political party, Partido Justicialista, has \u201cvery important historical ties\u201d with the Chinese Communist Party, claiming that former&nbsp;Argentine president Juan Peron \u201cmaintained friendship and correspondence\u201d with Mao Zedong.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bowing to Beijing? Barbados Drops British Monarch as Head of State, Trading a \u2018Queen for an Emperor\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mBdTogNrHU\">https:\/\/t.co\/mBdTogNrHU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1465409981428211726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communist China has agreed to back Argentina\u2019s tenuous claim to the British Falkland Islands, in exchange for Buenos Aires backing Beijing\u2019s even more tenuous claim of ownership of Taiwan and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1281072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}