COMMENTARY: Joining hands with Caribbean countries to promote world peace and security

Chinese Ambassador Lin Xianjiang

*Editor’s note* The views expressed in this commentary are not necessarily those of DNO or our partners.

Peace and security not only are a precondition for the development of every country but also bear on the common well-being of people around the world. However, the world, far from being peaceful and tranquil, has not yet recovered from Covid-19 pandemic and is now facing new security risks. The outbreak of the Ukraine crisis has attracted global attention and caused world concern. At the same time, regional conflicts and local wars are emerging one after another; threats posed by hegemony and power politics are on the rise; many non-traditional security threats including terrorism, climate change, cybersecurity, and refugee crises continue to spread. As such, human society urgently needs guidance towards a world of lasting peace and universal security.

It is in this context that President Xi Jinping, with the future of all humanity in mind, put forward the Global Security Initiative at the Boao Forum for Asia held in April this year. The Global Security Initiative contributes China’s wisdom and solution to the efforts of mankind in maintaining and achieving global security by means of committing to the following six areas:

stay committed to the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and work together to maintain world peace and security;

stay committed to respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, uphold non-interference in internal affairs, and respect the independent choices of development paths and social systems made by people in different countries;

stay committed to abiding by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, reject the Cold War mentality, oppose unilateralism, and say no to group politics and bloc confrontation;

stay committed to taking the legitimate security concerns of all countries seriously, uphold the principle of indivisible security, build a balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture, and oppose the pursuit of one’s own security at the cost of others’ security;

stay committed to peacefully resolving differences and disputes between countries through dialogue and consultation, support all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of crises, reject double standards, and oppose the wanton use of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction;

stay committed to maintaining security in both traditional and non-traditional domains, and work together on regional disputes and global challenges such as terrorism, climate change, cybersecurity and biosecurity.

For a long time, countries in the Caribbean region have also been deeply affected by global and regional security issues, and generally face challenges such as territorial disputes, geopolitical conflicts, illegal immigration, gun crimes, drug smuggling and climate change. The Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine also brought multiple challenges to this region. Maintaining global peace and security is the urgent need and desire of Caribbean countries.

China highly values its friendship with Caribbean countries. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of diplomatic relations between China and Caribbean countries. At the end of April this year, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Among China and the Caribbean Countries Having Diplomatic Relations with China via video link, reaching important consensus on deepening cooperation in all fields between the two sides. Caribbean countries welcome and support the Global Security Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, and commend China as a responsible and leading player on the international arena.

More than proposing the Global Security Initiative, China acts on this major Initiative. At the aforementioned video meeting between China and the Caribbean, China made commitments to continue to provide economic and technological assistance to Caribbean countries without any political strings attached, donate anti-pandemic and medical supplies to Caribbean countries having diplomatic relations with China and the CARICOM Secretariat, and set up China-Caribbean disaster prevention and mitigation fund. These are China’s important actions to help the Caribbean region to build economic security, health security and climate security.

Peace and security will not fall from the sky or come as charity from any country. Rather, they are the result of the joint efforts of all countries. No matter how the international situation changes, China will always hold high the banner of peace, development, and win-win cooperation, and firmly be a builder of world peace, a defender of the international order and a mediator in hotspot issues. China is ready to join hands with Caribbean countries including Dominica to carry out the Global Security Initiative, promote world peace and security, and create a brighter tomorrow for mankind.

 

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24 Comments

  1. Jey Jey
    June 9, 2022

    It’s been known for decades that there are some countries which are overpopulated and China happens to be one of these countries including India. So it’s alleged that governments of these countries have been paying underpopulated countries to accept these people. 100% of the times these incoming masses are extremely racist and don’t like the natives. The other reason for these mass exodus is the unavailability of clean drinking (portable) water in those countries. These are facts. So once these thirsty people gets to Dominica and experience all of our natural resources their intentions are not to show appreciation and to thank us; but rather to take it and have it all to themselves. People, it’s very easy for China to take Dominica. Period. No one knows how many Chinese are holders of Dominica passports. Not even Roosevelt Skeritt knows. So yes, my beloved brothers and sisters, we are at the mercy of ourselves. What we gonna to do bout that? They pretend to help but helping their self

  2. Ibo France
    June 7, 2022

    Ever so often this Chinese character is given free reign on DNO to publish his mind twisting lies just like Roosevelt. DNO is a very reliable medium for the publication of the Chinese and the government’s unvarnished propaganda and obese lies.

    Their articles are just ‘ Reported Speeches’. These articles are at the lowest levels of human cognition. They do not compel you to apply, analyse nor evaluate given information.

    Here, the Chinese ambassador is doing his endeavor best to make out China, that has one of the most restrictive, inhumane and wicked regimes ever known to mankind, as a country of philanthropic leaders and people . This is not even remotely true. But, DNO unreservedly publishes it with depraved disregard for the truth.

    The entire editorial staff at DNO seems to be very much enamored and titilated by the Chinese falsehoods.

    ADMIN: Your conclusion is false and your statements are hyperbolic.

    However, we published your comment and the commentary from the Ambassador not because we agree with the statements made but because we believe and encourage the practice of free speech.

    That is exactly why you are free to criticize DNO and the statements in this commentary.

    However, we ask that you use that freedom responsibly and you must abide by the forum’s guidelines: https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/policies/#comment-policy

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    • lmckoy
      June 9, 2022

      So Admin, why do you publish items that are known to be false, as you have done here?

      ADMIN: This might be difficult to accept, but most expressed opinions once they are not libelous/slanderous or violate the law in some way (even if we disagree with them or believe them false) tend to fall under free speech.

      If this was not the case then perhaps more than 50% of the comments on this forum would remain unpublished for being erroneous or misleading in someway – and social media would have been shutdown or made illegal a long time ago.

      The principle behind free speech is that bad speech should be countered by good speech and ,in our style of democracy, the people decide which one they put their faith in.

      The following article might also be informative (though its not meant to be taken as an end-all be-all on the topic): https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/does-the-first-amendment-protect-deliberate-lies/496004/

  3. L C Matthew
    June 7, 2022

    That guy is using freedom of press to spread his sh.. and talking about peace and security and Chinese wisdom. All of a sudden china has been endowed with wisdom to solve world problems and of all countries they think that have the ability to help them do that is Dominica? I do not want to laugh. Yet you are expanding your military and supporting Russia with the madness in Ukraine? Also with you guys obsession with expansion and imperial DNA holding a gun to neighbors to force them to be dependent. Why can’t Taiwan determine thier own future. The world will go extinct if we all looked alike, eat the same, speak the same and act the same. This is nothing but Dominica used as a base to spread Chinese ideology in quest for world domination. The revolution will come mr. Lin. We are informed enough to understand what is going on around the world.

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    • Ibo France
      June 7, 2022

      This dishonest stranger talks about peace and love that his country stands for. Yet, China:
      *China is a clear and perpetual threat to Taiwan.
      * Look what they have done to Hong Kong and its people.
      * They have illegally built artificial islands in the South China Sea in international waters.
      * They built a huge port in Sri Lanka then took control of it as the government is bankrupt.
      My point is this. This article by the Chinese ambassador, and others that have been published on DNO, cannot stand up to critical scrutiny.

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  4. Me
    June 7, 2022

    President Xi Jinping supporting the armed invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign country, by Russia is not promoting peace.

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  5. Neg Mawon
    June 7, 2022

    Poor Thirld World Countries are at the mercy of China in this new Colonial dispensation. The DEPT TRAP is designed to exploit and control those countries that are indepted to China. Witness what is happening in many countries. China gives loans, upon loans knowing that they cannot pay back. Eventually, the country’s port, airport, land, resources are in their control. In Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America the strategy is the same, that of domination, millions upon millions in loans.

    What is Dominica’s debt to China? How many citizens know? Have citizens been informed?

    Chinese construction co. in Dominica, being awarded contracts by a foreign firm to build Health Centres and other projects that Locals could build?
    New kind of Slavery. Plain to see. Dominica should never be for SALE.

    Go figure. Classroom launched in DSC recently to instruct about Chinese language, history, customs etc., but no classroom for black history, Kalinago or Neg Mawon…

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    • June 7, 2022

      And The USA continues to ignore the region while it sends billions of dollars to Ukraine to fight a useless war with Russia in an effort to gain world supremacy. Perhaps we must be reminded that the Chinese race was not responsible for the enslavement of black people.

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      • lmckoy
        June 9, 2022

        As the man says, my money, I spend it how I see fit!

    • Ibo France
      June 7, 2022

      Very pertinent questions asked. I particularly want to know “What is Dominicans debt to China?”

      DNO, can you for once do something useful for your readers and the country? Find out the answer to the aforementioned question. While on that, find out also the overall national debt of Dominica. Do some serious and worthwhile journalism for once.

      I want to thank you in advance for graciously accepting the challenge. Prove to your readers that you worth their ‘patronage’.

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  6. Original
    June 7, 2022

    China supports Russia in Ukraine; does not recognize Taiwan as being a sovereign nation; violates human rights through their political ideology of communism, yet speak of amicably resolving social and political issues; been enabling authoritarianism and totalitarianism here in the Caribbean and other parts of the world; yet the principles which they’re claiming are good for them as administrators but not good for the individuals. This is such hypocrisy, of principles that China should be ashamed of themselves. We should reject these Chinese and their evil misguided plan for world domination, money isn’t everything in life!

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    • June 7, 2022

      China owns a chunk of US debt well over a trillion dollars. America continues to deal with even with their differences, they have over 300 billion dollar deficit with China. So china is the big boy on the the world stage and should not be ignored. Talking rubbish about communism will not change this situation.

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      • Toto
        June 8, 2022

        Communism is a totalitarian system that does not allow opposition. If that is what you want, go ahead but don’t impose that on me you hear. Despite all our differences and arguments, give me democracy any time. Communism would stifle me to death.

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        • June 9, 2022

          Communist China, the second largest economy in the world. Communist China the home of billionaires and millionaires. Communist China, the production capital of the world. Communist China the place where major western countries go to have all their high end tech products manufactured. Chinese are free to travel the world. Communist China the country that the USA owes over one TRILLION DOLLARS. Communist China America biggest trading partner……..

          • Original
            June 14, 2022

            what does this have to do with the principles stated in the article? even america and china go to trade wars, so what are you talking about? plus because they are the 2nd largest economy we should surrender our way of life to them? they are all imperialist and we should fight them, we have enough in this region for us to be a prosperous nation, especially if we look to each other putting a genuine effort towards economic independence.

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  7. Waiting For Airport
    June 7, 2022

    DNO claims to ‘maintain an open forum and support free speech’

    But more and more we keep seeing biased propaganda from outside interests like this.

    We have not seen one ‘free speech’ article from DNO questioning the Chinese propaganda and their intentions, or pointing out the unfair leverage they seem to have in a supposed non Chinese society or pointing out how our leader & our our people seem to be more and more at the mercy of the Chinese!

    All articles posted seem to follow the same format – Chinese are being given more and more leverage to indoctrinate Dominicans! Where is the balance? Where is this free speech you speak of???

    ADMIN: You are free to comment here or submit your own full length commentary expressing your views to [email protected]

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    • Dominican Bwoi
      June 7, 2022

      DNO are liars. I don’t know how they can claim to ‘maintain an open forum and support free speech’ when THEY have to approve peoples comments before they’re published. And not only that, but they keep editing my comments, probably because they feel personally offended lol. It’s evidentially not an open forum & they clearly don’t support free speech. Every time I made a comment about Skerrit, corruption, money laundering, batty man fi dead etc, admin keeps editing my comments with full stops. Somebody needs to creative a better alternative that’s genuinely free for all & has no censorship. DNO are clearly pushing an agenda. They’re part of the problem.

      ADMIN: Free speech is not merely “say what you want when you want”.

      It is the idea that you have a right to express your view within certain laws and rules that seek to prevent the abuse of that free speech. For example, within our laws, your right to free expression does not give you the right to slander/libel anyone or promote hatred or violence.

      However, you are free to criticize an individual or express disapproval of an idea – but it often boils down to the way you choose to do it.

      You can view our own comment policy at the following link for guidance on which type of comments will be deleted: https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/policies/#comment-policy

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      • lmckoy
        June 9, 2022

        I agree; if a publication publishes materials that are known or ought to be known to be false and someone suffers harm, as a result, that publisher could be held liable for damages suffered.

    • Waiting For Airport
      June 7, 2022

      DNO my challenge still remains, point me to a Chinese mainstream media outlet that pushes Dominica propaganda. One for each Chinese article you have posted.

      You cannot because the chinese are smart enough not to let any outside interests have that kind of influence over their population. But, as always with black countries, our ‘stake holders’ always bow down and accomodate outsiders even against our own best interests. Exhibit A above!

      When will our media, government, education – infrastructure etc put our interests first? When will outsiders stop having soooo much leverage on our infrastructure?

      ADMIN: The challenge we see from your comment is the one that arises from the logical and ethical inconsistency of what you proposed.

      You criticize the Chinese for their lack of free speech but you are effectively asking us to follow the same path.

      The opposite to oppression of free speech is to allow all views to contend – in particular, the ones you may not agree with.

      With such an approach you have the opportunity to counter faulty views and hopefully illuminate truth.

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      • Waiting For Airport
        June 7, 2022

        Intellectual dribble… that’s what you did there. A well worded response, trying to misdirect the argument, but saying nothing of substance!

        The issue is the Chinese have leverage in Dominica, most of the Caribbean, most of Africa… none of these countries have leverage in China, it’s a one way thing.

        DNO since your platform is being used to extend that leverage, you are being challenged to present some balance. Equal opposite propaganda that gives us some leverage in China. You cannot, because no such leverage exists!

        Fact remains, the Chinese are strategising to colonise Dominica (and many other places) and your platform is helping them do it!

        Just like those that sold the slaves, our current stakeholders are allowing others to subjugate us to their agenda!

        ADMIN: This will be our last response to you on this topic for the following reasons: we pointed out why following your suggestion ,as is, would be contrary to free speech and you respond by demeaning and miscategorizing our response.

        You did not address or counter any of the points we made.

        Your accusation of us better describes your own response – misdirecting statements that on examination says nothing of substance. Additionally, we can’t directly respond to such misdirecting statements without entering into some form of bickering rather than informing or exchanging valid arguments.

        You seem to be misinformed about the role of the media – at least those practicing objectivity and free speech.

        Free and objective media does not exist to propose propaganda or counter propaganda or create leverage for one group or another.

        Importantly, this post is a commentary (an opinion piece) which we did not write. Some of the news standards you are attempting to hold us to do not apply here.

        We remind you, everyone has the opportunity to publish such commentaries on our forum – which includes you as well.

        • Waiting For Airport
          June 8, 2022

          ‘Free and objective media does not exist to propose propaganda’

          Yet over the past few days we have seen gay/lgbt propaganda…. American propaganda… Chinese propaganda…

          It’s like you guys need your readers to be brainless cause anyone with a brain can see right through your responses.

          You DNO are knowingly allowing your platform to be used by outside interests who have an agenda that is not in Dominica’s best interests.

  8. kubulol
    June 7, 2022

    China wants peace ?
    leave Taiwan alone then !

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    • June 7, 2022

      Read the history of china and Taiwan before you comment. Most countries recognize the one China policy (including the USA) because they know the history. By the way all over the world where there are conflicts America is involved, promoting war and regime change.

  9. Oops
    June 6, 2022

    😂 😂 😆 😆 😂 😂 Joke you Joking? 😂 😂 😂 This is one time I wish I could not read. Because the say, “Ignorance is Bliss.” I don’t even believe I spend my time reading this garbage. Roosevelt Skeritt is already “COMMITTED” to China 🇨🇳; So what more do you want?

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