amoy
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It is not the first time that Mr Sha, a career diplomat, has let the mask of diplomacy slip. In a BBC interview in 2006 he was goaded into a furious, shrieking attack on American criticisms of China's rapidly growing defence budget.
"It is much better for [America] to shut up, keep quiet. Are you the number one? Is it true that the US has almost 50 per cent of the world's military budget?"
The Chinese population is five or six times bigger.
"Why blame China? Forget it. It's high time to shut up. It's America's sovereign right to do whatever is good for them. But don't tell us what is good for China."
neo29, I admire Mr Sha because he is different, he is special. If every Chinese diplomat conducts themselves like Mr Sha, then he is not special. So i don't encourage all Chinese diplomat to imitate Mr Sha. Neither should they, because wearing a diplomatic mask is a must for most of them.Chinese are proud that their representative got drunk and lashed the Americans. They must encourage all its politicians to get drunk so that they be straight forward.
Good diplomat knows to tell the blunt truth at the right time, that is what Mr Sha does.^^ At a personal level may be, but at a diplomatic level that's a big NO. Diplomats are paid to maintain a polite facade to serious and contentious disputes. So if a diplomat starts talking blunt truth, then he/she is not doing their job.