Tweet goodbyes from Pakistan to outspoken China diplomat Zhao Lijian

[undercover JIX]

Tweet goodbyes from Pakistan to outspoken China diplomat Zhao Lijian

• Beijing’s deputy chief of mission in Islamabad announces his departure on Twitter
• He is best known for a war of words on the service with former US national security adviser Susan Rice

Linda Lew

Published: 9:00pm, 2 Aug, 2019

“Chinese media and diplomats will become more proactive in their actions, to reveal the truth to the whole world,” the Global Times opinion piece said.

Zhao was in the vanguard of Chinese diplomats to sign up to Twitter, opening an account in May 2010 and attracting 197,000 followers. He has tweeted more than 50,000 times on the service, which is banned in China, mostly in English about a range of subjects. He is one of China’s most active diplomats on an overseas social media service.

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Since then, Cui Tiankai, the Chinese ambassador to the US, has also joined the service, sending out his first tweet last month. A few days later, in his fourth tweet, Cui warned that Taiwan was part of China and no attempt to split the country would ever succeed. “Those who play with fire will only get themselves burned. Period,” he wrote.

Zhao Lijian’s Twitter homepage, featuring a typically robust pinned tweet.
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Zhao announced on Thursday – via Twitter – that his posting was coming to an end. It is not yet known where his next appointment will take him. “I will miss Pakistan forever, as this is my second home,” he tweeted. “I think Pakistan is the best posting for Chinese diplomats.”


On Friday, Zhao’s Twitter feed was full of well-wishes from mostly Pakistan-based users, with some tweets including pictures of a farewell dinner for him.

Zhao’s tenure in Islamabad was marked by closer economic ties between the two countries, in particular the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) plan – a collection of infrastructure projects, estimated to be worth US$62 billion as of 2017, which started in 2015 as part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.

“You are a great friend of Pakistan and were an important member of the team that successfully steered Phase 1 of CPEC,” Ahsan Iqbal, the former minister for planning, development and reforms of Pakistan, tweeted on Friday.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/dip...pakistan-outspoken-china-diplomat-zhao-lijian

 

[Chhatrapati]

Interesting guy, I remember once he engaged in a twitter spar with Indian reporter. That's something new from a diplomat.
Good luck to Lijian Zhao, I hope he get back his full name after retirement.

 

[undercover JIX]

I hope he get back his full name after retirement.

A troll Bhagat trying his best.

 

[undercover JIX]

Why so irked? It's only true. And my wishes are honest.

you can never stick to the topic and to the point????have to be smart #$% troll always.

 

[undercover JIX]

What is the troll in it? Could you point it out and elaborate? There is not even a faint sarcasm in my post.

I hope he get back his full name after retirement.

How is this comment faintly related to the thread? did he cry to you that he wants his name back? did he ask you to pray for him to get his name back? did you personally send him a message to convey your sentiments??

Turning twisting, derailing, beating around the bush is your expertise.

 

[undercover JIX]

I have every right to make a personal remark.

if its personal remarks then I have one,

I Hope your children/grandchildren/niece/nephews dont get sacrificed, and your family women dont get raped by mobs....I hope


just a personal remark, its off topic, trolling, derailing...same way your personal remark was........it is just to show you how troll off topic smart remarks work.

I apologize I had to come to this level to respond to you.

 

[Chhatrapati]

if its personal remarks then I have one,

I Hope your children/grandchildren/niece/nephews dont get sacrificed, and your family women dont get raped by mobs....I hope


just a personal remark, its off topic, trolling, derailing...same way your personal remark was........it is just to show you how troll off topic smart remarks work.

I apologize I had to come to this level to respond to you.

You just showed your upbringing that's all.

I'm glad I wasn't a lowborn.

 

[undercover JIX]

You just showed your upbringing that's all.

I'm glad I wasn't a lowborn.

your upbringing i just showed you, how it felt passing uncalled for personal remarks.

So only you have right to make personal remarks??? realized how it feels.

 

[undercover JIX]

By personal remark I means my own remarks. Nothing against you.

Sadly you have proven to be a pathetic individual without class, be it mocking a man who is critically ill in hospital or those personal remarks against my family. People like you bring down the quality of the forum. Welcome to my ignore list.

You did not even need to prove anything, all was understood.
The man who claimed the rights to use his personal remarks freely is feeling hurt now? You can pass personal remarks but none else?

See where trolling and always being off topic leads you, learn from this incident.

I apologized and clearly said, I am using that example to show you something, and I am glad I am successful.

Your own remarks about someone, and someone (me) used (example) of own remarks against you, just to show you the effects of uncalled for personal remarks.

I appreciate your ignore list, one less troll bhagat to see for me.

 

[Chhatrapati]

You did not even need to prove anything, all was understood.
The man who claimed the rights to use his personal remarks freely is feeling hurt now? You can pass personal remarks but none else?

See where trolling and always being off topic leads you, learn from this incident.

I apologized and clearly said, I am using that example to show you something, and I am glad I am successful.

On a different note. I still have rights to my views on a person. And I stand by my comments. What you did was proven yourselves and others the kind of person you are. Haha your personal attacks have no effects on me, I have dealt with people like you before and given you have a habit of being apologetic after every abusive remark proves my point.

 

[undercover JIX]

On a different note. I still have rights to my views on a person. And I stand by my comments. What you did was proven yourselves and others the kind of person you are. Haha your personal attacks have no effects on me, I have dealt with your people like you before and given you have a habit of being apologizing after every abusive remark proves my point.

You have rights to as the others.

lol image / reflection in the mirror was not so nice, lol

There was no personal attack, stop playing victim and all innocent. I clearly stated what I am doing and it served the purpose.

If it had no effects on you then..you seriously need help.

my apology shows, i do not want to stoop to that level but being forced by a low level ignorant i had no other choice.

Your ignorance, well its genuine because never felt bad or apologized.

again, like always i tried first nicely but you showed your usual ignorant behaviour and claimed that you have all the rights to pass uncalled for off topic personal remarks, so to make you understand, I had to come to your level to convey my message.

 

[Chhatrapati]

You have rights to as the others.

LOL! What did you find wrong with my original comment?

PS: I don't get riled up like you kid. I just report and move on, but kinda curious to know what you didn't get.

 

[undercover JIX]

LOL! What did you find wrong with my original comment?

PS: I don't get riled up like you kid. I just report and move on, but kinda curious to know what you didn't get.

You know your good intentions behind that comment. For me it was off topic and uncalled for.

What made things worst is, your usual persistent ignorant behaviour to justify your off topic comment like a lil child.

Stop pretending to be saint, you report and keep carrying on like a little child until have no place run. you rile up and through tantrums in every thread.

How old you are? may be I will suggest act your age...

 

[undercover JIX]

he already has his full name, the extra moniker that he has now dropped was his honorary Pakistani name
ain't it great to have mods on your beck and call? some of us do not get the luxury of reporting then getting an appropriate response. some of us actually get told off for "abusing" the report button or are completely ignored

I agree with you.

 

[Chhatrapati]

he already has his full name, the extra moniker that he has now dropped was his honorary Pakistani name

He dropped when China banned that name.

ain't it great to have mods on your beck and call? some of us do not get the luxury of reporting then getting an appropriate response. some of us actually get told off for "abusing" the report button or are completely ignored

Given the number of Indians who gets banned are so high, I don't know what you are on about Mods supporting Indians.