Analysis: Uproar Over Chinese Envoy’s Denial of Former Soviet Nations’ Sovereignty

Analysis: Uproar Over Chinese Envoy’s Denial of Former Soviet Nations’ Sovereignty
Chinese Ambassador Lu Shaye meets with media at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ottawa on Jan. 17, 2019. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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Lu Shaye, the Chinese ambassador to France, publicly stated in a televised interview that post-Soviet nations “have no effective status” in international law, which caused an uproar. China experts say his remarks probably represent the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) true opinions, unintentionally revealing the CCP’s discontent over the collapse of the Soviet Union more than 30 years ago.

In the April 21 interview with a French television network, Lu was asked whether Crimea belongs to Ukraine; he replied, “It depends how you perceive the problem.”

Jenny Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2010. She has reported on Chinese politics, economics, human rights issues, and U.S.-China relations. She has extensively interviewed Chinese scholars, economists, lawyers, and rights activists in China and overseas.
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