RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After a tense week with Chinese representatives following his son Federal Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro‘s posts, President Jair Bolsonaro said relations with the Chinese continue as usual.
However, the President said that the Asian country needs Brazil much more than the reverse, referring to the import of Brazilian products.
“There is no problem with China. We need China and China needs us much more. They have 1.4 billion to feed, it has become more urban than rural, they buy many commodities. The Chinese are consuming more and more protein and everyone wants the good of their people and we want ours,” said Bolsonaro after voting in the municipal elections in Rio de Janeiro.
On Monday night, November 23rd, Eduardo Bolsonaro posted on Twitter celebrating Brazil’s alleged adherence to the Clean Network initiative – the Brazilian government has not officially joined, it has only expressed its support – and said that Brazil would ally itself with the United States to build a 5G network ” no espionage from China”. The following day he deleted the post.
After expressing its dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Chinese Embassy in Brasília published a letter and a string of 17 posts in reaction to Eduardo in which it classified the President’s son’s post as “unacceptable” and recalled that other Brazilian authorities have produced “vile” statements against the country. The letter also stated that these positions could have “negative consequences” for the relationship between the two countries.
Later, Vice-president Hamilton Mourão and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the Chinese reaction.
Source: UOL