Chinese President Xi Jinping was filmed chastising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G20 summit in Indonesia. The 40-second video offers a rare glimpse into Xi's personal style of diplomacy.
Representatives for Trudeau's office and China's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.Wednesday's exchange was a rare, unscripted interaction from the typically calculated Xi, Ian Chong, a professor of political science at the National University of Singapore, told Insider.
"It suggests a certain ease with forcefulness on the part of Xi," Chong said."But he certainly is unafraid to put pressure on Canada and is unhappy about Canada revealing their own side of the exchange." Dylan Loh, an assistant professor in foreign policy at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, said the video captures only a portion of Xi and Trudeau's full exchange."That said, the clip does lend the impression of Xi dictating the pace of how relations should proceed, which can be taken also as an indication of diplomatic strength," he said.
Xi may have been trying to set a"standard" with Trudeau over what information can be shared with the public, said Lee Jonghyuk, an assistant professor of international studies at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. "One thing for sure is when having a bilateral talk, Xi does not want to follow the western custom that each individual leader can decide what kinds of content can be shared with the media," Lee told Insider."In China, the default is closed and confidential, and then, if they think to be opened, then carefully opened."
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