The Holy See and China

The credibility that the diplomatic corps of the Holy See has built over centuries can be jeopardised by a possible mishandling of relations with China. In my piece for The Times of Malta (17.II.2018), I argue why it would be dangerous for the Church to enter into such an agreement:

"While China may have economic and financial stability, its regime is morally and ethically bankrupt. The former Nobel Prize laureate, the late Liu Xiaobo once observed that, in China “criminal elements have become officialised as officials have become criminalised”. He believed that democracies were China’s last hope.

When democratic governments choose to appease the Chinese government – when they refuse to address the numerous human rights abuses perpetrated by the regime – they become complicit in the crimes of the same regime."

The full piece may be read here.