Chinese Embassy Slams U.S. Post on Mexico’s Independence Day

The Chinese Embassy in Mexico reacted on Thursday to a post by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico published on the occasion of Mexico’s Independence Day, stating that the Chinese diplomatic mission considers it a mockery of Mexico's national holiday and defaming of its bilateral trade cooperation with the Asian nation.

In a press release titled “Solemn Declaration,” the Chinese Embassy accused the U.S. Embassy of “mocking” Mexico’s national holiday with the phrase “Viva México Made in China,” which alleged that fireworks, noisemakers, and even Mexican flags are imported from China, thereby defaming trade cooperation between China and Mexico.

“On the national holiday, the most solemn day of the host nation, an embassy, instead of expressing its congratulations, used the occasion as a pretext to attack a third party. What this embassy has done lacks the minimum diplomatic courtesy and basic respect toward the Mexican people.”

The embassy emphasized that a nation's independence day belongs to its people, and how and with what to celebrate it is decided by those people alone. It also pointed out that an independent state has every right to choose its partners sovereignly, highlighting that trade cooperation between China and Mexico is not new and dates back more than four centuries to the Manila Galleon.

The Chinese diplomatic representation criticized the U.S. Embassy for turning Mexico’s national holiday “into a stage for attacking a third country and a pawn in its geopolitical games,” with comments that fully exposed its “mentality of supremacy and hegemony.” It also noted that many internet users questioned why the U.S. Embassy came to “spit venom” on other people's holidays.

The Chinese Embassy called on the U.S. Embassy in Mexico to respect the host nation and “promote friendship between the two peoples, rather than sowing discord and strife,” assuring that the transparent stunt is bound to fail and will ultimately hurt itself.

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