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Chinese Whispers { 70 images } Created 6 Mar 2020

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  • According to Joseph Nye who first introduced the concept of "soft power", it "co-opts people rather than coerces them". A free buffet, serving Sichuan food, cooked by chefs brought from the province for the occasion, opens following the end of performances.
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  • Photograph of Xi Jinping, Chinese President's addressing livethe virtual World Health Assembly being transmitted on a telephone, in the shuttered hallways of the Palas des Nations, where the assembly would normallly be held, if not for the coronvarus pandemic.
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  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
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"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
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  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
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"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
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  • Chen Yu, Chinese Ambassador to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, after a press conference at the Palais des Nations, in support of the Chinese candidate to head the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI), after critiscism of the idea of a Chinese running this organsiation, particularly in the US.
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  • Chen Yu, Chinese Ambassador to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, holding a press conference at the Palais des Nations, in support of the Chinese candidate to head the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI) based in Geneva, after critiscism of the idea of a Chinese running this organsiation, particularly in the US.
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  • Chinese translator's booth at the Council Chamber, duringa session of the Conference on Disarmament.
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  • Private Meeting of the non-aligning states plus China.
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  • Chinese Ambassador Chen Yu responding to the press following the election of the new Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI) at the organization's head quarters in Geneva. The election was won by the Singaporean Daren Tang, a candidature supported by the US, in principal opposition to a Chinese challenger, and was seen as a test of relative strength within the United Nations system.
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  • Daren Tang leaving the auditorium following his election as the new Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI) at the organization's head quarters in Geneva. His candidature was supported by the US, in principal opposition to a Chinese challenger, and was seen as a test of relative strength within the United Nations system.
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  • Chinese and Russian ambassadors Chen Yu and Gennady Gatilov, in discussion following the election of the new Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI) at the organization's head quarters in Geneva. The election was won by the Singaporean Daren Tang, a candidature supported by the US, in principal opposition to a Chinese challenger, and was seen as a test of relative strength within the United Nations system.
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  • After a press conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, pictured centre, with his senior communications specialist at left, who was previously stationed in London.
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  • Chinese presentation coordinated with a Russian one, decrying the US nuclear capabilities, claiming plans undermined international treaties, at theCPnferenceon Disarmament.
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  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken in the room, and by phone.
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  • Grand scale lunchtime event in the Salle des Pas Perdu, the principal hallway of the grand Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office Geneva, promoting Sichuan Province in China.  As long ago as 2011, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that it was a national goal to "build our country into a socialist cultural superpower"
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  • Getting ready for a Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu.
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  • Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu.
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  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
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"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"<br />
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Here shown speaking to the representative of a HK TV channel, who also happens to be President of the Association, and from mainland China.
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  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
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  • Before a press conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19,  the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu taks with an American wire reporter. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu.
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  • Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, with support from the mission's health expert.
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  • Chinese officials wait for news, outside the auditorium where delegates vote in the election of the new Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI) at the organizations head quarters in Geneva. The election was won by the Singaporean Daren Tang, a candidature supported by the US, in principal opposition to a Chinese challenger, and was seen as a test of relative strength within the United Nations system.
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  • Chinese Ambassador Chen Yu responding to the press following the election of the new Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI) at the organization's head quarters in Geneva. The election was won by the Singaporean Daren Tang, a candidature supported by the US, in principal opposition to a Chinese challenger, and was seen as a test of relative strength within the United Nations system.
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  • Chinese Ambassador Li Song, Deputy Permanent Representative of PR China to the UN in Geneva,  making a special statement on the coronavirus at the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency.
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  • Chinese Ambassador Li Song, Deputy Permanent Representative of PR China to the UN in Geneva, confering with a councellor before requesting to deliver a speech on the coronavirus at the beginning of the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency,.
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  • Chinese officials before the opening of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency.
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  • Chinese official watching proceedings on a video screen of the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
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  • Demonstration outside the UN by Taiwanese Americans on the occasion of the World Health Organization's annual ' health walk' prior to its general assembly in the Palais des Nations. Due to Chinese objections Taiwan is not a member of the WHO.
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  • Unintentional moment, showing assistants wearing masks at an online press briefing by Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, in which the stated that politicalisation of the crisis was 'absurd and ridiculous', while refusing to say if and when international experts from the WHO would be allowed to join investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in China. He also stated that it was not china's purpose to "deliberately seek global influence by providing more funding" to the WHO. He also played a video cartoon mocking the US reaction to the pandemic.
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  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
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  • Tibetan exiles demonstrating outside the United Nations in Geneva on the occassion of an official visit to the UN by Chinese President Xi jinping the next day: Permission to demonstrate on the same day as the visit was refused for 'security reasons'.
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  • Tibetan exiles demonstrating outside the United Nations in Geneva on the occassion of an official visit to the UN by Chinese President Xi jinping the next day: Permission to demonstrate on the same day as the visit was refused for 'security reasons'.
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  • Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Chen Yu, at the opening of the Human Rigts Council's frist session for 2020. China is no longer a member of the council, having held a seat for teh maxiumum of two cycles, so is forced to take a back seat - further out in the circular hall.
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  • Tibetan exiles demonstrating outside the United Nations in Geneva on the occassion of an official visit to the UN by Chinese President Xi jinping the next day: Permission to demonstrate on the same day as the visit was refused for 'security reasons'.
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  • Tibetan exiles and Uyghur people demonstrating outside the United Nations in Geneva on the occassion of an official visit to the UN by Chinese President Xi jinping the next day: Permission to demonstrate on the same day as the visit was refused for 'security reasons'.
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  • UN Human Rights Council side event 'co-sponsored' by China and Cameroun "International Symposium on Counter-Terrorism, Deradicalization and Promotion and Protection of Human Rights".
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  • Us ambasador and advisor in discussion during a speech by teh Chiense ambasador Li Song in the Conference on Disarmament.
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  • Chinese presentation coordinated with a Russian one, decrying the US nuclear capabilities, claiming plans undermined international treaties, at theCPnferenceon Disarmament.
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  • Grand scale lunchtime event in the Salle des Pas Perdu, the principal hallway of the grand Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office Geneva, promoting Sichuan Province in China. As long ago as 2011, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that it was a national goal to "build our country into a socialist cultural superpower"
    Chinese_Whispers44.jpg
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  • Grand scale lunch event in the Salle des Pas Perdu, the principal hallway of the grand Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office Geneva, promoting Sichuan Province in China.  As long ago as 2011, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that it was a national goal to "build our country into a socialist cultural superpower"
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  • Pandas for sale at the chinese stand at 'UN Bazaar' day organized for charity by the UN Women's Guild.
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  • Chinese presentation coordinated with a Russian one, decrying the US nuclear capabilities, claiming plans undermined international treaties, at theCPnferenceon Disarmament.
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  • Chen Yu, Chinese Ambassador to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, holding a press conference at the Palais des Nations, in support of the Chinese candidate to head the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO / OMPI) based in Geneva, after critiscism of the idea of a Chinese running this organsiation, particularly in the US. He is being photographed by one of his staff.
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  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. The WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations. The meeting is being led  by Thomas Grein (in green sweater). Current emergency situations, including coronavrius and ebola were discussed.
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  • Broadcasting into an empty building, a screen displays a tweet form WHO chief Tedros defending his organisation's actions from the beginning of the coronavirus crisis: "We sounded the alarm early and we sounded it often". Abandoned UN offices, empty corridors, locked rooms, the United Nations in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva, with more than 1,600 staff, normally a focal point for multilateral diplomacy, holding more than 8,000 meetings a year, one of the busiest conference centres in the world, and the biggest duty stations outside of United Nations headquarters in New York, deserted. The palais has been silent since 16th March.
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  • Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, with support from the mission's health expert.
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  • Online press briefing using Zoom, by Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, in which the stated that politicalisation of the crisis was 'absurd and ridiculous', while refusing to say if and when international experts from the WHO would be allowed to join investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in China. He also stated that it was not china's purpose to "deliberately seek global influence by providing more funding" to the WHO. He also played a video cartoon mocking the US reaction to the pandemic.
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  • Online press briefing using Zoom by Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, in which the stated that politicalisation of the crisis was 'absurd and ridiculous', while refusing to say if and when international experts from the WHO would be allowed to join investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in China. He also stated that it was not china's purpose to "deliberately seek global influence by providing more funding" to the WHO. He also played a video cartoon mocking the US reaction to the pandemic.
    China_v_WHO_02.jpg
  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
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  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
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  • Cartoon 'Once upon a virus' attacking the US position on the coronavirus played during an online press briefing via Zoom, by Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu (second down on right). He also stated that politicalisation of the crisis was 'absurd and ridiculous', while refusing to say if and when international experts from the WHO would be allowed to join investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in China. He also stated that it was not china's purpose to "deliberately seek global influence by providing more funding" to the WHO.
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  • Cartoon 'Once upon a virus' attacking the US position on the coronavirus played during an online press briefing via Zoom, by Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu (second down on right). He also stated that politicalisation of the crisis was 'absurd and ridiculous', while refusing to say if and when international experts from the WHO would be allowed to join investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in China. He also stated that it was not china's purpose to "deliberately seek global influence by providing more funding" to the WHO.
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