Country which allows the torture of dogs makes donation to Service Dogs Foundation (WARNING: Graphic Content)

Those familiar with China and the Chinese Communist Party know very well the kind of cynical diplomacy Beijing practices. China’s foreign policy is built on lies, deception, and cold-blooded treachery. It says one thing, then does the exact opposite.

Take its offshore expansion. China repeatedly presented its construction of artificial islands as peaceful civilian development. In reality, those islands were later transformed into military installations. This is Beijing’s method: smile in public, militarise in private, and lie throughout the whole process.

Now, in Malta, China is engaging in the same kind of revolting diplomatic theatre by promoting goodwill and support for the Service Dogs Foundation. This is not kindness. It is propaganda. It is a cynical attempt to sanitise the image of a state that tolerates shocking levels of animal cruelty.

China has no serious national animal welfare law protecting pets from abuse. Videos of people torturing dogs and cats have circulated online for years, often with little or no consequence. The Chinese state knows this happens, and yet it allows this cruelty to persist. That is not negligence. It is a political choice.

The Chinese Communist Party runs a society based on control, humiliation, fear, and submission. It bullies its own people, crushes dissent, and treats basic freedoms with contempt. In such a brutal system, cruelty flows downward. A state that normalises bullying and authoritarian violence should not be surprised when violence is reproduced in society, including against defenceless animals.

Do you remember the Japanese cat-killer in Malta? He was inspired by a Chinese man who uploaded videos of cats being tortured. That is the kind of depraved online culture that flourishes when a state refuses to treat animal cruelty as a serious crime.

So when Beijing turns up in Malta pretending to care about service dogs, nobody should be fooled. This is not compassion. It is image-laundering by a regime with blood on its hands and cruelty embedded in its political culture.

China’s Communist regime is evil, and no amount of diplomatic theatre, staged charity, or smiling embassy propaganda will cover that up.

Below is very graphic content that includes the torture of dogs in China.

Mark Camilleri

Website Editor
Historian and Publisher