Lu Shaye

In December 2022, Lu said of the [[2022 COVID-19 protests in China]] that, “Foreign forces came into play already on the second day”.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=Diplomat blames ‘foreign forces’ for boosting China’s Covid-19 protests |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3203384/diplomat-blames-foreign-forces-boosting-chinas-covid-19-protests |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

In December 2022, Lu said of the [[2022 COVID-19 protests in China]] that, “Foreign forces came into play already on the second day”.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=Diplomat blames ‘foreign forces’ for boosting China’s Covid-19 protests |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3203384/diplomat-blames-foreign-forces-boosting-chinas-covid-19-protests |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

On 22 April 2023 in a televised interview with [[Darius Rochebin]], Lu stated that former [[post-Soviet countries|Soviet countries]] “have no effective status in international law”. When asked whether he thought Crimea belonged to Ukraine, Lu said, “it depends on how you perceive the problem”, adding that “it’s not that simple” and that Crimea was “Russian at the beginning”, without specifying what he meant by beginning.{{Cite tweet |user=LCI |number=1649494075358294016 |title=Question test “Est-ce que la Crimée, à vos yeux, c’est l’Ukraine ?.}}{{cite web | title= China’s ambassador to France says former Soviet countries have ‘no status in international law’ | url=https://kyivindependent.com/chinas-ambassador-to-france-says-former-soviet-countries-have-no-effective-status-in-international-law/ |newspaper=[[The Kyiv Independent]] |publisher=|access-date=22 April 2023}} His intervention on Crimea prompted a response from Ukraine’s ambassador to France Vadym Omelchenko who suggested raising the question “who owns [[Vladivostok]]?” with the Chinese ambassador next time.{{cite web | title= Посол дорікнув дипломату Китаю у Франції, для якого “не все просто” зі статусом України і Криму | url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/04/22/7399008/ |newspaper=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |publisher=|access-date=22 April 2023| lang=uk}}{{Cite tweet |user=OmelchenkoVadym |number=1649695934056374272 |title=Question test “A qui appartient la Crimée?” est révélatrice comme d’habitude.}} The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] of [[Latvia]] [[Edgars Rinkēvičs]] issued a response on [[Twitter]] stating that Lu’s remarks were “completely unacceptable”, and demanded an “explanation from the Chinese side and [a] complete retraction of this statement”. He also further stated that Latvia, along with [[Lithuania]] and [[Estonia]], would

On 22 April 2023 in a televised interview with [[Darius Rochebin]], Lu stated that former [[post-Soviet countries|Soviet countries]] “have no effective status in international law”. When asked whether he thought Crimea belonged to Ukraine, Lu said, “it depends on how you perceive the problem”, adding that “it’s not that simple” and that Crimea was “Russian at the beginning”, without specifying what he meant by beginning.{{Cite tweet |user=LCI |number=1649494075358294016 |title=Question test “Est-ce que la Crimée, à vos yeux, c’est l’Ukraine ?.}}{{cite web | title= China’s ambassador to France says former Soviet countries have ‘no status in international law’ | url=https://kyivindependent.com/chinas-ambassador-to-france-says-former-soviet-countries-have-no-effective-status-in-international-law/ |newspaper=[[The Kyiv Independent]] |publisher=|access-date=22 April 2023}} His intervention on Crimea prompted a response from Ukraine’s ambassador to France Vadym Omelchenko who suggested raising the question “who owns [[Vladivostok]]?” with the Chinese ambassador next time.{{cite web | title= Посол дорікнув дипломату Китаю у Франції, для якого “не все просто” зі статусом України і Криму | url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/04/22/7399008/ |newspaper=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |publisher=|access-date=22 April 2023| lang=uk}}{{Cite tweet |user=OmelchenkoVadym |number=1649695934056374272 |title=Question test “A qui appartient la Crimée?” est révélatrice comme d’habitude.}} The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] of [[Latvia]] [[Edgars Rinkēvičs]] issued a response on [[Twitter]] stating that Lu’s remarks were “completely unacceptable”, and demanded an “explanation from the Chinese side and [a] complete retraction of this statement”. He also further stated that Latvia, along with [[Lithuania]] and…