Pedro Sánchez, electric bikes and communist China: a series of mere coincidences?

On Monday, Spain's socialist president, Pedro Sánchez, began his second official trip to communist China in less than two years.

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The first trip was in March 2023. Then, with a very smiling face, Sánchez took the photo with dictator Xi Jinping that you can see above these lines, a clear sign that the Spanish socialist did not reproach the Chinese communist at all regarding the numerous human rights violations committed by his dictatorship.

This Monday, Sánchez met with Li Qiang, the prime minister of the Chinese communist dictatorship, and told him: "We want to build bridges to defend together a fair trade order that allows our economies to grow and benefit our industries and citizens."

On Wednesday, on the third and final day of his trip to the Asian country, Sanchez called on the European Union to reconsider tariffs on Chinese electric cars, thus favouring the dominant position of the Asian giant, whose powerful industry benefits from much less demanding working conditions and a more lax legislative framework than that of European car companies. Sánchez's about-face on this issue has angered Brussels, which believes that the Spanish socialist weakens the common European position against communist China.

This Thursday, one day after returning from communist China, Sánchez announced 40 million euros to promote the use of electric bicycles in Spain, stating: "It is about increasing the modal share of the bicycle in daily travel and having more bicycles in more cities, for more people", claiming that in this way we will have "healthier, cleaner, more agile and more welcoming" cities.

Yesterday, Víctor Sánchez del Real pointed out a very interesting fact about Sánchez's latest quip: Communist China is the world's largest producer of electric bicycles. Coincidentally, bicycles from that country are also paying tariffs in the EU. If Sánchez were to succeed in having these tariffs cancelled, as he requested this week, communist China could obtain a dominant position in European imports, since currently, most of the electric bikes imported by the EU come from free China (Taiwan).

Given the long-standing friendly relationship between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the PSOE (the Socialist Party led by Pedro Sánchez), it is not hard to imagine which country will benefit the most from yesterday's announcement about bicycles. Beijing has been buying political favors from countries with economic problems for years, and Sánchez heads the most ruinous economy in the EU because of his socialist economic recipes. What promises have the leaders of the CPC - the absolute master of that country - made to Sánchez in exchange for these measures to favor Beijing's interests?

There may be people who prefer to believe in mere coincidences, but what we have seen this week is not. Just as José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero does with the Venezuelan socialist dictatorship, Sánchez is acting as a mere fixer for the communist dictatorship in Beijing, favoring its interests and tolerating its interference, as we already saw with the case of the police stations of communist China in Spain. Sánchez's announcement is not about ecology or public transport: it is another favor to his friends in Beijing, just as he has done with the tariffs on Chinese electric cars.

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Photo: La Moncloa. A picture of the friendly meeting held by socialist Pedro Sánchez and Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping on March 31, 2023 in Beijing.