4月21日，前新加坡總理李顯龍妻子何晶在臉書上轉發一篇評論文章。該文稱，習執政12年來「一直表現得像個黑幫老大」，引發關注。ZT

文章題目為「如果習近平過去12年沒有黑幫老大的作風，中國今天就有更大的全球影響力」原文由波蘭籍裴卓斯（Michael Petraeus）發表在4月18日。文章開篇直指，習近平近日在東南亞持續展開的「魅力」攻勢，懇求十多年來一直被其掠奪的鄰國與其合作，顯得滑稽可笑，已暴露出中國的處境有多麽糟糕。

文章說，居然是習近平談「抵制對抗」和「保護主義」。正是這個人，把南海「九段線」強加於東協國家，違反國際法宣稱南海大部分區域屬於中國，且在有爭議的島礁上建造軍事設施，並派海警船騷擾他國船隻。中共禁止許多外國企業在境內經營，違背了加入世貿組織前做出的關於國家補貼、知識產權法、法律公平、消除貿易法律障礙、向外國實體開放市場以及停止強制技術轉讓的所有承諾，現在卻說「保護主義是壞事」。

文章表示，自從習近平執政12年來，「一直表現得像是個黑幫老大」，就像中國版的「柯里昂」（Don Corleone，電影「教父」系列中的黑幫老大），總是向所有人提出「無法拒絕的提議」，如今卻希望受害者把他當成朋友和夥伴。

僅在東盟，中共常遭質疑「一帶一路」投資、債務陷阱或試圖低價傾銷他國以轉移產能，就使廉價商品淹沒這些國家，導致其國內產業瀕臨崩潰。如今，習近平開始呼籲與歐洲建立夥伴關係，但中共在俄烏戰爭中支持莫斯科，這是一場針對西方的戰爭。

文章還稱，儘管川普可能在全球受到指責，但他有意與所有國家達成協議，一旦協議生效，美國仍被廣為信任能履行協議。但中共並非如此，因為中共以不公平對待合作夥伴而聞名。中共十多年來對他國的虐待不能被忽視，彷彿什麼都沒發生過。這就是為什麼習近平不能指望世界跟隨他與川普作戰。

原文转发如下：

By                                                                                                        Michael Petraeus                                                            

                               Apr 18, 2025                                                    

China would hold more sway in the world today if Xi Jinping hasn’t been a mobster for the past 12 years

This one time Xi cannot make an offer others can't refuse.

Xi Jinping's ongoing charm offensive in Southeast Asia is a really comical spectacle, revealing just how bad the situation in China must be at the moment that the emperor himself has to plead for cooperation with the neighbours he's been shamelessly trying to rob for over a decade.

Imagine that? Xi Jinping talks about "resisting confrontation" and "protectionism".

The very same man who has imposed the nine-dash line on ASEAN nations, claiming most of the South China Sea for Beijing against international law, building Chinese military facilities on disputed islands and using the coast guard to harass vessels of other countries.

Now he dares to come and say – "Dear friends! Let's work together! Let's resist confrontation!"

Oh yes, and "protectionism" – ah, China, the shining beacon of free trade! The very same that banned many foreign companies from operating in the country, violated every commitment it made to the US before joining WTO regarding state subsidies, intellectual property laws, legal fairness, abolition of legal obstacles to trade, opening the market to foreign entities and cease coerced technology transfers, now says – "protectionism is bad!".

Sure, it's bad when someone is finally using it the other way around. Doesn't feel nice, does it?

For 12 years since taking over Xi Jinping has been behaving like a mafia boss, Chinese Don Corleone making everybody "offers they can't refuse". And he now expects his victims to welcome him as a friend and partner?

And we're only talking about ASEAN. China's often questionable Belt & Road investments, alleged debt traps or attempts to offload manufacturing capacity at dumping prices onto other nations, with the aim of flooding them with cheap goods to the point of implosion of their domestic industries, do not help China elsewhere as well.

Xi has now started calling for a partnership with Europe – the very same Europe China has been abusing no less than the USA, while supporting the murderous regime in Moscow, helping it wage war on Ukraine which, let's be honest, is really just a war on the West.

Just because the world loathes Donald Trump doesn't mean that Xi Jinping has become a palatable alternative.

Trump may currently be reviled worldwide but he has signalled intent to strike deals with all countries and once they are in force the US is generally trusted to honour them. The same cannot be said of China, which is not known for playing fair even with its partners.

Actions have consequences and more than a decade of abuses cannot be ignored as if nothing had happened only because you now share the same problem with your victims.

China has had decades to demonstrate that it is genuinely interested in supporting international multilateralism. And if it had, it would have paid dividends today.

It's quite paradoxical that for all the reported strategic, long-term focus that is supposed to drive China's governance, the country's international relations are marked by cynical, knee-jerk short-termism.

Which is why Xi Jinping can't expect the world to follow him into battle against Trump – and wouldn't really mind if the latter still came out on top in the stand-off with China.