PM Pedro Sánchez's Tsinghua Speech: A Masterclass in Diplomatic Rhetoric

On Monday evening after dinner, I met my good friend Julio for a quick beer before a scheduled phone call.

PM Pedro Sánchez's Tsinghua Speech: A Masterclass in Diplomatic Rhetoric Kaiser Y Kuo Apr 15, 2026 62 2 12 Share On Monday evening after dinner, I met my good friend Julio for a quick beer before a scheduled phone call. As a Spaniard working in Beijing as an EU diplomat, Julio had been invited to attend Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s speech at Tsinghua, and gave me an excellent and detailed account of it that had me eager to read it. I looked around for a copy of it online, but was only able at last to find one this morning. The translation below comes from La Moncloa and was translated from t

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