Thursday, March 28

China criticizes the US for saying that Beijing is a threat


discomfort in China for the position taken by USA compared to the Asian giant. regimen Xi Jinping has accused the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenfrom “vilifying” to Beijing by “exaggerating” the supposed Chinese threat in a speech in which he explained Washington’s political position, which sees in China the “most serious and long-term challenge” to world balance.

The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, has pointed out in a press conference that Blinken’s comments contain “false information, exaggerate the Chinese threat, interfere with the internal affairs of the country and denigrate its national policy”. Wang has pointed out that China is a staunch defender of the international order.

In a speech delivered Thursday at George Washington University, Blinken laid out the political position of the administration of Joe Biden regarding China, noting that the US is not seeking a “new Cold War” and that, given the weight of both powers, it is “one of the most complex relationships and with more consequences than we have in the world today”.

“China is the only country that is so intent on reshaping the international order like, increasingly, the economic diplomatic military and technological power to do it,” he said, in a harsher tone. “Beijing’s vision would take us away from the universal values ​​that have sustained much of the world’s progress in the last 75 years.” .

“More repression and aggression”

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In some sections of the speech, Blinken directly and unequivocally accused Beijing. “Under President Xi, the ruling Chinese Communist Party has become more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad,” he denounced, pointing to the mass surveillance about the citizens, repression of ethnic minorities or the seizure of power in the disputed and tense South China Sea.

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However, the Secretary of State also balanced to recognize that Beijing is a vital collaborator in the fight against climate changethe pandemic of covid-19 and in the economic turbulence, not without making a profile. “Competition does not have to lead to conflict. We are not looking for it. We will work to avoid it. But we will defend our interests against any threat,” he said.


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