The US Secretary of State said Thursday that Beijing posed “the most serious risk of undermining the international order”.
China considered itself slandered on Friday by the speech of the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken, who judged that Beijing posedthe most serious risk of undermining the international order“. The purpose of this speech wasto stem and block China’s development and maintain US hegemony and power“, said a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin.
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In a much-anticipated speech on China, Joe Biden’s Secretary of State said Thursday that Washington was engaged in vigorous competition with Beijing to preserve the world order, but denied any desire to enter into a news “cold War“.
China again at the center of US concerns
This speech hasspread false information, exaggerated the Chinese threat, interfered in China’s internal affairs and slandered its internal and external policies“, denounced Wang Wenbin in front of the press. “China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition“, he added.
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Blinken’s intervention has put China back at the center of US geopolitical concerns, after several months monopolized by the war in Ukraine. “China is the only country that both intends to reshape the international order and increasingly has the means to do so economically, diplomatically, militarily and technologically.“said the US Secretary of State. “Beijing’s vision would take us away from the universal values that have underpinned much of the world’s progress in the past 75 years“, he added.
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