“There Born in recent years it has come to the Asia-Pacific region to assert its weight and fuel the conflicts ». The words of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin sound like an attack on the military organization in the North Atlantic. And they are a response to British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s warning Beijing it must “respect the rules”.
nuclear war? Above: “Only threats. There will be a Cold War 2.0”
China attacks NATO, the reasons
China’s statements on NATO follow Truss’s speech, in which the British Foreign Secretary said Beijing “will not continue to grow unless it plays by the rules”. And then he added: «China needs trade with the G7. We (ed., the Group of Seven) represent about half of the world economy. And we make decisions – Truss continued –. We have shown with Russia what decisions we are ready to take when international rules are violated.” A clear reference to China’s refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, one of its closest allies, drawing criticism and calls from European and other governments to use its influence on Moscow.
Beijing’s support for Russia
Beijing is committed to developing “a new model of international relations” with the Russia. Recent statements by Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian sound like support for Moscow and a challenge for the United States. “An important result of the success of Sino-Russian relations is that both sides are rising above the Cold War-era model of military and political alliance,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian. He then added that it will differ from the “Cold War mentality” some countries have been showing: the criticism is aimed at US cooperation with blocs like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose expansion Beijing says led to Russia’s onslaught have.
© REPRODUCTION RESERVED