China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, today accused the USA how they increase the tension in the bilateral relationship and warned that if they do not change their approach, the world’s two largest will be led to “collision and confrontation”. The US government is pursuing a policy of repression and containment of China rather than adopting a fair, rules-based approach to competition, Mr Chin said during a speech on the sidelines of the annual proceedings of the Chinese parliament.
“The way China is perceived and the views of it in the US are seriously distorted,” the Chinese foreign minister said.
Washington “sees China as its main competitor and the most serious geopolitical challenge to it. This is like the first button on the shirt you put on wrong».
The US, Mr. Chin continued, should itself abide by the rules it talks about.
Washington “talks a lot about following the rules, but imagine two athletes taking part in a road race at the Olympics,” the Chinese foreign minister likened. “If one, instead of focusing on giving his best, tries to trip the other up, that’s not fair competition, but a malicious match, a foul.”
The US also says it wants to set up “safeguards” in the relationship with it China and that they do not seek conflict, he added, but in practice, this means that Beijing is called upon not to react either with words or actions when it is slandered or attacked.
“This is simply impossible,” said Mr. Chin, as reported by Reuters and the Athens News Agency.
“If the US does not brake, if it continues to accelerate down the wrong road, no buffer will prevent a derailment, which will turn into conflict and confrontation, and who will suffer the devastating consequences?”.
“If the US aspires to become great again,” the Chinese foreign minister added, using former President Donald Trump’s slogan rather deliberately, “it must be more open-minded about the development of other countries.”
“Deterrence and containment will not make America great. They will not stop China’s resurgence,” he added.
The issues causing friction between Beijing and the West have multiplied in recent years: they range from the treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority to the imbalance of trade balances, passing through the Taiwan affair, dominance in the field of technology, accusations of espionage …
They translated into the imposition of Western sanctions, above all American ones, especially in the trade field, which China retaliated against.
Source: News Beast
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