China criticizes US as tensions rise in South Pacific

China criticizes US as tensions rise in South Pacific

Beijing: China on Friday criticised a speech by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that focused on relations between the world’s top two economic powers, saying the US was seeking to smear Beijing’s reputation.
In his Thursday address, Blinken said the administration of President Joe Biden wants to lead the international bloc opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into a broader coalition to counter what it sees as a more serious, long-term threat to global order from China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded that the US was essentially spreading disinformation and smearing China’s domestic and foreign policy.
The aim of Blinken’s speech was to contain and suppress China’s development and uphold US hegemony, Wang said. We strongly deplore and reject this.
As to the rules-based international order that the US advocates, all people with insight can see through that they are nothing but the rules formulated by the US and a few other countries with the aim at upholding the US-dominant international order,” Wang added.
The US always places its domestic law above international law and follows international rules selectively,” Wang said.
In his speech outlining the administration’s China policy, Blinken laid out a three-pillar approach to competing with Beijing in a race to define the 21st century’s economic and military balance.
Blinken said the administration believes China poses a major threat to the post-World War II order, even while the US sees Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine as the most acute and immediate threat to international stability.
Beijing’s vision would move us away from the universal values that have sustained so much of the world’s progress over the past 75 years, Blinken said. —Agencies

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