Flags of the USA and China. File photoWASHINGTON, Oct 29 The United States, in its new national defense strategy, is developing a confrontational course towards China and, neglecting opportunities to strengthen peace, must be ready to respond, a former assistant to the American secretary of defense told RIA Novosti Chas Freeman. In a document published the day before, the Pentagon called China the only rival of the United States that seeks to reshape the existing world order and has a growing potential to do so. China urged the US to stop engaging with China from a position of strength «The strategy confirms and complements the US declaration of economic and technological war against China. China will react. It will be interesting to see how,» said the agency's source, who served during the presidency of Bill Clinton. defense strategy, he sees another manifestation of long-term American policy, national the new document, according to Freeman, places too much emphasis on the threat of military confrontation in order to help reduce tensions in the world and the Indo-Pacific region in particular. «The strategy equates deterrence and military confrontation … It does not contribute to the prospects for peace in any way,» he said.
