Beijing Dec 2 Coercive diplomacy is creating havoc around the world, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing on Friday.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said he had discussed with NATO colleagues in a meeting in Bucharest how to respond to China's challenges. According to him, the United States is concerned about China's coercive policy, the spread of false information, and the rapid and non-transparent military development.
«Relevant US statements are black for white, full of Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice,» the diplomat said. .
According to him, it is Washington that is the instigator and the true master of coercive diplomacy, «from threats of force to political isolation, from economic sanctions to technological blockade, the United States stops at nothing and one after another demonstrates classic examples of coercive diplomacy.»
Zhao Lijian added that the United States has countless cases of disinformation spreading, from the Cold War, when they launched Operation Mockingbird, planning to influence the media and manipulate public opinion, to the new century, when they used washing powder and White Helmets. «to unleash wars in Iraq and Syria, and then fabricated the «lie of the century» to denigrate China's policy in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
«It is the United States that creates chaos around the world through the indiscriminate use of force … US ships are constantly appearing in all parts of the world for saber-rattling. Who ultimately undermines international and regional security and stability? The truth is obvious at a glance,» he said.
The diplomat stressed that «the United States must immediately stop the slanderous attacks on China, and maintaining a healthy and stable China-US relationship requires the joint efforts of both sides.» will implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and together with Beijing will pave the right way for the coexistence of China and the United States as major powers,» the official added.
On October 12, the United States published a national security strategy, the status of «the most serious geopolitical challenge» was assigned, for Russia — an actual threat to security. The document argues that Russia poses a direct threat to a free and open international system, irresponsibly undermining the basic laws of today's world order, and the PRC is named the only rival with the intention of changing the international order and increasing economic, diplomatic and military opportunities for this.