Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Beijing. File photoBEIJING, May 27 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin urged the United States not to inflate the «China threat» at a briefing on Friday, commenting on US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's statement about China's «serious challenge to the international order»Former Secretary of State USA Anthony Blinken, in his speech on US policy towards China, said that the US views China as «the most serious long-term challenge» to the international order. />America decided to catch up and overtake China»The American side said that China is the most serious long-term challenge to the world order, this is a distortion of the truth, China has always been, is and will be the defender of international order,» the diplomat said. Wang Wenbin stressed that Secretary of State Blinken's speech «spreading false information,» inflating the «China threat,» deliberately denigrating China's foreign and domestic policy in order to «restrain China's development.» «China expresses strong dissatisfaction and strongly protests,» he added. According to him, China defends the system of international relations, the core of which is the UN, maintains an international order based on international law, while the US imposes its own rules and only seeks to protect the order in which it plays a leading role.
Communism and billions. How sanctions against Russia will hit ChinaThe Chinese diplomat also urged the US not to interfere in China's internal affairs. «We would also like to caution the American side against underestimating the Chinese people's strong determination, strong will and broad capabilities in protecting national sovereignty and territorial integrity,» Wang added. In his speech, Blinken also announced the creation of a new structure within the State Department to coordinate and implementation of the policy related to China: it will be called «China House». According to him, «the scale and scope of the challenges thrown by the PRC will be such a test for American diplomacy that we have not seen before.» -0-
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