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China urges NATO to stop exaggerating 'China threat theory'

Published 06/15/2021, 12:37 AM
Updated 06/15/2021, 05:32 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's mission to the European Union urged NATO on Tuesday to stop exaggerating the "China threat theory" after the group's leaders warned that the country presented "systemic challenges".

NATO leaders on Monday had taken a forceful stance towards Beijing in a communique at United States President Joe Biden's first summit with the alliance.

"China's stated ambitions and assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security," NATO leaders had said.

The new U.S. president has urged his fellow NATO leaders to stand up to China's authoritarianism and growing military might, a change of focus for an alliance created to defend Europe from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

The NATO statement "slandered" China's peaceful development, misjudged the international situation, and indicated a "Cold War mentality," China said in a response posted on the mission's website.

China is always committed to peaceful development, it added.

"We will not pose a 'systemic challenge' to anyone, but if anyone wants to pose a 'systemic challenge' to us, we will not remain indifferent."

In Beijing, a spokesman for the foreign ministry, Zhao Lijian, said the United States and Europe had "different interests," and that some European countries "will not tie themselves to the anti-China war chariot of the United States".

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

G7 nations meeting in Britain over the weekend scolded China over human rights in its Xinjiang region, called for Hong Kong to keep a high degree of autonomy and demanded a full investigation of the origins of the coronavirus in China.

China's embassy in London said it was resolutely opposed to mentions of Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan, which it said distorted the facts and exposed the "sinister intentions of a few countries such as the United States."

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If they failed then explain to us why they are fast becoming number one biggest economy?
China and Russia have same geopolitical “problem” issue!They are engulfed by Westerns+India Powers..Same problem had *******in WII..
But in WII US had industry production superior toward Nazis which eventually lead to victory..Today China have industry production superior, which gives G7 headache..
All in this chat are posting here have no clue what the ***they ade talking about. Stop being bias for your country and just talk facts. Bith east and west are at fault so cant say obe is more right then the other guys sound stupid!
China is an abuser nation. building slave labor camps, where they brutalize and rape. using genocide as official policy with racial and cultural minorities. forming axis relationships with other fascist authoritarian regimes. the Chinese regime must be contained and neutralized before they start a war against their neighbors, and the West..Taiwan must be protected from the brutal Chinese barbarians.
Hong Kong, Taiwan, South China Sea, Xinjiang... all those are China's internal affairs. We have no say in it... Just like when we setup child camps in the southern border, separating kids from their parents, China doesn't interfere in what we do...
D9 is paid for Ch!Com propaganda. All this talk if of peace, proof, and he said / xi said. All the while threating india, japan, austalia et al. No access to wuhan lab and a lot of Ch!Com double speak. ICU on FB & twit.
When you say someone is this and that, who did this or that, we need proof... without that, you can't fool the educated person...
you sound confused David you and your alter egos are being beaded as a supporters of genocide. the world knows about the crimes against humanity that China is guilty of..and continues to commit.
Meanwhile, we all know NATO is not only a threat to the world, but also killed a lot of innocent civilians, of course in the name of democracy, while you should read chaos.
we all know about the Chinese slave labor camps were Chinese guards abuse inmates, raping young women and castrating young men.
Please give us proof, without proof you spitting he said she said...
Patience and some other media and the righteous wrath against the Chinsect menace is rising again. We will never forget and never forgive.
Mohamed ..that's right the Chinese are committing genocide against their own population, and threatening other nations sovereignty. their committing one abuse after another against their own citizens, the world will not forgive or forget. the world went to war and destroyed other fascist authoritarian regimes who conducted the same inhuman policies and destroyed them, and at that time China was one of those nations that helped defeat the fascist enemies . now China is a poor pathetic moral bankrupt basket case without honor or decency. committed to an authoritarian dictatorship.
If they are committing this to their citizens then explain to us why theire is a Harvard study that shows more than 90% of chinese citizens supported their government, why China is able to erraticate poverty, why China's economy is keep rising fast, why China is becoming the number one country in GDP in a few years.... explain to us... we waiting...
China is a peaceful nation that successfully gifted Covid 19 to mankind,while the entire world is suffering,they are back to normal life and enjoying ...who betrayed the humanity the answer is simple truth ,it's the rouge nation China ....
That has not conclude yet.... the scientists will eventually turn and look for the origin of the virus elsewhere... scientists goes by facts not by political motivation...
The real truth here is, China is no treat to any countries. They just have an unbelievable long term strategy... they spent heavily building up their infrastructure and supply chain for decades... there is really no match to compete economically with China... they are going to be the biggest power house for decades to come as their middle class expand... all countries need to trade with China to survive...
Sun tzu “if you want peace, prepare for war”
If China tenticles reach Eu, Nato has to do something. Except talk tough, Nato is weak. They could not defense Ukraine,its members. They shoud prepare now or it will be late.
They dont threat u if u obey. There is no threat if the world is under China’s hand.
david9 through its actions China is a threat to world peace. China rationalizes its unnecessary military buildup. its ridiculous claims to the South China sea.building slave labor camps for it's racial and cultural minorities. these actions by the Chinese, smack of the German third Reich in the 1930s. No wonder the g7 nations are warning China They had to fight Germany's fascism with the only thing The axis powers understood military power, they had to destroy Germany. Now fascist China and Fascist Russia are in the process of forming another fascist axis. eventually they will be a center stage threat to the western democracies survival. if China and Russia don't change their behavior their regimes will be put down and destroyed.
All these western countries are very jealous of China's rise... they are wasting their time spreading lies and fearmongering... 20 years from now, China's GDP will be doubled our size... we just need to learn and accept the facts, cause no country will be able to keep China down... they are an economic machine...
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China is a pathetic, corupe authoritarian dictatorship. and they have nothing to be jealous off. China is constantly spreading lies and propaganda. China can't be trusted with any kind of leadership. they are an abuser nation.
NATO wants to know how best to carve up roast pork
They are looking to bbq, but they ain't got any pork to do it...
Can NATO spend the use of time and energy in helping solve climate change, homelessness, the rich and poor division, racism, police brutality, high medical costs, inflation, etc.... too many real problems to deal with, instead of creating problems around the world, spreading propaganda and fear mongering, etc.....
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I have proof … YOU! He said/Xi said … the truth does not need paid propagandists
Is Trump still paying you?
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