China News Service, Beijing, February 11 (Reporter Huang Yuqin) In response to US Secretary of State Blinken's claim that China "coerced" Australia by economic means, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on the 11th that China is not interested in foreign products exported to China. It is completely reasonable and legal to take corresponding measures, and to point out that the US itself is well-deserved for wearing the hat of "coercion" with detailed examples.
A reporter asked a question. According to reports, US Secretary of State Blinken said in an interview with Australian media that China's trade sanctions on Australia have backfired.
By coercing Australia with economic means, China will suffer even more losses, and it will think twice before doing so next time.
Australia's confrontation with China has set a powerful example for the world.
How does China respond to this?
Zhao Lijian said that with regard to "coercion", the United States itself deserves the hat of "coercion".
When it comes to so-called "coercion", the U.S. government calls the 1994 forced resignation of the Haitian military government "an example of coercive diplomacy." Competitors such as France's Alstom and Japan's Toshiba have coerced TSMC, Samsung and other companies to hand over their chip supply chain data, which can be called "textbook-like" "economic coercion".
Zhao Lijian emphasized that China has always taken relevant measures against foreign products exported to China in strict accordance with Chinese laws and regulations and the rules of the World Trade Organization based on the legitimate rights and interests of relevant industries and consumer safety.
The so-called "economic coercion" cannot be detained by China.
Any attempt to confuse right and wrong and malicious speculation by gangs is doomed to failure.
Asked by another reporter, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said on Friday that China has become more "aggressive" both domestically and regionally, but does not believe conflict in the Indo-Pacific region is inevitable.
What is China's comment?
Zhao Lijian said that the relevant remarks of the US politicians are purely rehearsal and full of political lies.
The purpose of the US playing up China's threat is to smear, suppress and contain China's development, which fully exposes the deep-rooted Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice of the US.
"In this region and around the world, when it comes to 'aggressiveness', if the United States calls itself the second, no country dares to call itself the first." Zhao Lijian said.
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