The Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference at 3 pm on March 7 in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People, inviting State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to answer questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on issues related to "China's foreign policy and foreign relations".
Singapore Lianhe Zaobao reporter: The United States is focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. Some scholars believe that this may check and balance China's influence.
How does China assess the concept of the "Indo-Pacific region and the four Indo-Pacific countries", and how will it affect the region?
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Wang Yi: The US "Indo-Pacific strategy" is becoming synonymous with bloc politics.
We have seen that the US is playing the game of geopolitical games in the name of promoting regional cooperation; it shouts that it wants to return to multilateralism, but it is actually closing an exclusive "club"; it claims to maintain international rules, but tries to Another set of their own "help rules."
From strengthening the "Five Eyes Alliance" to peddling the "four-sided mechanism", piecing together a trilateral security partnership, and tightening bilateral military alliances, the "May 4, 32" posture that the United States has deployed in the Asia-Pacific region is by no means good news. Rather, it is a disaster that disrupts regional peace and stability.
Wang Yi: The real purpose of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" is to try to create an Indo-Pacific version of "NATO". It maintains the US-led hegemonic system, impacts the ASEAN-centered regional cooperation structure, and harms regional countries. overall and long-term benefits.
This countercurrent runs counter to the common vision of countries in the region to seek peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, and is doomed to have no future.
Wang Yi: The Asia-Pacific is a hot spot for cooperation and development, not a geopolitical chess game.
China has always been rooted in the Asia-Pacific, building the Asia-Pacific, and benefiting the Asia-Pacific.
We welcome proposals that meet regional realities and meet the needs of all parties; we are firmly opposed to proposals to provoke regional confrontation and create camp confrontation.
China is willing to work with all parties to distinguish right from wrong, stick to the right path, resist "Indo-Pacific" confrontation with "small circles", build a "big stage" for Asia-Pacific cooperation, and join hands to move towards an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future.
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(Organized according to web text live broadcast)