China feels 'slandered' by US Secretary of State's speech

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 26, 2022 in Washington.

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China felt slandered on Friday, May 27, by the speech of the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken.

The latter judged that Beijing posed "

 the most serious risk of undermining the international order

".

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The purpose of this speech was "

 to stem and block China's development and maintain American hegemony and power 

", said a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin.

In a long-awaited speech on China, Joe Biden's Secretary of State said Thursday, May 26, that Washington was engaged in a vigorous competition with Beijing in order to preserve the world order, but denied any desire to enter a new "

 cold war 

".

This speech "

 spread false information, exaggerated the Chinese threat, interfered in China's internal affairs and slandered its internal and external policies 

", Wang Wenbin denounced to the press.

"

 China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition 

," he added.

China again at the heart of American concerns

Antony Blinken's intervention put China back at the center of geopolitical concerns for the United States, after several months monopolized by the war in Ukraine.

China is the

 only country that both intends to reshape the international order and increasingly has the means to do so economically, diplomatically, militarily and technologically 

. American.

"

 Beijing's vision would take us away from the universal values ​​that have underpinned much of the world's progress in the past 75 years 

," he added.

US President Joe Biden, who often presents the current world in an opposition between democracies and autocracies, believes that this decade will be “

 decisive 

”, according to Antony Blinken.

In his speech, he denounced China's attitude of "

 increasing coercion 

" vis-à-vis Taiwan, while insisting that Washington's policy on this issue had not changed.

Joe Biden has caused trouble twice in recent months by indicating that the United States is ready to defend Taiwan militarily.

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