China considered itself slandered on Friday by the speech of the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken, who judged that Beijing posed "
the most serious risk of calling into question the international order
".
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.
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In a long-awaited speech on China, Joe Biden's Secretary of State said Thursday that Washington was engaged in a vigorous competition with Beijing in order to preserve the world order, but denied any desire to enter into a new "
cold war
".
China again at the center of US concerns
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.
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Blinken's intervention has put China back at the center of US geopolitical concerns, 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.