China responds to   Blinken statement on rules based order

Published:June 06,2022

By Staff writer

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently said at the Foreign Affairs Magazine Centennial Celebrationthat China posed “the most serious long-term challenge to that rules-based order,” which China made China to respond asking the US official to focus on their own domestic challenges. “We hope the US stop wasting the time and focus on fixing tons of their own domestic problems, playing the active role of the world’s peace and development,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, said, noting that it’s not the time the US  for manipulates the so-called democracy vs authoritarianism or magnify the differences between political systems.  

“Does it mean that the US can attack other sovereign countries militarily at will, while other countries can only keep quiet and endure it? Does it mean that the US can arbitrarily and unilaterally slap illegal sanctions on other sovereign countries, while other countries have to accept it? Does it mean that the US can attack, smear, suppress and contain other countries’ legitimate sovereignty, security and development rights without a bottom line, while other countries can only wait and never fight back?” Zhao asked. 

This is not so-called freedom nor order. It’s hegemony and bullying,” Zhao said, noting the so- called rules were rejected by people from other countries, who want equal and shared common security, common development and prosperity.
However,  US along with a few other countries want to impose what favors them rather than of common interest. The Chinese people clearly see through the US tactics of suppressing and containing China’s development, and such moves of provocation won’t succeed, Zhao said. 

It’s time for the US to reflect and truly assume the responsibilities for the world’s peace and development, the Chinese official said. The policy position of US towards the Communist Party of China, was also criticized as a position that provokes the blood and flesh bond between the CPC and the Chinese people, as well as promoting a Cold War mentality against China.