Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who ambushed a stunned U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during an early encounter in 2021 with allegations that America has a worse human rights record than China, gave Blinken one more political lecture on Saturday.
Wang told Blinken that China “does not seek hegemony or power politics” like the United States does, and it “has the best record among major powers on peace and security issues.”
Wang scolded Blinken on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Laos, telling him the U.S. must show more respect for the Chinese Communist Party’s “aspiration to seek happiness for the people and rejuvenation for the nation while adhering to the path of peaceful development.”
“Both sides should work together to promote stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations,” Wang said, strongly hinting that America has a lot more work to do than China.
“The bilateral relationship is at a critical juncture where it needs to be stabilized and improved, requiring continuous adjustment of direction, risk management, proper handling of differences, elimination of interference and promotion of cooperation,” he said.
Wang tossed in some boilerplate threats against Taiwan, warning that every “provocation” by “Taiwan independence forces” will be met with stern “countermeasures,” and then threatened America’s allies in the Philippines for good measure. Wang told Blinken that the United States must “stop fanning the flames, disrupting, and undermining maritime stability” by supporting Filipino claims to their own territorial waters in the South China Sea. […]
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