The Chinese Foreign Minister slams the policies of two faces ”: NPR

BEIJING – The senior China foreign policy official, Wang Yi, threw Beijing as a force for good and castigated the United States for being “two -sided”, at a press conference during the annual session of the Chinese parliament on Friday.

Last month, the Trump administration imposed a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports in the United States and added an additional 10% on Tuesday, arguing that China must do more to stop the flow of fatal fentanyl opioid in the United States.

China has accused President Trump of having used fentanyl as a pretext to threaten the country economically, and Beijing retaliated with counter-tale and other measures.

Wang approached the climbing of the trade war with the United States and promoted China as an ancient on the world scene while America is withdrawn from international participation. Here’s what he had to say about five key questions.

China’s relationship with the United States

Wang, who is a member of the Politburo elite and the Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister, had very little positive on China-US relations and rather offered criticism of America’s policies and exhortations to spread him.

Wang said that Trump’s prices on Chinese property and Trump’s will to have good relations with Beijing were incongruous.

“No country should expect to delete and contain China on the one hand while developing a good relationship with it on the other hand. Such a two-sided approach compromises not only the stability of bilateral relations, but fails to strengthen mutual trust,” he said.

On fentanyl, Wang said the problem is fundamentally the responsibility of the United States.

“In the spirit of humanitarianism, China has provided various forms of assistance in the United States, and the United States should not reimburse the good will to resent or impose unjustified prices. It is not the behavior of a major power,” he said.

Wang said science and technology “should not be tools for building iron curtains” – a reference to a range of American policies, including bans on China selling the most advanced micropuits.

“Wherever there is a blockade, there will be breakthroughs. Wherever there will be a suppression, there will be innovation,” said Wang. “High walls cannot block innovative thinking. Decoupling and bonds cut only to isolate those who impose them.”

More broadly, Wang has targeted the United States’s conflict approach in China.

“The United States should examine what has been won for years of pricing and commercial wars. Has the trade deficit has been reduced or increased? Has the competitiveness of manufacturing increased or decreased?”

Trump’s “first” foreign policy

We asked Wang directly if Trump’s retirement of multilateral forums, freezing foreign aid and tense relations with allies presented a strategic opening for China on the world scene. He has demoted.

“Imagine if each country prioritizes above all and has placed blind faith in power and status – this world would regress the law of the jungle, where the smaller and lower nations would bring the weight of instability, and the international system and based on the rules would be confronted with severe disturbance,” said Wang.

He said the main powers are responsible for fulfilling their international obligations and acting with responsibility. “The continuation of personal interest at the expense of others, or the power to intimidate, is unacceptable,” said Wang.

China’s stability will help “anchor an uncertain world”.

China-Russia relations

Trump’s inclination to Russia raised questions about him by making a possible “inverted Nixon”-that is to say by mobilizing in Moscow to isolate Beijing, overthrowing the script of President Richard Nixon from the early 1970s, when the United States engaged in China to put pressure on the Soviet union, its main rival of cold war.

But Wang said that “the historical logic” of the good relationships of China with Russia was firm.

“I would like to emphasize that, whatever the changes in the international landscape, the historical logic of Chinese-Russia friendship remains unchanged and the internal motor forces of our relationship remain strong,” said Wang.

“The two parties have been deeply thought out of historical experiences and have engaged in long-term, Bonbbborly relationships, complete strategic coordination and mutually beneficial cooperation. This approach serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples best and align with broader trends in development and global progress. China and Russia have established a unique model, which is no longer aligned.

Wang said that a mature, resilient and stable “relationship” will not change due to temporary events, and it will not be influenced by external influences. It is a constant in an uncertain world, not a variable in geopolitical competition. “”

War of Ukraine

China has tried to position itself as a potential mediator capable of helping to end the war in Ukraine, but since Trump’s foreign policy change towards Russia, Beijing has been largely left on the fringes.

“China welcomes and supports all efforts to reach peace. However, it is also important to recognize that this crisis has deep and complex historical roots – it has not been created overnight, and it cannot be resolved overnight,” said Wang.

He said that China was ready to work with the international community “in accordance with the wishes of the parties concerned, to play a constructive role in carrying out a sustainable resolution”.

“The world must evolve towards a new vision of security based on common security, complete, cooperative and sustainable. It is only by making that we can reach sustainable peace and stability-not only in Eurasia but worldwide,” he said.

Gaza

Wang was unequivocal when Trump’s plan was asked to start the Palestinians from Gaza and transform the territory in the United States to develop.

“Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people and is inseparable from the Palestinian territory,” said Wang.

“Any attempt to change the status of Gaza will not bring peace but will only trigger new troubles. … The will of the people should not be raped, and justice cannot be ignored. If great powers really care about the inhabitants of Gaza, they should put pressure for a complete and sustainable ceasefire, increase humanitarian aid, keep the principle of” Palestinians governing the Palestinians ” in Gaza “.