The Chinese Foreign Ministry released a report on Friday, exposing that the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy, or NED, has long acted as the U.S. government's "white gloves" in carrying out subversion, infiltration and sabotage across the world.
The report, namely "The National Endowment for Democracy:What It Is and What It Does," finds that NED has long engaged in subverting state power in other countries, meddling in other countries' internal affairs, inciting division and confrontation, misleading public opinion, and conducting ideological infiltration, all under the pretext of promoting democracy. Its innumerable evil deeds have caused grave harm and drawn strong condemnation from the international community.
The report says that in recent years, NED has kept changing tactics and gone even further in acting against the historical trend of peace, development and win-win cooperation. It has become more notorious for its infiltration, subversion and sabotage attempts against other countries.
It is imperative to unmask NED and alert all countries to the need to see through its true colors, guard against and fight back its disruption and sabotage attempts, safeguard their national sovereignty, security and development interests, and uphold world peace and development and international fairness and justice, the report says.
Under the guise of democracy, freedom, and human rights, the United States has used NED for infiltration, interference and subversion against other countries. This has grossly violated other countries' sovereignty, security and development interests, blatantly breached international law and basic norms of international relations, and severely jeopardized world peace and stability. Such unpopular and despicable acts are firmly opposed by the international community, the report says.
The world is moving toward multipolarity, and greater democracy in international relations is needed. Every country has the right to pursue a development path suited to its national realities and the needs of its people. No country is in a position to lecture others on democracy and human rights, still less using democracy and human rights as excuses to infringe upon the sovereignty of other countries, interfere in their internal affairs and incite ideological confrontation, the report says.
Following humanity's common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom, members of the international community should engage in exchanges and dialogue on the basis of mutual respect and equality, and work together to contribute to the progress of humanity, the report adds.
NED acts as US gov't's 'white gloves' in carrying out subversion, infiltration and sabotage: report
Multiple Chinese chambers of commerce on Saturday voiced their firm opposition to the unilateral imposition of "reciprocal tariffs" by the United States.
They also expressed strong support for the Chinese government in taking all necessary countermeasures, according to statements from the chambers of commerce for import and export in various sectors, including those related to textiles, foodstuffs, machinery and electronics, light industrial goods, medicines and health products, as well as metals, minerals and chemicals.
Following the U.S. move to slap "reciprocal tariffs" on all its trading partners, China announced that it will impose an additional 34-percent tariff on all products imported from the United States starting from April 10.
Other measures against U.S. tariffs included the implementation of rare earth export controls starting April 4, the addition of 11 U.S. companies to the unreliable entity list, 16 U.S. companies being placed on the export control list, and the suspension of six U.S. firms from exporting food and agricultural products to China.
In its statement, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles called on the United States to listen to the voices of the global industry and consumers, correct its harmful and self-destructive actions as soon as possible, and return to the right course.
The China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products firmly opposed the U.S. trade protectionism and called on enterprises to unite, strengthen cooperation, and jointly explore domestic and international markets.
The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products condemned the U.S. unilateral trade protectionism, noting the move not only seriously violates international trade rules, but also seriously disrupts the global economic and trade order. It urged its members and non-members to to remain united in adhering to an open, win-win internationalization strategy. It emphasized the importance of actively adjusting foreign trade strategies, exploring diversified markets, and accelerating the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade.
The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Light Industrial Products and Arts-Crafts stated that U.S. actions seriously violate WTO rules and will have a significant negative impact on global economic development and supply chain stability. It also appealed to the global industry, industry enterprises from various countries, and upstream and downstream partners to join forces in opposing the U.S. trade bullying practices.
The China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters urged the U.S. government to immediately revoke its unilateral tariff measures.
Highlighting that the health rights of people worldwide should not be undermined by unfair trade measures, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products strongly opposed the unilateral trade bullying actions taken by the United States.
Multiple Chinese chambers of commerce resolutely oppose US "reciprocal tariffs"
