China urges the United States to abandon its Cold-War mentality and stop distorting China's strategic intentions, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian on Thursday.
Lin made the remarks at a regular press conference in Beijing when responding to the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell's allegation that China has emerged as the biggest challenge in the history of the United States.
"The US official made these remarks to peddle the 'China threat' narrative and advocate bloc confrontation in disregard of facts. They are steeped in Cold-War and zero-sum mentality and ideological bias. China strongly deplores this. The US has viewed the international landscape and identified China-US relations from the perspective of strategic competition, and wrongfully seen China as the 'top challenge.' The US is actually projecting its own hegemonic mentality onto other countries, and making a serious misjudgment on China and the China-US relations. This does not serve the fundamental interests of the two peoples, or meet the extensive aspiration of the international community. China is committed to carrying out friendly cooperation with all countries in the world, and we do not target any third party when developing normal relations with other countries. By contrast, the US has been strengthening its military alliances, patching up small groupings against China, and coercing other countries to choose sides," he said.
"China pursues a defensive national defense policy. We develop finite military capabilities to safeguard national security and we do not target any country. Who is flexing muscles and who is resorting to military means wantonly to solve problems? Facts fully prove that the international community has its fair judgment," Lin noted.
"China urges the US to discard its Cold-War and zero-sum mentality, stop spreading the 'China threat' narrative, stop misinterpreting China’s strategic intentions, act on President Biden’s 'five-noes' commitment, and work with China to uphold mutual respect, peaceful co-existence and win-win cooperation, and promote the steady, sound and sustainable development of China-US relations," he continued.
China urges US to stop spreading "China Threat" theory
