China warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Washington doesn’t change course

“If the US doesn’t brake and continues to accelerate in the wrong direction, there won’t be enough obstacles to prevent it. derailment and we come to conflict and confrontation,” Qin warned during the National People’s Assembly, the Chinese legislature, held in Beijing this week.devastating consequencesIf Washington continues its “irresponsible games”.

China is watching with concern what it perceives as an unbiased conflict route set by Washington. While the red lines are ignored in Taiwan, technological warfare or military alliances in your backyard are chewing up all the calluses of China. They’re already on the horizon sanctions For China’s role in the war in Ukraine, despite the fact that the USA on several occasions did not and does not intend to send weapons to Russia. “There seems to be an invisible hand trying to prolong and aggravate the conflict,” he said, without needing further details. It is common for the Chinese press to talk about US arms and gas sales.

zero-sum game

The old guidelines were perceived at the press conference of the new head of the State Department. Washington’s cynicism is one of them. “The United States says it’s trying to compete with China, not conflict. But in reality, this so-called rivalry consists of containment and suppression, a zero-sum game where one lives and the other dies. Provinces are larger,” Qin predicted.

He also drew parallels between US military expansion, which he believed to have caused the war in Ukraine, and his abusive presence in the Pacific. Qin judges that this strategy is aimed solely at reining in China. We cannot allow a repeat of the cold war in Asia and a Ukrainian-style crisis here.”

Qin returned to Beijing after managing the Chinese embassy in the United States. Staying in Washington is a blessing to him. reputation as a calm and cool-headed typeEven at the height of bilateral tensions, it is more inclined to put out fires with cool blood than to fuel them. His appointment and retirement of loud voices followed the path Beijing had ordered months ago to build a “more loving image” and expand his circle of friends. This means that China’s isolation has increased and its recent “warrior wolves” diplomacyFounded to combat anti-Americanism, it was doomed. “We must be humble and humble,” the President asked, Xi Jinping.

New diplomat party

The “warrior wolves”, named after a noisy propaganda film, were talking about a new group of combative and active diplomats on social networks that China paradoxically censored. They work to satisfy the domestic audience, which confirms that the country is no longer shrinking as before, but tarnishes the image abroad. Qin referred to this controversial phenomenon that retires China’s centuries-old common sense. “There is no shortage of kindness and kindness in Chinese diplomacy, but it has to deal with coyotes and wolves and has no choice but to deal with them. Such allusions to warrior wolves are a deceptive narrative and those who use it don’t. Understanding China or having ulterior interests,” he concluded. . More time will be needed to see what tone Qin sets in Chinese diplomacy.