China says Nato has ‘messed up Europe’ and warns over role in Asia-Pacific
Helen Davidson in Taipei and agencies
In response to British foreign secretary’s warning that Beijing must ‘play by
the rules’, ministry of foreign affairs says Nato is stirring conflict
China’s ministry of foreign affairs has accused Nato of messing up Europe and s
tirring up conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region, after the UK’s foreign secreta
ry told China it should “play by the rules”.
In a speech at Mansion House in London on Wednesday, Liz Truss renewed calls to
boost Nato in the wake of the Ukraine war, and said the coordinated moves to i
solate Russia from the world economy proved that market access to democratic cou
ntries was no longer a given. Truss also delivered a direct warning to China.
“Countries must play by the rules. And that includes China,” she said.
On Thursday Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for China’s ministry of foreign affairs, d
ismissed Truss’s comments and accused Nato of demanding other countries abide
by basic norms while it has “wantonly waged wars and dropped bombs in sovereig
n states, killing and displacing innocent civilians”.
“Nato, a military organisation in the North Atlantic, has in recent years come
to the Asia-Pacific region to throw its weight around and stir up conflicts,” W
ang said.
“Nato has messed up Europe. Is it now trying to mess up the Asia-Pacific and ev
en the world?”
In her speech Truss said Nato had to pre-empt threats in the Indo-Pacific and ex
tend its outlook to democracies outside its membership, like Taiwan, which Beiji
ng claims is a breakaway Chinese province it must retake. She suggested China’s
economic rise – now the world’s second largest economy to Britain’s sixth –
could be targeted.
“[China] will not continue to rise if they do not play by the rules. China need
s trade with the G7. We [the Group of Seven] represent around half of the global
economy. And we have choices,” Truss said.
“We have shown with Russia the kind of choices that we’re prepared to make whe
n international rules are violated.”
China has refused to condemn the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, one of its close
st allies, drawing criticism and urgings from European and other governments to
use its influence on Moscow. A recent China-EU summit was reportedly strained as
Chinese representatives rebuffed pressure by European counterparts to help end
the war. Premier Li Keqiang said Beijing would pursue peace “in its own way”.
Beijing firmly opposes linking the Ukraine war to its relations with Moscow and
has said it will defend the rights of Chinese individuals and companies. On Thur
sday Wang said China’s position on the conflict had been “consistent and clear
”.
“We have always made independent judgments based on the merits of the case,” h
e said, adding no further detail.
Truss has previously accused China and Russia being “aggressors working in conc
ert”, telling Australian media she couldn’t rule out China using Russia’s inv
asion as an opportunity to launch its own act of aggression.
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英国外相警告中国应遵守规则
中国外交部回应北约已经毁了欧洲现在则想在亚洲挑起冲突
英国外相在再次呼吁各国加强对俄罗斯制裁后
又给了中国一个直接的警告
"各国应遵守规则 包括中国"
隔天中国外交部发言人驳斥英方发言
并且指控北约一面要求他国遵守规则一面发动战争残害无辜人民
北约是大西洋的军事组织 近年却开始染指亚太地区
北约已经把欧洲搞砸了现在想在亚太甚至是世界挑起争端吗?
英外相在她的演说中提到北约需在印太地区先发制人 预防可能的威胁 随着中国的经济成长
台湾 可能成为目标
一个北京宣称拥有主权的分离省份
只要中国不遵守规则就不能成长
因为它必须和占世界一半的G7贸易
而选择权在我们身上
已经以俄罗斯为例说明破坏国际规则会什么结果
中国拒绝因入侵乌克兰谴责俄罗斯
招来欧洲国家的批判
最近的欧-中会议因为中方拒绝帮助欧洲结束战争而显得相当紧张
李克强表示北京会以自己的方式追求和平
中外交发言人表示 北京坚决反对参与乌俄战争以维持与莫斯科关系和保护中国利益
中国在这场冲突的立场已经表明清楚了
我们一向是独立地对每件是做出决断
英国外相先前向澳洲媒体表示中俄是"侵略者互助会" 她不能排除中国会利用俄罗斯入侵作
为自己发动侵略的机会的可能性
德法表示:脱欧仔又开战场
又是一如往常的外交口水战
只是越骂越露骨了
目前最凶应该就这次