March 12, 2024

China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday excoriated a series of US' latest maneuvers that Washington says aim to "outcompete China," warning that the US' engagement in malign competition puts the fundamental interests of the Chinese and US peoples and even the future of mankind at stake and will only push the two countries toward confrontation and conflict. 

US officials have in recent days stepped up efforts to crack down on and contain China on multiple fronts - from requesting additional funds to "outcompete China" and arm the island of Taiwan to trying to lure Asian countries into its tech restrictions against China. All these moves are bad for China-US bilateral ties, the Asia-Pacific region and the entire world, Chinese experts warned.

Chinese officials and experts further pointed out that the US' focus on major-country contest, politicization of economic and trade issues, and interference in other countries' internal affairs will not only fail to help address a litany of problems within the US but will actually backfire on the US itself. 

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