July 12, 2023

The NATO Summit communiqué released on Tuesday mentioned China much more than past summit declarations and accused the China-Russia relationship of challenging the so-called rules-based order, which shows a greater level of hostility toward China, Chinese analysts said.

They slammed the message the communiqué sends, warning that China needs to be prepared for an increased NATO presence in Asia, and said that internal divergences among the US-led alliance will also increase if it continues its unwise expansion to the rest of the world while the existing security problems in Europe are already severe.  

China firmly opposes NATO's "eastward expansion" into the Asia-Pacific region, the Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) said in a statement on Tuesday in light of the joint communiqué issued earlier in the day by leaders of NATO members after their summit which described China as a "systemic challenge." 

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