Speaking at the Mansion House in London on Wednesday, Liz Truss renewed calls for NATO to step up in the wake of the war in Ukraine, saying coordinated moves to isolate Russia from the world economy had shown that market access to democratic countries was no longer a given. . Tras also issued an immediate warning to China. “Countries have to play by the rules. “And that includes China,” he said. On Thursday, Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, dismissed Truss’ comments and accused NATO of demanding that other countries abide by basic rules, while “recklessly waging wars and dropping bombs on sovereign states, killing and killing citizens “. “NATO, a military organization in the North Atlantic, has come to the Asia-Pacific region in recent years to shed its weight and provoke conflict,” Wang said. “NATO has confused Europe. Is he now trying to shake up Asia-Pacific and even the world? In her speech, Tra said NATO needed to anticipate the Indo-Pacific threat and extend its prospects to democracies outside its members, such as Taiwan, which Beijing claims is a breakaway Chinese province that should recapture. He suggested that China’s economic growth – now the world’s second-largest by Britain – could be targeted. “[China] they will not continue to climb if they do not play by the rules. China needs trade with the G7. We [the Group of Seven] represent about half of the world economy. “And we have options,” Tras said. “We have shown with Russia the kind of choices we are ready to make when international rules are being violated.” China has refused to condemn the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, one of its closest allies, prompting criticism and encouragement from European and other governments to use its influence in Moscow. A recent China-EU summit was reportedly tense as Chinese officials rejected pressure from their European counterparts to help end the war. Prime Minister Li Keqiang said Beijing would pursue peace “in its own way.” Beijing strongly opposes linking the Ukraine war to its relations with Moscow and has said it will defend the rights of Chinese individuals and companies. On Thursday, Wang said China’s position on the conflict was “consistent and clear.” “We have always made independent judgments based on the substance of the case,” he said, without elaborating. Trash has previously accused China and Russia of being “conspirators working in collusion”, telling Australian media that he could not rule out the possibility that China could use the Russian invasion as an opportunity to launch its own offensive.
