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China has said that any attempt by the US to subvert its political system and defame the Communist party is “doomed to fail”, asserting that an attack on the country’s ruling party is an attack on the 1.4 billion Chinese people. Addressing a virtual address hosted by Asia Society and the Asia Society Policy Institute, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China is not a “threat” to the US.
China-US relations have spiralled down to the lowest level since the establishment of diplomatic ties 41 years ago. This is not something that we would like to see because clearly it is not in the interest of the Chinese and American peoples, nor is it helpful when global efforts are needed to overcome the difficulties, he said. China was not, is not and will not be a threat to the United States, Wang, also a State Councillor, said.
Some US politicians, out of ideological bias, seek to defame the Communist Party of China (CPC), Wang said. It is the constitutionally recognised ruling party of China and has close bond and shared future with Chinese people. An attack on CPC is an attack on 1.4 billion Chinese people. So, it is not going to succeed. It is doomed to fail, he said.
In recent months, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has attacked the CPC several times, describing it as a “rogue actor.” In June, Pompeo, in a scathing attack on the Chinese government, said that the CPC wants to undo all the progress the free world has made and adopt a new set of rules and norms that accommodate Beijing. In his speech, Wang said that Washington and Beijing have a deeply interwoven interest and neither can do without the other, remodel the other or replace the other.
