It looks like the Cold War is making a comeback.
BySouth China Morning Post
- US secretary of state says relationship is growing increasingly adversarial because ‘this is in many ways a different China on the world stage’
- But he acknowledges Washington’s own rejection of multilateralism in recent years has allowed Beijing to take a more prominent global role
The US-China relationship is becoming increasingly adversarial, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who on Monday criticised the Chinese government for being “more assertive and aggressive” than in previous decades.
During a virtual discussion hosted by the Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta, Blinken reiterated that there were both competitive and cooperative components to the China policy that United States President Joe Biden’s administration had adopted in its first year.
“But we see increasingly, as well, adversarial aspects to this,” Blinken said. “And that is in large part because … this is in many ways a different China on the world stage over the last few years than we’ve seen in the last few decades: much more assertive, much more aggressive, whether it’s in the region or beyond.”
