This is like the first button in the shirt being put wrong. It regards China as its primary rival and the most consequential geopolitical challenge. vice-president Joe Biden inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. The United States's perception and views of China are seriously distorted, said Qin, a trusted aide to President Xi Jinping and until recently China's ambassador in Washington.Ĭhinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then-U.S. east coast that it says was a Chinese spying craft. Relations between the two superpowers have been tense for years over a number of issues, including Taiwan, trade and more recently the war in Ukraine. But they worsened last month after the United States shot down a balloon off the U.S. In his first news conference since taking office late last year, Qin warned that Washington's China policy has entirely deviated from the rational and sound track. He spoke to journalists at the annual meeting of China's legislature, where leaders lay out priorities for the coming year. ANALYSISFor the Liberals' sake (and democracy) Trudeau needs clearer answers on foreign interference (new window).

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doesn't change course, striking a combative tone at a moment when relations between the rivals are at a historic low.

Qin warned that Beijing and Washington are headed for conflict and confrontation if the U.S. has been engaging in suppression and containment of China rather than fair, rule-based competition, Foreign Minister Qin Gang told a news conference on the sidelines of an annual parliament meeting in Beijing. The United States should change its distorted attitude toward China or risk conflict and confrontation, said the country's foreign minister, who defended China's stance on the war in Ukraine and close ties with Russia on Tuesday.

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