“It is repressive at home and aggressive towards the world”

by time news

Time.news – The it is showing an aggressive attitude that challenges the world order and its rules: he affirmed it the secretary of state Antony in a long television interview.

“It is the only country in the world that has the military, economic and diplomatic capacity to undermine or challenge the rule-based order that we are determined to defend, “he said, answering questions from CBS journalist Norah O’Donnell.

“China – he added – it acts more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. This is a fact. China believes it can be and should be in the future the dominant country in the world, and thinks it will be. “

Blinken listed China’s latest military initiatives: “Chinese fighter planes – he said – are increasingly visible in the skies over the western Pacific, where the United States Navy is also present. Last week, Chinese President Xi unveiled three new warships to patrol the South China Sea. It already has the largest navy in the world and could use it to invade Taiwan, “the disputed island that the US supports on its democratic estate.

Despite all these red flags, Blinken it dismisses a hypothesis of direct confrontation: it would be “profoundly against the interests of China and the United States to get to that point, or even go in that direction.”

As for the repression of the Uyghur minority, the head of US diplomacy reiterated his belief “a genocide“and not to believe in the terrorist threat raised by Beijing to justify its action.

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