Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accuses the United States of being the biggest global destabilizing factor and US politicians smear China everywhere.
"The United States is widely involved in unilateralism and protectionism, destroying multilateralism and the multilateral trading system. The United States has become the biggest destabilizing factor in the world," the Secretary of State said. China Wang Yi said during a meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok on the sidelines of the G20 major economy group meeting in Nagoya, Japan today.
Mr. Wang accused the United States of political interest for using the state apparatus to restrain legal interests and unfounded accusations of Chinese businesses, which Wang said was an act of bullying. "Some American politicians smear China everywhere in the world but do not give any evidence," Wang said.
China's foreign minister also accused the US of using domestic laws to "roughly intervene" in China's internal affairs, trying to undermine the "one-state, two-regime" model and stability. , prosperity of Hong Kong.
Relations between the United States and China have been strained by the trade war for nearly 18 months, protests in Hong Kong and US support for Taiwan. The US House of Representatives on November 20 passed the Hong Kong Democracy and Human Rights bill, which was passed the US Senate a day earlier. The bill will be transferred to the White House for President Donald Trump's consideration to sign into law.
The bill requires the US Secretary of State annually to certify that Hong Kong maintains its autonomy so that the special zone can enjoy preferential trade from the US, maintaining the role of the world's financial center. The bill also allows sanctions on officials who are considered human rights abuses in Hong Kong.
China calls this move by the US Congress to intervene in internal affairs and warns there will be drastic response.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China's growth and growth is an inevitable trend of history and no force can prevent this. "There is no way out of a one-to-one American game. Only a win-win cooperation between China and the US is the right path," Wang added.