Awareness rises when NATO, a European ally of the United States, moves to contain China
“It seems that China, South Korea and Japan, etc., are demanding refusal to participate and trying to rally ‘one’s side'”
After the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) invited Asia-Pacific countries such as South Korea and Japan to the summit, China is strongly resisting the attempt to define China as a ‘structural challenge’.
Under the plan of the United States, NATO is viewed as an attempt to advance into the Asia-Pacific region.
According to China’s state-run news agency Xinhua, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said at a public meeting of the UN Security Council on the Ukraine issue on the 28th (local time) that China “is closely watching NATO’s strategic adjustments.” “I am deeply concerned about the policy implications of the ‘Strategy Concept’ document.”
This was a check-in when foreign media reported that the NATO summit to be held in Madrid, Spain on the 29th and 30th would approve a new strategic concept document that defines China as a ‘structural challenge’.
“I urge NATO not to use the Ukraine crisis as an excuse to provoke a global collective opposition and a ‘new Cold War’, and not to find virtual enemies in the Asia-Pacific region and artificially create conflicts and divisions,” he said. .
“China is resolutely opposed to some forces inciting NATO to extend its tentacles to the Asia-Pacific region, or to create an Asia-Pacific NATO under the guise of a military alliance,” he said.
“The outdated Cold War script must not be repeated in the Asia-Pacific region, and the chaos and war that is taking place in the world cannot be tolerated in the Asia-Pacific region,” he said.
Earlier on the 28th, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhao Lijian said at a regular briefing on the 28th, “NATO’s so-called new strategic concept is nothing more than putting old alcohol in a new bottle.” criticized
As NATO seeks to define not only Russia as a de facto security threat, but also China, China is also raising awareness.
China’s foreign policy stance is to maintain smooth relations with Europe, despite the view that strategic competition with the US is inevitable.
However, the situation in which the U.S. and Europe, which have strengthened their unity in the wake of the Ukraine War, regard China as a ‘side’ with Russia, which has refused to participate in criticism and sanctions against Russia, causing great confusion in China’s foreign policy planning. did.
As a result, when the US not only tried to use NATO to contain China, but also invited South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand to the NATO summit to promote NATO ties with its Indo-Pacific allies, China was highly alert. The expert analyzed that he was thinking about how to respond.
In a phone call with Yonhap News on the 29th, Lee Young-hak, a research fellow at the Korea National Defense Research Institute, said, “From China, the United States has so-called ‘AUKUS’ Following the creation of ‘Asia Pacific NATO’, I feel a significant threat from trying to contain China through solidarity between allies in the Asia-Pacific region and NATO member states in Europe.”
Researcher Lee also predicted, “China will use various means such as request, inducement, and pressure to prevent the US allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region from participating in cooperation for oppression against China.”
In addition, China is a partner country of the Belt and Road (One Belt, One Road: land and sea silk road connecting China-Central Asia-Europe) with its allies such as Russia and North Korea, and the emerging economies of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). Five countries) member countries and other strategic partners will be united to respond to the United States and NATO, Lee added.
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