If the US seeks ‘to contain China’, the country will firmly defend its interests, top Chinese legislature official says
- ‘China never starts trouble and never flinches when trouble comes its way,’ says Zhang Yesui
- The country will firmly defend its sovereignty, security and development interests, the official adds
A top official of China’s legislature said the country will firmly defend its interests if the US seeks to contain it, and hinted it will not reduce military spending in the coming year despite the Covid-19 outbreak.
Zhang Yesui, a spokesman for the National People’s Congress Foreign Affairs Committee, met the press on Thursday evening in Beijing to announce the agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session and took questions from reporters.
“If the US insists on a Cold War thinking, and carries out strategies to contain China, damage China’s core interests, the result can only hurt itself and others,” he said in response to a question on the two countries’ relationship.
“China never starts trouble and never flinches when trouble comes its way. China will firmly defend its sovereignty, security and development interests.”
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“China’s defence budget is modest and restrained, no matter its absolute amount, per capita or as a portion of the GDP,” Zhang said.
