China warns there will ‘surely be conflict’ if U.S. does not lower tensions with Beijing – National | 24CA News

China’s overseas minister blamed the U.S. for rising tensions between Washington and Beijing and mentioned if the U.S. doesn’t change its path no quantity of guardrails can stop derailment and there’ll “surely be conflict and confrontation.”

The U.S. has been partaking in suppression and containment of China reasonably than competitors, overseas minister Qin Gang informed reporters at a news convention in Beijing on the sidelines of an annual parliament assembly.

This mistaken coverage by the U.S. in direction of China is “a reckless gamble” with the stakes being the basic pursuits of the 2 peoples and even the way forward for humanity, Qin mentioned.

Relations between the 2 superpowers have been tense for years over plenty of points together with Taiwan, commerce and Ukraine however they worsened after controversy involving a balloon which the U.S. mentioned was a Chinese spy balloon and shot down final month.

Washington’s dealing with of the balloon incident created a diplomatic disaster that might have been averted, Qin Gang informed reporters on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Ryan Woo, Writing by Martin Quin Pollard; Editing by Kim Coghill and Lincoln Feast.)