Chinese president tells summit involving political parties of 160 nations that any country stopping another’s development must be opposed
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has urged political parties worldwide to oppose any country that engages in “technology blockades” – an allusion to the US, which views China as its strategic competitor.
As US president Joe Biden’s administration has sought support from like-minded democracies including the European Union and Japan to coordinate a tougher stance against China, Beijing has doubled down on seeking support and affirmation from friendly nations such as North Korea and Serbia.
“Together, we must oppose all acts of unilateralism in the name of multilateralism, hegemony and power politics,” Xi told a virtual gathering of representatives of 500 parties from 160 countries such as Russia, Zimbabwe, Cuba and Burkina Faso on Tuesday.
“Looking from the angle of ‘my country first’, the world is narrow and crowded and often full of fierce competition,” Xi said in apparent reference to former US president Donald Trump’s “America first” policy.
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