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China Urges the US to Abandon ‘Biased Views’ After Tillerson’s Reprimand

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China Urges the US to Abandon ‘Biased Views’ After Tillerson’s Reprimand

China did not take kindly to Tillerson’s blunt criticism of Chinese foreign policy.

China Urges the US to Abandon ‘Biased Views’ After Tillerson’s Reprimand
Credit: Flickr/ U.S. Department of State

On October 19, the Chinese foreign ministry urged the United States to “abandon its biased views of China,” after the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sharply criticized China in a public speech in Washington, DC one day earlier.

On October 18, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a DC-based think tank, Tillerson delivered a speech on the U.S. relationship with India for the next century. In his remarks, the secretary of state repeatedly compared India with China and bluntly criticized China’s foreign policy in recent years. “China, while rising alongside India, has done so less responsibly, at times undermining the international, rules-based order,” Tillerson said. He added that the United States will not shrink from China’s challenges to the rules-based order,” but will “find new ways” to strengthen ties with India — “the world’s largest democracy. ”

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