Beijing exposes hyped-up ‘China military threat’ as excuse for US military expansion & hegemony

Global Times: According to reports, on June 30, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley spoke at an event of the National Press Club that China wants “to be the regional hegemonic in Asia within the next 10 years” and “exceed global US military power by midcentury”. The People’s Liberation Army is developing its military capabilities with a plan of “unification with Taiwan by 2027”. The US should optimize such technologies as artificial intelligence and quantum computing to maintain the US military’s decisive advantage and readiness to deter war. What’s China’s comment? Wang Wenbin: Some in the US with evil intentions misrepresent facts and has constantly hyped up the “China military threat” narrative. They are in fact creating excuses for their efforts of arms expansion, maintaining military hegemony and sabotaging regional peace and stability and finding ways to stoke tensions in the Taiwan Strait and use Taiwan to contain China. I want to point out that China has always pursued a national defense policy that is defensive in nature and stays committed to peaceful development. China’s military growth means a stronger force for world peace and is conducive to safeguarding peace and stability in the Asia Pacific and beyond. Realizing the complete reunification of the motherland is the common aspiration of the Chinese people and we will strive for the prospects of peaceful reunification with utmost sincerity and efforts. Meanwhile, we will never allow any one and any force to separate Taiwan from our motherland. We urge the US to stop smearing China, stop dangerously ramping up military build-up, stop manipulating the Taiwan question, abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués and safeguard regional peace and stability with concrete actions. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!