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The US secretary of state, Mike PompeoHe said Thursday during a public event in London that the Communist Party that governs China is “the main threat of our time” to “Western democratic principles.”
“The Chinese Communist Party It represents the main threat of our time, “said Pompeo at an event with his British counterpart Dominic Raab, in a context of tension between London and Washington over the British decision to allow the Chinese group Huawei to participate, albeit in a limited way, in your 5G network.
China “is a huge economy to which the US economy is closely linked. This is a great opportunity for us to do business,” added the head of US diplomacy.
“But the Chinese Communist Party under President Xi has made it clear that it has objectives that are not consistent with the great values” defended by countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, he stressed.
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And he called on Western allies, collectively, to “ensure that the next century is governed by Western democratic principles.”
By the end of October, Pompeo had already accused Peking of being “openly hostile” with the United States. A month later, he accused China of having a “new vision of authoritarianism.”
Beijing then called him to “abandon his ideological prejudices and his outdated cold war mentality.”
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