WATCH: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned the U.S. against trying to build what it called a Pacific version of NATO. Stephen Engle reports.Source: Bloomberg

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March 7, 2022, 7:25 AM UTCUpdated onMarch 8, 2022, 1:43 AM UTC

Politics

China Warns U.S. Over Forming Pacific NATO, Backing Taiwan

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China warned the U.S. against trying to build what it called a Pacific version of NATO, while declaring that security disputes over Taiwan and Ukraine were “not comparable at all.” 

Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his annual news briefing Monday that the “real goal” of the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific strategy was to form Asia’s answer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. China has often accused the U.S. of trying to form blocs to suppress its growth, a complaint that’s likely to attract greater attention after President Vladimir Putin cited similar grievances before his invasion of Ukraine."