China says U.S. relations have left rational path, warns of conflict unless they 'hit the brake'

BEIJING – China's caller overseas curate Qin Gang said relations with the U.S. person near a rational way and warned of struggle if the U.S. doesn't "hit the brake."

Qin, who was until precocious China's ambassador to the U.S., said China would "pursue a dependable and unchangeable narration with the U.S."

However, helium said the Biden administration's telephone for "establishing guardrails and not seeking struggle simply means that China should not respond successful connection oregon successful enactment erstwhile attacked."

"That's not possible," Qin said.

"If the U.S. does not deed the brake but proceed to velocity down the incorrect path, nary magnitude of guardrails tin forestall derailing and determination volition surely beryllium struggle and confrontation," helium said.

Qin was speaking astatine his archetypal property league since becoming overseas minister. On Taiwan, helium reiterated the contented is an interior matter of China. Beijing considers the democratically self-ruled land portion of its territory.

Qin said the question of Taiwan is the archetypal reddish enactment of U.S.-China relations that indispensable not beryllium crossed.

"The U.S. acted with the presumption of guilt," helium said, regarding the balloon incidental past month. Qin reiterated China's presumption that the conveyance was unmanned and taxable to forces beyond Beijing's control.

"The effect is the U.S. and China argumentation has wholly deviated from the rational and dependable track," Qin said.

Qin connected Tuesday besides presented Beijing's relations with Moscow arsenic an illustration for relations with different countries.

He said "major countries" request to see whether they are pursuing "exclusive governmental blocs" oregon "fostering friendship."

Qin said China-Russia relations are not a menace to immoderate country, nor is it taxable to immoderate interference by immoderate 3rd country.

"The much unstable the satellite becomes the much imperative it is for China and Russia to steadily beforehand relations," Qin said via an authoritative English translation.

During a reshuffle of the ruling Chinese Communist Party successful October, Qin was besides named to the party's cardinal committee.