Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned the threat of the Chinese Communist Party during a visit to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on March 23, emphasizing the need to ensure attention to the challenge the Chinese Communist Party poses to the international order, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for international cooperation to address security concerns about the rise of the Chinese Communist Party. In Asia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is also visiting China, and the United States and NATO are demonstrating a tough stance as Russia and China show increased cooperation against the West.
In a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the 23rd, the two men repeatedly mentioned the threat of Communist China and Russia, in addition to expressing the United States’ strong commitment to NATO and reversing the estrangement between the United States and Europe during the previous administration.
Blinken said the U.S. strongly opposes Russia’s attempts to undermine the NATO alliance and must likewise ensure that NATO pays attention to the challenges posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the rules-based international order, which is also part of NATO’s 2030 vision.
Stoltenberg named the Chinese Communist Party several times during the meeting, warning of the emergence of huge global challenges, including Russia’s aggression against neighboring regions, security concerns arising from the rise of the Chinese Communist Party, the emergence of global terrorism and cyber threats, and climate change.
Stoltenberg stressed that in the face of these challenges, no single country or continent can deal with them alone, and that Europe and North America need to work together to deal with the rise of the Chinese Communist Party and the Russian challenge.
NATO has repeatedly and publicly mentioned the threat of the Chinese Communist Party in recent years, Stoltenberg said last June that the Chinese Communist Party’s defense spending ranks second in the world, after the United States, the Chinese Communist Party has 2,000 short-, medium- and long-range missiles, including the powerful Dongfeng-21D medium-range ballistic missiles for aircraft carriers, “the Chinese Communist Party has invested heavily in nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles with a range of Europe, NATO allies NATO allies must unite to face this challenge”.
Stoltenberg then proposed a new strategic concept for NATO 2030 (NATO 2030) to address new technologies, terrorism and the global rise of the Chinese Communist Party, calling on the 30-member NATO alliance to “develop common principles and standards for new technologies “to address security challenges related to the use of “disruptive technologies” such as big data and Internet communications.
Stoltenberg also noted at the Munich Security Conference in February that “the potential consequences of the rise of Communist China on our security, prosperity and way of Life in the transatlantic context are already a definite problem.”
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