AFTER 10 YEARS A NEW US NATIONAL STRATEGY CALLS OUT CHINA AND RUSSIA THE NEW AGGRESSORS TO BE COUNTERED IN THE 21ST FROM THE NEW AUTHORITARIANS

China has denounced the US government for what it called its Cold War and zero-sum mentality in its latest national defence strategy, which viewed China and Russia as “revisionist powers” that “seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models".
The 2018 US National Defence Strategy (NDS) released on Friday called the two countries “revisionist powers” that sought to shape the world in their authoritarian image and erode American influence, language similar to the US National Security Strategy put out last month.

China is also referred to as “a strategic competitor using predatory economics to intimidate its neighbours while militarising features in the South China Sea”, a characterisation that drew a backlash from Chinese officials.

 

A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington told Xinhua news agency that China seeks global partnerships rather than global hegemony, and used a Chinese phrase that meant one’s mentality determines how one sees the world.

 

“Peace and development are the themes of this era, and are also the shared aspirations of mankind,” the spokesman told reporters on Friday evening.

“However, if some people look at the world through a Cold War, zero-sum game mindset, then they are destined to see only conflict and confrontation."

 

In unveiling the NDS – the first new document of its kind in a decade – Defence Secretary James Mattis said the US is simply recognising reality, and that “this is not a strategy of confrontation, but it is strategy that recognises the reality of competition”.

 

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