China: The West is declining / America is the biggest threat to our security. “The United States is the greatest threat to our country’s security and development,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a statement following the ongoing tensions between Chinese and US officials.
“America is the biggest source of chaos in the world today,” he added.
Xi Jinping also commented on his country’s economic prospects, saying “the East is growing and the West is declining.”
Communist Party leader Xi Jinping warned that the United States is the “biggest threat” to China’s security while touting the country’s economic outlook, proclaiming that “the East is rising and the West is declining,” according to a report on Wednesday.
“The biggest source of chaos in the present-day world is the United States,” Xi said, an American News Agency reported, “The United States is the biggest threat to our country’s development and security.”
The report cited Xi’s remarks to a county official in northwest China, published on a government website.
Xi appears to be striking a balance between optimism and vigilance as China begins to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic with other countries still in the throes of the fight against the deadly virus.
Xi is expected to present a plan this week for how he will shepherd China’s continued ascent to the National People’s Congress, the Communist Party-backed legislature.
He has been moving to bolster his support among the party faithful while also urging them to remain loyal.
“The looming risks and tests will not be any less than the past,” Xi said in recent remarks, the Times reported. “Our party has relied on struggle up to this day, and must rely on the struggle to win the future.”
The Chinese Communist Party is facing backlash from the Biden administration, which has said it will crack down on Beijing’s human rights abuses and the country’s strong-armed approach to the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
