China warns conflict inevitable with U.S. unless Washington changes course

OAN Deven Berryhill
UPDATED 2:40 PM PT – Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Qin Gang, China’s foreign minister, warned Washington against suppressing Beijing’s protests over Taiwan’s surveillance balloons and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Minister Gang made fiery remarks during Tuesday’s press conference, exhorting the United States not to continue its current course. “confrontation and conflict” Beijing.  Xi Jinping (Chinese President) made the same remarks Monday, blaming America for trying shame China about its support of Russia.   

“If the United States does not hit the brake, but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing and there surely will be conflict and confrontation,” Qin Gang is the Chinese Foreign Minister.

During the press conference, Qin questioned President Joe Biden’s assertion that the U.S. seeks “competition with China but not conflict.” 

“In fact, the U.S. side’s so-called ‘competition’ is all-round containment and suppression, a zero-sum game,” According to the foreign minister.

Qin also stated that “[conflict] may be unavoidable unless Washington stops trying to suppress Beijing.”

The Chinese Foreign Minister also took the opportunity to call out Washington for shooting down their spy balloons, supporting Taiwan’s autonomy and accusing Beijing for ‘potentially’ providing military weapons to the Russians.

“The U.S. side violated the spirit of international law and international practice by making presumptions of guilt, overreacting, abusing force, and making use of the issue to create a diplomatic crisis that could have been avoided,” Qin. “China is neither the creator of the crisis nor a party to it, nor has it provided weapons to any party to the [Ukraine] conflict, so why should China be blamed, sanctioned, pressured or even threatened?”