US ‘weaponising' democracy, China on Biden's Summit
Friday, 10 December 2021 | PTI | BE
China on Thursday accused US of "weaponising" democracy and attacked Biden administration's initiative of Alliance for Future of Internet, saying it is aimed at maintaining America's cyber hegemony. US President Joe Biden is hosting Summit for Democracy from Thursday, bringing together leaders of governments and civil society and China, where Communist Party of China has been ruling country since People's Republic was founded in 1949, is not among list of invitees. China is furious that US has instead invited Taiwan.The self-ruling island is among 110 invitees to summit.China claims Taiwan as part of its mainland."It proves US is politicising, instrumentalising and weaponising democracy," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here responding to a question about US pushing its proposal of Alliance for Future of Internet at Summit of Democracy to be held on December 9-10. "Facts show that so-called Summit for Democracy has nothing to do with global public good for democracy but rather it is about serving selfish interests of the US and maintaining its US hegemony," Wang said.
The invitees from Asia-Pacific region include India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Pakistan, Maldives and the Philippines.Most European countries are also invited, including Serbia, but not Bosnia and Herzegovina or Hungary.China has been attacking summit, saying US cannot hold a patent for democracy and event is aimed at dividing world.
Write-ups in Chinese official media say that summit is part of a multi-faceted drive by US to put China in a negative light. On Thursday, Wang also targeted “Alliance for Future of Internet”, saying “the so-called alliance for internet pursued by US is another example of how US is seeking technological monopoly and cyber hegemony and suppressing technological development of other countries”.
(Source : The Pioneer)
China claims Taiwan as part of its mainland."It proves US is politicising, instrumentalising and weaponising democracy," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here responding to a question about US pushing its proposal of Alliance for Future of Internet at Summit of Democracy to be held on December 9-10. "Facts show that so-called Summit for Democracy has nothing to do with global public good for democracy but rather it is about serving selfish interests of the US and maintaining its US hegemony," Wang said.
The invitees from Asia-Pacific region include India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Pakistan, Maldives and the Philippines.Most European countries are also invited, including Serbia, but not Bosnia and Herzegovina or Hungary.China has been attacking summit, saying US cannot hold a patent for democracy and event is aimed at dividing world.
Write-ups in Chinese official media say that summit is part of a multi-faceted drive by US to put China in a negative light. On Thursday, Wang also targeted “Alliance for Future of Internet”, saying “the so-called alliance for internet pursued by US is another example of how US is seeking technological monopoly and cyber hegemony and suppressing technological development of other countries”.
(Source : The Pioneer)
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