The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to "the US Defense Secretary's negative remarks related to China"

Q: According to reports, on May 31, US Secretary of Defense Hegseth delivered a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in which he played up China's threat and made negative remarks on issues related to Taiwan and the South China Sea. What is China's comment on this? A: Hegseth ignored the calls of regional countries for peace and development, peddled the Cold War mentality of camp confrontation, smeared and attacked China, and played up the "China threat theory", full of provocation and provocation. China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to this, and has lodged solemn representations with the US. The Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affairs, and no foreign country has the right to interfere. The US side should not delusively use the Taiwan issue as a bargaining chip to contain China, and should not play with fire.