Reuters.- Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that his country will always uphold world peace and international norms, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries about its growing global steadfastness.
The comments come after Taiwan said this month that military tension with China was at its worst in more than 40 years, amid growing concern that the Asian giant may attempt to recapture the self-governed island by military force. claim as your own.
In a speech on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of China’s return to the United Nations (UN), Xi said that he will always be the “builder of world peace” and a “protector of international order,” the state agency of China reported. Xinhua news.
“China resolutely opposes all forms of hegemony and power politics, unilateralism and protectionism,” Xi said, calling for greater global cooperation on issues such as regional conflicts, terrorism, climate change, cybersecurity and biosafety. .
Xi urged all countries to promote the values of peace, development, justice, democracy and freedom, using the phrase “the common values of all humanity” that he first coined and mentioned in a speech in July. for the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party in power.
In 1971, the UN voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China as the sole representative of China, expelling Taiwan, which had held that place in the body on behalf of the ROC, its official title.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated a call to the UN to allow its “meaningful participation”, adding that the island has never been part of the People’s Republic and that its government has no right to represent the people of the island.
The ministry called on the United Nations “not to repeatedly succumb to political pressure from the Chinese government” and exclude Taiwan.
Aside from tensions with Taiwan, China has been more assertive in claiming disputed territories on its Himalayan border with India, in stretches of the South China Sea disputed with some Southeast Asian nations and on some islands in the Sea of East China disputed with Japan.
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Xi said that global governance needs to be reformed and that international norms should be decided by the 193 members of the United Nations, rather than by “certain countries or groups of countries,” making a veiled criticism of the United States for exerting influence. dominant over international institutions.
He also said that all countries should always abide by international standards, and not just when the standards suit them.
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