He said:“The United States is protected by two vast oceans, with friendly neighbours north and south, in Canada and Mexico. And the United States possesses the greatest arsenal in all human history. So, why does the United States and its Congress insist that China is a ‘threat’? The US Defence department’s own annual report to Congress in late 2022 said ‘the PRC aims to restrict the United States from having a presence on China’s periphery’. They’re a major state, they have an economy bigger than the United States.

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2023 14:25 UTC