Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi condemned the Trump administration for continuing to spread lies about China in its effort to halt China's drive towards modernization, which he said "is an inevitable trend of history."
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that ended Sunday, Wang vented his fury on U.S. secretary of defense Mark Esper and secretary of state Mike Pompeo. Both Trump sycophants previously delivered back-to-back speeches assailing China for its illegal expansionism into Asian seas and other sins such as using technology firms to spy on other countries. Esper even accused China's leadership of helping spread the Covid-19 outbreak by bungling its response to the crisis.
Wang assailed all these Trump administration claims as "lies." He blamed the Trump administration for the confrontational and strained relationship between his country and the United States.
"The root cause of all these problems and issues is that the U.S. does not want to see rapid development and rejuvenation of China, still less would they want to accept the success of a socialist country, but that is not fair, China has the right to develop," declared Wang .
"China's drive towards modernization is an inevitable trend of history and will not be held back or stopped by any force in the world because it represents the direction of human progress."
Despite the harsh attacks from Esper and Pompeo, Wang said China will continue to seek a better relationship with Washington.
"This has become a common scenario, they say basically the same thing everywhere they go about China, and I don't want to waste our time responding to each and everything they've said. The thing I want to say is that all these accusations against China are lies and not based on facts" said Wang of Esper's and Pompeo's verbal assaults.
Wang said China and the U.S. must resolve their differences through negotiations and not by using bellicose remarks or threats to use force.
Wang did not address Esper's allegation the Covid-19 outbreak was spread far more rapidly than it should have because of the leadership in Beijing didn't know what it was doing.
"We are confident that China will emerge stronger from the epidemic. Its pent up consumer demand and growth potential will be quickly unleashed and China will enjoy evermore sound and sustainable economic and social development," said Wang.
"The Chinese economy is well-positioned to overcome all risks and challenges. The fundamentals sustaining sound economic growth have not changed and will not change."
