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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) — The U.S. attempt to turn the Asia-Pacific region into a “powder keg” is seriously undermining the security and well-being of people in the region, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said Thursday.
He made the statement in response to a question from media representatives about the US Defense Secretary’s calls to contain China in the Indo-Pacific region and Washington’s plans to establish a major military facility in the Philippines to store weapons, equipment and logistics.
“In order to maintain its hegemony, the United States has repeatedly used China as a pretext in an attempt to turn the Asia-Pacific region into a ‘powder keg’, endangering various countries,” Zhang Xiaogang said, stressing that such actions seriously harm the security and well-being of the countries in the region and their people.
“Facts have repeatedly proven that being an enemy of the United States is dangerous, but being a friend can be deadly,” a Chinese defense official said. He urged interested countries “not to invite trouble or become pawns in someone else’s hands” to avoid undermining the hard-won peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. -0-