China: Any US decision to “disengage” with us will not be realistic or wise

China responded to US President Donald Trump‘s threat again to cut ties with it, by asserting that any steps by Washington in this way would not be in the interests of the United States.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Li Jian said during a press briefing held on Friday that the “unilateral disengagement” between the two countries and changing economic laws in the United States “is neither a realistic nor a wise choice.”

The spokesman warned that such a move by the Trump administration will not solve the problems existing in the United States, but rather harm the Americans.

This came as a comment on Trump’s announcement yesterday that the option of “fully disengaging” with Beijing is still on the table in his administration, against the backdrop of allegations in the new book of the former National Security Adviser at the White House, John Bolton, that Trump asked China to help him win. With a second presidential term.

The already strained relations between Washington and Beijing have witnessed a significant escalation in the past months, as the Trump administration directed sharp criticism of the Chinese authorities, blaming it for the loss of control of the emerging corona virus and covering up the pandemic in its early stages, which led, according to Washington, to the spread of the virus in The world is widespread.

Washington also repeatedly criticized the Chinese government’s policies in various fields, primarily human rights, against the backdrop of Beijing government’s plans to adopt national security legislation for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Source: Reuters