Some countries are hyping ‘China threat’: Beijing on Quad summit

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ China on Monday slammed the Quad grouping, saying some countries are forming “exclusive cliques” and hyping” the ‘China threat’ and the move is doomed to fail.

The Quad leaders at their first-in-person summit in Washington on September 25 pledged to ensure a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, which is also “inclusive and resilient”, as they noted that the strategically vital region, witnessing China’s growing military manoeuvring, is a bedrock of their shared security and prosperity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison, Japanese premier Yoshihide Suga and US President Joe Biden described the summit as an opportunity to refocus themselves and the world on the Indo-Pacific and on their vision for what they hope to achieve.

Asked for her reaction at a media briefing here, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that China took note of the Quad summit and is “closely following the situation”. “For some time, a handful of countries have been obsessed with attacking China by citing the rules-based order. They hype up the China threat’, she said.