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China's embassy in UK accuses NATO of 'smearing and scapegoating'
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Posted on June 11, 2025
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Posted on June 11, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
China's UK embassy rejects NATO's claims of military expansion, urging NATO to correct its misperceptions and stop using China as a scapegoat.
BEIJING (Reuters) -China firmly opposes NATO's "smearing and scapegoating" of China, its embassy in Britain said on Wednesday in response to remarks NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte made about Beijing's military build-up earlier this week.
NATO should correct its "misperception" of China, stop peddling its "security anxiety" and "using China as an excuse for its continued military build-up and disruption of global and regional security," a Chinese embassy spokesperson said in a statement.
At a Chatham House event in London on Monday, Rutte said China, working with Russia, North Korea and Iran, is "modernising and expanding its military at breakneck speed," according to his speech published on NATO's website.
(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen and Liz Lee, Editing by Louise Heavens)
China firmly opposes NATO's 'smearing and scapegoating' of China, according to its embassy in Britain.
NATO should correct its 'misperception' of China and stop using it as an excuse for military build-up.
Rutte stated that China, in collaboration with Russia, North Korea, and Iran, is modernizing and expanding its military rapidly.
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