NATO is turning its attention to China, and Beijing is not happy about it.
China’s Foreign Ministry reacted sharply to the new updated NATO “strategic doctrine” endorsed by the U.S. and its allies at the Madrid summit of the Western military alliance that concluded Thursday.
While heavily focused on the threat from Russia, the NATO strategy blueprint for the first time in its 75-year history singled out China as a “systemic challenge to Euro-Atlantic security” and condemned Beijing’s warming ties with Moscow.
“The deepening strategic partnership between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation and their mutually reinforcing attempts to undercut the rules-based international order run counter to our values and interests,” the NATO document said.