The Chinese Foreign Ministry replied to a Reuters question on the Biden Administration’s claim that it would release “intelligence” on China’s willingness to send military hardware to Russia.
“We can easily imagine that the ‘intelligence’ the U.S. referred to is most likely chasing shadows and smearing China,” Wang Wenbin, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said today. “Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, China has firmly stood on the side of dialogue and peace. We have promoted peace talks in our own ways and played a responsible and constructive role in easing tensions and alleviating the crisis. The U.S. is the biggest source of weaponry for the battlefield in Ukraine, yet it has kept smearing China by falsely claiming that China might offer weapons to Russia. This will not only hinder the process of the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis but also do further harm to China-U.S. relations. We urge the U.S. to stop smearing China and shifting blames, and stop fanning the flame and fueling the fight with more weaponry. The U.S. needs to work with China and the rest of the world to promote diplomatic negotiations with a view to settling the crisis.”
Wang pointedly concluded his response to Reuters: “Speaking of releasing valuable intelligence, the U.S. could release intelligence on the truth behind the Nord Stream blast. We hope the U.S. will provide a serious and responsible response to the revelations as soon as possible, rather than being evasive about it.” (https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/202302/t20230223_11030365.html )
