As of: 06/28/2022 4:06 p.m
The G7 want to push back China’s influence in poorer countries with a $600 billion program. This message does not go down well with the Chinese leadership.
Those who provoke China will never have luck is the headline of an editorial in the Chinese state-owned newspaper “Global Times” in reaction to the G7 summit. The US and Western countries would have started focusing on the G7 from now on and strengthening NATO.
The merger of the G20, in which China is also involved, will be left behind, according to the “Global Times”. It is regrettable that both at the G7 summit and in the run-up to the NATO summit in Madrid, China is being treated as an adversary or even as an enemy.
No sympathy for infrastructure projects
The G7’s new infrastructure project for poorer countries, which aims to compete with China’s own “New Silk Road” infrastructure project, has not been well received in China. With the “New Silk Road”, the so-called “Belt and Road Initiative”, China is financing numerous infrastructure projects, especially in poorer countries in Asia and Africa.
International critics accuse the People’s Republic of representing its own interests, for example to secure trade routes and access to raw materials.
Warning against strengthening NATO
Chinese state media warn that the democratically ruled countries continue to strengthen NATO and form geopolitical blocs: Western countries – led by the US – would use the G7 and NATO to dominate the international order.
According to the Chinese state media: NATO sees other countries as a threat, but in reality NATO is a serious threat to world peace and security.