LONDON, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – International scholars said, aggressive statements and actions by the U.S. towards China, poses a threat to world peace, and a potential new cold war on China is against the interests of humanity.
The comments came during a virtual meeting on international campaign against a new Cold War on China, which gathered experts from a number of countries including, the U.S., China, Britain, India, Russia and Canada.
Jenny Clegg, senior lecturer in international studies at University of Central Lancashire, said, China-U.S. relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships and its deterioration would pose significant threat to world peace.
John Ross, senior fellow at Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China, listed the threat of war by the United States, including launching major wars in Iraq and Libya, taking dangerous step of withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and unilateral sanctions on Iran and Venezuela.
“Of course, a threat of war with China itself would be an unimaginable catastrophe,” he said.
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Codepink, a women-led grassroots organisation working to end U.S. wars, said, U.S. leaders claim of Chinese aggression, when the U.S. itself has military bases around the world.
“The U.S. needs to understand China is not our enemy. We call for cooperation with China,” Benjamin said.
Magaret Kimberley,a columnist at Black Agenda Report, said, the U.S. government made wrong accusations of China, on issues relating to Xinjiang and controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, and its forced closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston violated international law.
Some experts attending the meeting issued a statement calling upon the U.S. to step back from this threat of a Cold War and also from other dangerous threats to world peace it is engaged in.
They said, the United States goes in a wrong direction by withdrawing from the INF Treaty and the Paris Agreement on climate change, and increasing disengagement from UN bodies.
“We support China and the U.S. basing their relations on mutual dialogue and centering on the common issues which unite humanity,” the statement said, urging collective effort on addressing global challenges like climate change, pandemic and economic development.– NNN-AGENCIES
