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China FM warns of ‘conflict’ if US stays on path of confrontation

Relations between China and the US have become increasingly tense in recent years [File: Dado Ruvic/illustration/Reuters]

China’s foreign minister Qin Gang has blamed the United States for rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, warning that no number of preventive measures could avert a confrontation if the US does not change paths.

The US had engaged in suppression and containment of China rather than fair competition, and such provocation could not be tolerated indefinitely, Qin told reporters at a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday on the sidelines of an annual parliament meeting.

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