China has hit back at the intervention of Ursula von der Leyen at the G7 summit, during which she excoriated Beijing for perpetuating what she called a "pattern of dominance, dependency and blackmail" vis-à-vis its trading partners.
"We express strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to those baseless and biased remarks that reflect double standards," Guo Jiakun, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry, said on Wednesday at a press briefing.
