US' "Indo-Pacific Strategy" Will Lead To Division, Chaos In Area: China

The comments come a week after a US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on May 19, challenging China's claims over the area as Beijing claims Taiwan is part of its mainland.

China's military today criticised the Biden administration for continuing the Trump era "Indo-Pacific strategy", saying the US should not form "cliques" or provoke "new Cold War" featuring bloc confrontation. No strategy should instigate countries to establish selective and exclusive military alliances, to gang up or to create the "new Cold War" featuring bloc confrontation, and the zero-sum game will only lead to more division, antagonism and chaos, Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defence, said at an online press conference. He made the remarks while responding to a question that US President Joe Biden has continued to promote the "Indo-Pacific strategy" formulated by his predecessor Donald Trump to deter China and made frequent military provocations against Beijing. His comments come a week after a US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on May 19, challenging China's claims over the area as Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its mainland.