Beijing accuses NATO of ‘Cold War mentality’

China won’t accept NATO’s criticism of its defense policy. NATO is exaggerating the threat posed by the People’s Republic and thus creating confrontation, the Chinese representation to the EU stressed in a statement on Tuesday. It called on the defense alliance to „look at China’s development in a rational manner“ and stop „hyping up in any form the so-called ‘China threat’“. It said NATO should no longer use China’s „legitimate interests and rights“ as a pretext for manipulation and the „artificial“ creation of a confrontation. This was a „continuation of a Cold War mentality“.