China has called on Bangladesh to “uphold independence” and reject “bloc politics,” particularly those led by the United States that Beijing characterized as U.S. “centrism and exceptionalism.”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement on June 2 following a meeting between Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong and Bangladesh’s Ambassador to China Mahbub Uz Zaman at which they discussed bilateral relations and regional issues.
During the meeting, Liu criticized U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s May speech on China for reflecting “serious deviations in the United States’ view of the world and view of China and China-U.S. relations.”…