China challenges USA and says he is ready for war

With high rates and increasing tensions, China reinforces defense and sends a direct message to the US, raising the tone in the global scenario

China warned the US that it is ready to fight “any kind” of war after reacting to the growing commercial fares of President Donald Trump. The world’s two largest economies approached a trade war after Trump applied more rates on all Chinese products. China quickly retaliated by imposing 10-15% tariffs on US agricultural products.

“If the war is what the US wants, whether it’s a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we are ready to fight to the end,” China’s Embassy in the X said, republishing a line of a government statement on Tuesday.

It is one of China’s strongest rhetoricals so far since Trump has become president and occurs while leaders gather in Beijing for the National Congress of the annual people.

On Wednesday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced that China would increase its defense spending by 7.2% this year and warned that “changes not seen in a century were taking place around the world at a faster pace.” This increase was expected and corresponds to the value announced last year.

Leaders in Beijing are trying to send a message to the Chinese people that they are confident that the country’s economy can grow, even with the threat of a trade war.

China has been striving to portray a stable and peaceful country image, in contrast to the US, that Beijing accuses of being involved in wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.

China can also expect to capitalize on Trump’s actions compared to US allies, such as Canada and Mexico, who have also been affected by tariffs, and will not want to greatly increase the rhetoric to scare potential new global partners.

The Prime Minister’s speech in Beijing on Tuesday emphasized that China would continue to open and expected to attract more foreign investments.

China emphasized in the past that is ready to go to war. Last October, President XI asked the troops to strengthen their preparation for war while performing military exercises around Taiwan’s autonomous island. But there is a difference between military preparation and readiness to go to war.

The Chinese embassy in Washington cited a statement from the previous day’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which also accused the US of blaming China for the influx of the Fentanil drug.

“The issue of Fentanil is a lame excuse to increase US tariffs about Chinese imports,” said the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“Intimidation does not scare us. Bullying does not work with us. Pressure, coercion or threats are not the right way to deal with China, ”he added.

The US-China relationship is always one of the most contentious in the world. This X post has been widely shared and can be used by Trump’s hawk in China as evidence that Beijing is the largest economic and foreign policy threat of Washington.

Authorities in Beijing were hopeful that US-china relations under Trump could have a more cordial beginning after he invited Xi for his inauguration. Trump also said the two leaders had “a great phone call” a few days before he entered the White House.

There were reports that the two leaders would have another connection last month. It didn’t happen.

Xi was already fighting persistently low consumption, a real estate crisis and unemployment.

China has promised to inject billions of dollars into its difficulty in difficulty and its leaders have revealed the plan while thousands of delegates participate in the National Congress of the people, a parliament that approves decisions already made to closed doors.

China has the second largest military budget in the world of $ 245 billion, but is much smaller than the US. Beijing spends 1.6% of GDP on their Armed Forces, far less than the US or Russia, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

However, analysts believe that China minimizes how much spends in defense.

With information from BBC*