Beijing on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) dismissed a U.S. intelligence report warning that China posed “a most comprehensive military threat” to America and will outstrip it as the highest synthetic intelligence energy by 2030 as a false “China threat” narrative peddled by Washington.
The report, launched by the U.S. intelligence group on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) named China, Iran, North Korea and Russia as main state actors difficult American pursuits on a number of fronts, spanning conventional nationwide safety to cyber, commerce and expertise.
China poses the most comprehensive military risk to the nationwide safety of the United States and goals to outstrip it as the highest synthetic intelligence energy within the subsequent 5 years, the ‘2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA)‘ said.
Refuting the U.S. report, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said, the U.S. issues irresponsible and biased reports like this year after year, seeks to promote the false “China threat” narrative and fans up major-country rivalry, so that there could be an excuse to suppress China and perpetuate U.S. supremacy.
China’s improvement has a protracted historic thread and is strong and self-driven, he informed a media briefing when requested concerning the U.S. report.
“Our goal is very clear and there’s nothing to hide about it: we strive to make sure that the Chinese people can lead a better life and China can contribute more to the world we live in. We have no intention to surpass or supplant anyone”, he mentioned.
The U.S. report mentioned: “China stands out as the actor most capable of threatening U.S. interests globally, though it is also more cautious than Russia, Iran and North Korea about risking its economic and diplomatic image in the world by being too aggressive and disruptive”.
It warned that China’s technological development, pushed by a whole-of-government strategy, and its dominance within the mining and processing of a number of minerals very important for the semiconductor business, akin to gallium and germanium, will current myriad challenges.
“China has stolen hundreds of gigabytes of intellectual property from companies in Asia, Europe and North America in an effort to leapfrog over technological hurdles,” it mentioned.
While drawing consideration to China’s fast military modernisation, the U.S. report mentioned the People’s Liberation Army “probably is making steady but uneven progress on capabilities it would use in an attempt to seize Taiwan and deter — and if necessary, defeat — U.S. military intervention.” Reacting to this, Mr. Guo mentioned the Taiwan query “is entirely China’s internal affair.”
“Nothing will deter China from rejecting ‘Taiwan independence’ and defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity. No one shall underestimate or miscalculate China’s resolve,” he mentioned.
China claims Taiwan as a part of its mainland.
The U.S. wants to cease viewing its ties with China from the outdated Cold War perspective, cease containing China within the title of “strategic competition”, and cease aiding or abetting “Taiwan independence” in any type.
The U.S. report additionally highlighted North Korea’s strengthening partnership with Russia, Japanese information company Kyodo mentioned.
The U.S. report mentioned North Korea’s reliance on China has been decreased, with the elevated cooperation with Russia serving to the regime of Kim Jong Un financially, militarily and diplomatically.
“North Korea is probably prepared to conduct a nuclear test,” whereas persevering with to flight-test intercontinental ballistic missiles to threaten the United States and its allies Japan and South Korea, in addition to different international locations, it mentioned.
Published – March 27, 2025 01:00 am IST
