China fury at Clinton's words
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February 28, 2012, Tuesday
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CHINA yesterday called US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's denunciation of its stand on Syria "totally unacceptable," and an official newspaper said that, after the Iraq war, Washington was "super arrogant" to claim to speak for Arab people.
China's angry response came after Clinton on Friday called the Chinese and Russian veto of a United Nations resolution on Syria "despicable."
"This is totally unacceptable for us," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily briefing.
"China has always determined its stance on the Syrian issue proceeding from the peace and stability of Syria and the Middle East, and from protecting the long-term, fundamental interests of the Syrian and Arab peoples."
The People's Daily, the top newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, lashed out at the US.
A commentary in the paper that cited the US invasion of Iraq: "The United States' motive in parading as a 'protector' of the Arab peoples is not difficult to imagine. The problem is, what moral basis does it have for this patronizing and egotistical super-arrogance and self-confidence?"
It added: "Even now, violence continues unabated in Iraq, and ordinary people enjoy no security. This alone is enough for us to draw a huge question mark over the sincerity and efficacy of US policy."
The commentary in the People's Daily repeated China's argument that its unwillingness to take sides in Syria's conflict best reflected the interests of that country's people.
"While US foreign policy claims the moral high ground by trumpeting 'democracy' and 'freedom,' Washington is also constantly flinging epithets at Russia and China," it said.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin also warned the West against backing military intervention in Syria.
"I very much hope the United States and other countries ... do not try to set a military scenario in motion in Syria without sanction from the UN Security Council," Putin wrote in the Moskovskiye Novosti newspaper yesterday.
China's angry response came after Clinton on Friday called the Chinese and Russian veto of a United Nations resolution on Syria "despicable."
"This is totally unacceptable for us," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily briefing.
"China has always determined its stance on the Syrian issue proceeding from the peace and stability of Syria and the Middle East, and from protecting the long-term, fundamental interests of the Syrian and Arab peoples."
The People's Daily, the top newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, lashed out at the US.
A commentary in the paper that cited the US invasion of Iraq: "The United States' motive in parading as a 'protector' of the Arab peoples is not difficult to imagine. The problem is, what moral basis does it have for this patronizing and egotistical super-arrogance and self-confidence?"
It added: "Even now, violence continues unabated in Iraq, and ordinary people enjoy no security. This alone is enough for us to draw a huge question mark over the sincerity and efficacy of US policy."
The commentary in the People's Daily repeated China's argument that its unwillingness to take sides in Syria's conflict best reflected the interests of that country's people.
"While US foreign policy claims the moral high ground by trumpeting 'democracy' and 'freedom,' Washington is also constantly flinging epithets at Russia and China," it said.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin also warned the West against backing military intervention in Syria.
"I very much hope the United States and other countries ... do not try to set a military scenario in motion in Syria without sanction from the UN Security Council," Putin wrote in the Moskovskiye Novosti newspaper yesterday.
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