China threat for global security - declares NATO

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On 14th June, NATO leaders declared China persistent security challenge and that China is working to undermine the global order.

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NATO leaders said that China’s goals and ‘assertive behavior present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security.’ Joe Biden, has motivated all its allies to speak out against China’s trade, military and human right practices.

Although 30 head of the states have not called China as an enemy but said that it poses ‘coercive policies’ and it should be more transparent as it is opaque in modernizing its armed forces and its use of disinformation. China should uphold international commitments.

China was following forced labor practices and other human rights violations impacting Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang province.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an association of European and North American countries formed after World War II as a bastion against Russian aggression.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said NATO’s decision to name China as a threat “shouldn’t be overstated” because Beijing, like Russia, is also a partner in some areas. China is Germany’s top trading partner and is massively dependent on Russia in fulfilling the country’s energy needs.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron pressed the alliance not to let China divert it from what he saw as more urgent issues facing NATO, including the fight against terrorism and security issues related to Russia.

China has replied to the G-7 communiqué saying that NATO is interfering in its internal matters and that those nations that are against China hold bad intention for it.

NATO has also updated Article 5 to offer greater clarity on how the alliance should react to major cyber attacks — a matter of rising concern during hacks aiming the U.S. government and businesses around the globe by Russia-based hackers.

Beyond expanding the possible use of the Article 5 mutual defense clause to space, the leaders also widened the definition of what might constitute such an attack in cyberspace, in a warning to any opponent that might use constant low-level attacks as a tactic.