China Is Seeking to Dominate the World: US Secretary of State

China Is Seeking to Dominate the World: US Secretary of State
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a closing press conference with the secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) at the 60th OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris, on Oct. 6, 2021. Ian Langston/AFP via Getty Images
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The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his first official trip to Australia for the QUAD Security Dialogue, has said that China is seeking to institute a new world order characterised by illiberalism that will allow it to dominate the world.

Speaking to The Australian newspaper in an exclusive interview, Blinken said that in recent years the world has seen China become more aggressive internationally and more repressive domestically.
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