NATO leaders declare China a security challenge

NATO leaders have declared China a constant security challenge and said the Chinese are working to undermine global order. In a summit statement in Brussels, 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. They called on Beijing to uphold its international commitments and to act responsibly in the international system.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned China is coming closer to Nato in military and technological terms. But he stressed the alliance does not want a new Cold War with China. The statement comes as President Joe Biden has stepped up his effort to rally allies to speak in a more unified voice about China’s human rights record, its trade practices and its military’s increasingly assertive behavior that has unnerved US allies in the Pacific. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance of European and North American countries formed after World War II as a bulwark against Russian aggression