“What the world needs more than anything is unity, and what must be avoided is division. Whether it be a commercial or a technological war, or delinking and risk management, essentially politicized, become tools; economic and trade problems become militarized”, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin

The official answered in this manner to a recent report of the International Monetary Fund that predicts a world economy divided in geopolitical lines, with countries inclined towards different groups led by the United States and China.

Wang said the world cannot go back to a state of mutual isolation and should not be “artificially divided”. “Any practice that leads to confrontation, any approach of bloc confrontation and any arrogant attitude of self-aggrandizing will not lead to good results”, he emphasized.

According to the spokesman, the goal of politicizing economic matters and creating division is to create obstacles to the development and progress of the wide emerging markets. “This is neither ethical nor sustainable, and in the end, will affect the general interests of the international community, and no country will remain exempt,” he added.

Wang reiterated China’s willingness to work with all parties to promote an inclusive and egalitarian economic globalization, while opposing resolutely to anti-globalization and “over-securitization”.

He also highlighted Beijing opposition to all forms of unilateralism and protectionism, as well as China’s defense of the equality of rights, opportunities and rules for all nations.

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