China’s(China)  new maneuver!

Beijing. China’s(China)  top diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday that his country has enacted its first foreign relations law, which will act as a “deterrent” to Western sanctions and protect national sovereignty. The new law, passed on Wednesday by the Standing Committee of China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, will take effect from July 1 amid concerns over Chinese foreign law enforcement activities. The new law also ensures the promotion into law of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s foreign policy initiatives on global security, development and civilization.

An article in the law says, “Any organization or person who commits an act that is harmful to China’s national interests under this law or from the point of view of international relations shall be held responsible by law.” Citing another article of the new law, Xinhua said, “The People’s Republic of China has the right to counter or take preventive measures against acts that threaten its sovereignty, national security and development, which are in accordance with international law or international law.” violates the fundamental norms governing international relations.

Defending the new law, Wang, director of the Foreign Affairs Commission Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said it (the law) would act as a “deterrent” to sanctions and reflect Beijing’s ambitions and increasingly assertive foreign policy. It is urgently needed to protect China’s sovereignty at the global level amidst the concerns of China.

“China is facing an increasing number of unpredictable factors and needs to expand its legal ‘toolbox’ for ‘foreign conflicts’,” Wang, President Chinfing’s chief foreign policy adviser, said in an article published in the Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily on Thursday. should be expanded continuously.