China says NATO military alliance has outlived Cold War origins


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NATO military exercises are set to begin near the borders of Russia and Ukraine, while Sweden and Finland ponder membership of the western alliance. Meanwhile, Beijing, which is sympathetic to Moscow, questions NATO's credibility, saying the alliance has outlived its original Cold War purpose. During his daily press conference on 28 April, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that "NATO has messed up Europe." The alliance, he says is a "product of the Cold War" which has failed to make "necessary adjustments in accordance with the changing times". Instead, it has become a "tool to seek world hegemony" for...