Chinaβs new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that βconflict and confrontationβ with the United States is inevitable if Washington does not change course, delivering a stern and wide-ranging rebuke of US policies for his first press conference in the new role.
Qin, who was until recently Chinaβs ambassador to the US, built up a reputation for being careful and accomplished diplomat while overseas.
But he struck a far more combative tone in his first