Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said such efforts would not be successful. (File)
Beijing:
The United States is intimidating countries into choosing sides for their ties with China, but such efforts will not succeed, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday in a statement. briefing.
The United States is urging Sri Lanka to make “difficult but necessary choices” to secure its economic independence instead of choosing opaque practices, a senior State Department official said Thursday, in an apparent reference to China reinforcing its influence on the South Asian country.
