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The United States is bullying countries to pick sides over their ties to China, but such efforts will not succeed, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a news briefing on Friday.
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 on Thursday, in an apparent reference at China deepening its influence over the South Asian country.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-srilanka-china-pompeo/china-says-u-s-bullying-countries-to-pick-sides-attempt-will-not-succeed-idUSKBN2780Z0
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