BRICS: China Targets U.S., Says America Is Obsessed With Hegemony
China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao delivered a speech at the BRICS summit on behalf of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Wentao began his speech with a veiled attack on the U.S., claiming that America is obsessed with maintaining its global hegemony. The minister also said that the U.S. is obstructing the growth of other developing countries by forcing them to use the dollar. Wentao stressed that every country has the right to chart its own path, and America must stop containing its growth. Also Read: BRICS : Ending Reliance on the U.S. Dollar Main Agenda of Summit While the commerce minister did not specify the U.S. by name, the target and tone remained clear. “Everything we do is to deliver better lives to our people. But some country obsessed with maintaining its hegemony has gone out of its way to cripple the emerging markets and developing countries,” he said. The Minister added, “Whoever is developing fast, becomes its target of containment. Whoe...