Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin Photo: mfa.gov.cn

The "China threat" bubble fermented by US politicians is getting bigger, while their real intention of curbing China's development under the guise of national security is also becoming more pronounced, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson from China's Foreign Ministry, said on Monday.

Wang's remarks came after that several US lawmakers have again invoked so-called security concerns to launch a probe into the Swedish-Swiss multinational engineering giant ABB Group's operations in China. 

The investigation focuses on Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co, with ABB becoming involved because it's a sub-supplier to the Chinese state-owned manufacturer of container cranes, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing a letter from US Congress.

"It seems that the victimization paranoia of the US politicians concerned is getting more serious." Wang said. "I would like to ask those US politicians why they keep accusing the Chinese companies of threatening US national security without providing any evidence, and why the spearheads of the US national security threats are always pointing at the leading Chinese companies in various sectors," Wang asked.

"Why is it that when other countries do not feel threatened by Chinese products, and the US has to coerce them into blocking relevant Chinese companies, by claiming that cranes produced in China are a Trojan horse for intelligence gathering, or rendering Chinese-produced electric car batteries a threat to its national security," the spokesperson asked.

Wang said that for those US politicians, anything advanced from China is a threat, and they have to take all measures to suppress it. What the US politicians represent is "an act of bullying."

"The US politicians talk about abiding by the rules, but what they actually do is to ignore the rules and undermine them; they talk about fair competition, but in reality, they suppress their competitors by all means and deprive other countries of their legitimate right to development, which is despicable and deserves to be condemned and opposed by the international community," Wang said.

Global Times