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The US' newly approved strategy hyping the intelligence threat from China and Russia is an old trick by Washington attempting to provoke camp opposition in the Asia-Pacific region, serving its plan to implement unilateralism and hegemonism in the region, which will only bring insecurity and instability to the international community, Chinese experts said on Friday.

According to VOA, US President Joe Biden signed on Thursday a new strategy claiming Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as the "main culprits" that caused the US to face "a series of unprecedented threats from foreign intelligence agencies." 

The strategy also claimed that Moscow and Beijing are "the most significant intelligence threats," and hyped that they are increasingly cooperating with each other "to undermine the US."

The US' aggressive smearing of countries in the Asia-Pacific is a deliberate attempt to create divisions and foster hostility in the region, Chinese experts said.

"By painting China and Russia as adversaries, the US is seeking to create the formation of opposing camps in the Asia-Pacific region," Lü Chao, dean of the Institute of American and East Asian Studies at Liaoning University and a research fellow at the Charhar Institute, told the Global Times on Friday.

It has been the consistent practice of the US to stigmatize China in an effort to tarnish its international reputation, Lü said, noting that this is aimed at serving Washington's unilateral hegemonism in the Asia-Pacific region. However, Lü warned that such actions will only bring serious insecurity and instability to the international community.

When asked about US hyping of the bilateral cooperation between China and Russia, Lü emphasized that these partnerships are conducted with a focus on mutual benefit and are never targeted at a third party. Despite this, the US continues to take a provocative attitude toward China-Russia cooperation, and is also trying to sabotage the coordination between other countries and China and Russia. 

The US' reliance on spreading disinformation to sow discord and conduct provocation is a futile endeavor that is destined to end in failure, analysts said.

Experts also noted that the US hype has significantly eroded the bedrock of mutual trust in China-US relations. Both sides stand to benefit from cooperation and lose from confrontation, but the US continues to wantonly smear China, constantly exaggerating the bilateral relationship as being a hostile one, Lü said.

It is imperative for the US to approach its interactions with China in a rational manner and avoid crossing red lines. China will resolutely fight back if any further provocative actions are taken by the US, experts said.