China launched harsh criticism of the US and NATO on Wednesday, days ahead of a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The comments by Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian underscore the increasingly fractious relationship, along with China's increasingly confrontational approach to foreign relations.
At last week's NATO summit in Spain, Blinken accused China of "seeking to undermine the rules-based international order."
In his comments on Wednesday, Zhao said that "the so-called rules-based international order is actually a family rule made by a small number of countries to serve US self-interest."
"Washington respects international rules only as it sees fit. "NATO must give up its blind faith in military power," Zhao said.
US-China relations are dominated by disputes over issues ranging from trade and human rights to territorial claims by Taiwan and Beijing in the South China Sea.
Meanwhile, China has refused to condemn Russia's four-month war against Ukraine, criticized sanctions imposed on Moscow by NATO members and accused Washington and its allies of provoking the conflict.
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Russia and China have strengthened political, economic and military ties, while aligning their foreign policies to counter the influence of liberal democracies. Weeks before the February Russian invasion, Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a meeting in which they promised a partnership that had no strings attached.
At its summit, NATO for the first time singled out China as one of its strategic priorities for the next decade.
Blinken is expected to meet Wang on Saturday at a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major wealthy and developing nations on the Indonesian island of Bali.
