China's Foreign Minister Says Ties With U.S. Risk Going Off the Rails

BEIJING—China's foreign minister warned that the U.S. strategy toward China risked plunging the countries into conflict and pledged to continue responding strongly to what he viewed as persistent attacks on Beijing by Washington.

In a press conference Tuesday on the sidelines of China's annual gathering of its National People's Congress in Beijing, Qin Gang said the Biden administration is being insincere when it says it wants to erect guardrails around the relationship, warned the U.S. against engaging in 'new McCarthyism' and praised China's ties with Russia.