US Defense Law Ratified, China Meredang

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Wikimedia Commons/Yellowmen

JAKARTA - United States President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Saturday, which infuriated China.

"China deeply regrets and opposes the US stance," the Chinese Foreign Ministry (MFA) said in Beijing on Saturday, quoted by Antara.

China says it cannot accept the US law because it contains negative things about China.

"The law clearly puts aside facts, creates narratives of Chinese threats, interferes in China's internal affairs, and discredits the CPC (Chinese Communist Party)," the MFA said.

China considers the NDAA as a form of political provocation.

According to the MFA, the CPC regime is the choice of the people and the choice of history so that efforts to separate the people from the CPC will not succeed.

The MFA urged the US to stop all efforts to curb China by playing with Taiwan's issues and defusing Chinese One principles.

"We urge the US to seriously follow up on the mutual understanding that the US President and President of China have achieved in Bali, leave the Cold War mentality, and not take a negative stance regarding China in the new law," the MFA said.

China has stated that it will take firm action to safeguard domestic sovereignty, security and interests.

In the NDAA Fiscal Year 2023, the US allocated USD 816.7 billion (approximately IDR 12.81 quadrillion) funds for the country's defense department.