China Praises Pakistan as Real Iron Brother

Chinese Foreign Office spokesman Lijian Zhao has hailed Pakistan as a “real iron brother” for turning down the invitation to the Biden administration’s “Summit for Democracy” this week.

US President Joe Biden had invited Taiwan to the summit, a move that infuriated China, which views the island as its territory.

The first-of-its-kind summit was a test of Biden’s assertion — announced in his first foreign policy address in office in February — that he would return the United States to global leadership to face down authoritarian forces led by China and Russia.