China Reacts on AUKUS Alliance: ‘Cold War mentality’ in U.S., British, Australia Pact

China has reacted to a new trilateral security alliance announced by the United States, Britain and Australia aimed at addressing defense and security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region, calling on the three countries to shake off their “Cold War mentality”. Liu Pengyu, the spokesman for China’s embassy in Washington, made the comments on Thursday, following the formation of the security pact a day earlier amid China’s growing influence over the strategically vital region. Countries “should not build exclusionary blocs targeting or harming the interests of third parties. In particular, they should shake off their Cold-War mentality and ideological prejudice,” Liu…