NATO Chief Condemns China’s ‘Bullying,' Calls for Japan–NATO Cooperation

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands after holding a joint media briefing in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2023. Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is condemning China’s communist regime for “bullying its neighbors and threatening Taiwan.”

During a visit to Tokyo on Jan. 31, Stoltenberg said that it’s a “critical moment for NATO and for Japan,” and warned that China and Russia are “leading an authoritarian pushback against international rules-based order.”