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ChinesePresident Biden’s top national security adviser in the Indo-Pacific region said the country’s “dramatic” military buildup had triggered unrest in Asia and was the driving factor behind the recent establishment of a three-pronged US, UK and Australian security agreement focused on the region. .

Kurt M. Campbell, the vice president and the Indo-Pacific coordinator of the National Security Council, said the administration is aware of the so-called “AUKUS” pact and other US moves, such as the creation of the pro-democracy “Quad” cohesion. With Japan, Australia and India – causing “heartburn” Beijing.

Mr. Campbell presented the comments at the US Institute of Peace forum on Friday, days after Mr. Biden and Mr. Xi held a three-hour virtual summit to discuss a range of issues amid growing international concerns that a Cold War is brewing between America. and Chinese, the world’s largest communist power.

Mr. Campbell said the Biden administration is trying to compete with the United States. Chinese globally in every field but wants to avoid Cold War style stance and escalation. However, Chinese leaders have accused the United States of fomenting new Cold War dynamics by strengthening ties with like-minded allies, including countries that might otherwise be in it. Beijingdomain.

“I think it would be fair to say at the virtual meeting that President Xi made it very clear why a number of things were caused by the United States. Chinese some heartburn” Mr. Campbell said. “And I think at the top of this list is our bilateral relationship with Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand, which has strengthened and revitalized our bilateral security alliances – new partnerships like AUKUS working constructively with Vietnam, the Quartet, India, and frankly, in the fields of technology and the like. talk more dynamically with Europeans about areas of cooperation.”

“I think President Xi has made it clear that from a Chinese perspective these represent what they would describe as Cold War thinking,” he said. “We believe there are key features, some formal and some informal, that are interconnected, overlapping, multi-purpose, that have helped to sustain together this operating system that has led to such profound prosperity over the past 30 years. I think the critical thing for us going forward is to be open and transparent about the business.”

Mr Campbell argued that the push for transparency contradicted the largely opaque military buildup. Beijing in the last quarter century.

“Since about 1996,” he said, “what we’ve witnessed is one of the largest military buildups in any industry, like shipbuilding, nuclear. [and] a range of technologies Chinese In modern times, this huge military investment and new capabilities.”

“We think some of this is destabilizing, much of it has been done opaquely, and I think behind the scenes a lot of people in Asia are worried about these important, dramatic military investments.” said. “Indeed, some of these steps have prompted other countries to respond, and I would say AUKUS is one of those responses.”

U.S. military officials have expressed particular concern about the issue. Chineseexpanding its arsenal of nuclear weapons. A recent Pentagon report warned: Chinese It is on track to more than double its arsenal in the coming years, and could have 700 nuclear warheads by 2027 and 1,000 by 2030.

Duration ChineseA recap of the summit between Mr. Biden and Mr. Biden at the White House on Monday, Taiwan’s increase in military strength in recent months, and other weapons developments, including testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, have made global headlines in recent months. Mr. Xi did not mention a private discussion on such matters.

But the summary said Mr Biden “underlined the importance of managing strategic risks.” Chinese and USA-Chinese “Competition does not turn into conflict.”

Concerns that a conflict might start accidentally are particularly high given the increasing speed. Beijingexpanding their military capabilities.

A senior US Air Force general told The Washington Times earlier this month he Chinesemilitary developments continue to exceed US estimates. Neither the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, nor any other country in recent history has so consistently exceeded the estimates of the Pentagon and the intelligence community.

Lieutenant General S. Clinton Hinote, the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategy, integration and requirements, gave a clear assessment of how quickly the Chinese armed forces are accelerating key programs such as hypersonic weapons, nuclear weapons and a host of other programs. .

General Hinote told The Times: “Perhaps one of the most interesting things about being a China watcher in the last 10, 15 years is that it’s definitely the only country in my memory… it’s constantly accelerating faster than we anticipated.” “The Soviets did not do that. Definitely not North Korea or Iran, something like that. But Chinese did a good job at reclaiming their economic strength… and it [the] acceleration of military capacity.”

This assessment was in line with Mr Campbell’s comments on Friday.

“Military capabilities ranging from nuclear to cyber to space raise a range of concerns” Mr. Campbell He added that Mr. Biden sought to initiate a dialogue with Mr. Xi at Monday’s summit about the need for transparency and open communication channels to avoid unintentional conflict.

“What the president was trying to do was say, ‘As great powers, we have an interest in doing everything we can to prevent problems, oversight, miscalculations and accidents, that’s at the first level’,” said Mr. Campbell.

“What we want to do and have tried in the past is to enlist. Chinese “We’re in discussions about what to do if we run into some kind of accident or unintentionality,” he said. “We’re in the earliest stages of this kind of discussion.”

• Ben Wolfgang contributed to this article.