Quad employing divide-and-rule strategy: China

BEIJING: China's official media Sunday accused Quad of resorting to a divide-and-rule strategy to sow discord between Beijing and its neighbours, a day after the four-member grouping's summit decided to expand its Indo-Pacific Partnership.
Hosted by President Biden, the summit was attended by PM Modi, his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, and Japanse PM Fumio Kishida.
While the Chinese foreign ministry is yet to react to the summit, the Chinese official media said the summit focus was China-containment strategy. "Although the US blames the rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific on China, all regional countries, including the other three members of the Quad, are well aware that the main cause is the US taking the initiative to try and implement a divide-and-rule strategy in the region by taking all possible means to sow discord between China and its neighbours," an editorial by the state-run China Daily said.