Chinese Premier Li Qiang addressed the UN General Assembly on Friday, where he made a veiled criticism of the United States by warning against a return to “Cold War mentality".

Without naming US President Donald Trump, Li defended multilateralism and projected China as a defender of the global order, of which Washington was the chief custodian until recently.

“The world has entered a new period of turbulence and transformation," he said. “Unilateralism and (the) Cold War mentality are resurfacing. The international rules and order built over the past 80 years are under serious challenge, and the once effective international system is constantly disrupted."

Li criticised the imposition of Trump’s tariffs on several countries, even though the US has reached a truce with China. “A major ca

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