Live Updates | China bristles at NATO eastward ‘expansion’ as alliance wraps up summit

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — China has renewed its concern about NATO’s eastward “expansion” as the alliance wraps up its summit in Lithuania. A joint communique from the Atlantic alliance a day earlier said China’s “stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values,” while indicating that NATO members “remain open to constructive engagement” with Beijing. China issued a strong rebuttal, saying it would “resolutely safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests, and it resolutely opposes NATO’s eastward expansion into the Asia-Pacific.”