Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China will "play along to the end" if the United States is bent on suppressing the country even though Beijing does not wish to be in conflict with Washington.

China’s top diplomat said the country will respond to any further unilateral US sanctions, calling such moves a form of “bullying” in his first major public remarks since US President Donald Trump launched a new trade conflict.

China's Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, has warned that China will retaliate if the US imposes further unilateral sanctions. He referred to such actions as "bullying" during his first significant public comments since the onset of a new trade conflict initiated by US President Donald Trump.