Chinese President Xi Jinping issues rare rebuke of US for 'suppression against us'

Chinese leader Xi Jinping issued a rare public rebuke of the United States for embarking on a crusade to thwart China's rise.

Although he has taken veiled digs at the U.S. in the past, Xi has generally refrained from calling out the U.S. by name, but as tensions with Washington, D.C., escalate, he opted to ratchet up his rhetoric as the National People’s Congress gathered, according to state media.

“Western countries — led by the U.S. — have implemented all-round containment, encirclement, and suppression against us, bringing unprecedentedly severe challenges to our country’s development,” Xi...