Here’s What to Remember: In a joint op-ed written for The National Interest, the ambassadors of Russia and China to the United States, Anatoly Antonov and Qin Gang, decried the summit as the manifestation of a “Cold-War mentality.” The Biden administration’s decision to invite Taiwan as a participant has prompted outrage from Beijing, with Zhao Lijian, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, accusing Washington of using democracy as “a cover and a tool for it to advance its geopolitical objectives, oppress other countries, divide the world and serve its own interests.” In a joint op-ed written for The National Interest, the ambassadors of Russia and China to the United States, Anatoly Antonov and Qin Gang, decried the summit as the manifestation of a “Cold-War mentality.”