China says NATO poses ‘enormous danger’ after alliance labels it an ‘enabler’ of Russia’s war

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China on Thursday came out swinging at NATO, accusing it of posing an "enormous danger to the world" after the alliance labeled Beijing a "decisive enabler" of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The communiqué, approved by all 32 NATO member nations and released Wednesday, was the most strongly worded stance the alliance has taken against Beijing and its position backing Russia since the war began more than two years ago.

But Beijing did not take lightly being listed in the NATO document as a "large-scale support[er] for Russia’s defense industrial base."

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"Wherever NATO shows up, turmoil and chaos will follow," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said in a briefing Thursday. "NATO’s so-called security is more often than not built on others’ insecurity, and a lot of its security anxieties are self-made.

"The ‘success’ and ‘strength’ boasted by NATO means enormous danger to the world," he added, further accusing the alliance of creating "imaginary enemies."

Words like scaremongering, belligerent, bias and provocative were also used by the spokesperson to describe the NATO communiqué.

China broke with the U.S. and Europe during that onslaught of the war when it refused to condemn Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and it has since backed Moscow by helping to offset Western sanctions