Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou on Tuesday criticized the Quad grouping comprising the United States, Japan, India and Australia as representing a "Cold War mentality" and "100 percent outdated."In an interview with Kyodo News, Kong urged Japan to depart from diplomacy that follows in the steps of its ally the United States and to strengthen ties with China by exerting "strategic independence."Japan "can keep a good balance" in its respective relations with China and the United States, he said in his first interview with a Japanese media organization since U.S. President Joe Biden …READ FULL ARTICLE
