Bangladesh, Feb. 15 -- 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.

Wang, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, said China would respond resolutely to unilateral "bullying" practices, but hopes the US can work together with it in the same direction.

Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump slapped an additional 10 percent tariff on all Chinese goods despite having what he had described as a "good" telephone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping weeks earlier.

The levies spurred China to hit back with up to 15 percent in duties on some US imports, reigniting fear...