Warn the US not to “cut the sausage” to challenge the red line
Xinhua News Agency reported that Wang Yi said in the call that teams from the two sides have made a series of contacts in accordance with the consensus reached after the two heads of state met in Bali last month, on which is generally beneficial. However, it must be emphasized that the United States cannot engage in containment while seeking dialogue, or stab the knife while discussing cooperation. It’s not about reasonable competition, it’s about unreasonable suppression, it’s not about controlling differences, it’s about escalating conflicts, in fact it’s still the old routine of one-sided bullying. This hasn’t worked in China in the past and it won’t work in the future. China will continue to resolutely defend its sovereignty, security and development interests. The United States must pay attention to China’s legitimate concerns and stop containing and suppressing China’s development. In particular, it must not continue to challenge China’s red line by “slicing sausages.”
Wang Yi said that the New Year should have a new look. The two countries and the people of the world generally hope that Sino-US relations will stop falling and recover. Zero-sum thinking will only lead to the consumption of the two major powers and a head-on confrontation. It is clear at a glance what is right and what is wrong. Where to go, depends on the people.
Xinhua News Agency quoted Blinken as saying the US side is willing to discuss the guiding principles for bilateral relations with China, handle US-China relations responsibly, and pursue cooperation in areas that serve common interests. of both parties. The US side continues to pursue the one-China policy and does not support Taiwan’s “independence”.
The United States reiterates that it does not support Taiwan’s “independence”.
According to the US State Department website, spokesman Ned Price released a statement Thursday evening, saying that Blinken “discussed the current outbreak situation and stressed the importance of transparency to the international community” during the call. with Wang Yi. Reuters quoted Blinken as saying at a State Department press conference that day that the United States was ready to supply vaccines to China to help deal with its ongoing outbreak, but stressed that the Chinese government had so far not requested support. “We want to see China bring this outbreak under control,” he said. The US State Department said earlier this week it was concerned that the out-of-control outbreak in China could produce new variants of the new coronavirus that could hit the world. The Chinese statement made no mention of the epidemic.
Wang Yi also met with Thornton, co-chairman of the board of directors of the Asia Society of the United States in Beijing on Thursday, who said that in order to achieve stable and sustainable development of Sino-US relations, the United States must first establish a correct understanding of China and adhere to the tone of dialogue rather than confrontation and win-win exchanges rather than zero-sum. The United States should abandon its unreasonable containment and repression of China and return to a positive and pragmatic China policy. China is open to dialogue with the United States at all levels.
Following talks between the Chinese and American presidents in November, the US State Department announced it expects Blinken to visit China early next year. When Blinken summed up his annual diplomatic successes on Thursday, he believed that China was the only country among US competitors with plans to reshape the international order and that it increasingly possessed the economic, diplomatic, military and technological resources necessary to further this goal. It can be seen how crucial it is to accelerate the convergence of strategies of the United States and its allies towards China.
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