Oppose using competition as a pretext to contain and suppress China. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Competition is not the entirety of Sino US relations. The United States | China | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On September 1st, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked, and we noticed that since the beginning of this year, American media has paid much more attention to competition than cooperation when reporting on China US relations, with over 70% of reports discussing competition. At the same time, there are continuous rational voices in the political, business, and academic circles of the United States calling for strengthening cooperation with China, hoping that China and the United States can promote development through rational competition, strengthen rather than weaken economic interdependence, oppose decoupling and disconnection, and oppose the Cold War with China. What is the spokesperson's comment on this?
Wang Wenbin stated that when discussing Sino US relations, the US always mentions competition, as if competition has become the biggest theme or even the entire issue of Sino US relations. The attitude and position of the Chinese side are clear, and competition should contribute to mutual promotion and common improvement, which is in line with the common interests and expectations of both sides and the international community. We should not resort to any means to create obstacles for the other party and try to pull them down.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that the United States is constantly promoting competition, but what the international community sees is that in order to gain an advantage, the United States uses its national machinery in the name of competition to suppress, encircle, and contain China in all aspects and fields, and vigorously engage in tariff wars, trade wars, technology wars, chip wars, and rule wars. These actions by the United States are not competition at all, but a blatant zero sum Cold War mentality. Essentially, they deprive the Chinese people of the right to choose their own development path, the right to pursue a better life, the right to legitimate development, and the right to achieve national reunification. China firmly opposes the use of competition as a means of containment and suppression. The US approach will only push China and the United States towards a confrontational conflict and push the world towards a new Cold War of division and turmoil.