China-US Relations: Cooperation, Not 'Separation'

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at a meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister and Foreign Economic Relations Minister Peter Szijjarto in Guangxi, China (August 24), affirmed that the so-called "separation" argument is impossible and unreasonable.

Mr. Wang Yi believes that in the current context of global modernization, all countries can play their role in the global distribution chain to develop faster. More than 40 years of China-US diplomatic relations have shown that in order to protect and enhance the interests of the people of the two countries, China and the US need to complement each other's advantages, not divide or separate, need to reconcile, not isolate, and cooperate to win, not to confront. Mr. Wang Yi emphasized that "separating" China and the US would be a dead end.

Meanwhile, at the press conference of the same day of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spokesman Zhao Lijian also affirmed that China-US cooperation is mutually beneficial, not one-sided cooperation. Therefore, the assertion by some US politicians that the US “suffers losses” or “does favors” to China is essentially an ideological difference aimed at propagating the so-called “China threat theory”. Mr. Zhao Lijian emphasized that this is inconsistent with reality, and is an attempt to turn back the wheel of history.

Mr. Trieu Lap Kien said:“China and the United States should promote the development of bilateral relations through cooperation, not separation, and demonstrate their responsibility to the world today. Globalization is the reality of the times and also the direction of human progress.”

The reaction of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry is believed to be aimed at the recent statement of US President Donald Trump in an interview with US television (August 23) saying that the US does not need to do business with China, and at the same time emphasizing that if China does not treat it right, the US will "separate" from China./.