China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during the opening of a new Chinese Embassy in the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas
Reuters: Senior Chinese diplomat says China, U.S. must avoid Cold War mentality
China and the United States can compete but should not view each other with a Cold War mentality and should avoid thinking it is a zero-sum game, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said, amid deteriorating ties between the superpowers.
Beijing and Washington are locked in an increasingly bitter trade war and are increasingly at odds over other issues, such as U.S. support for self-ruled Taiwan which China claims, and U.S. sanctions on China’s military for buying Russian weapons.
At a meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Tuesday in New York on the sidelines of a United Nations meeting, Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi said that the two countries would only lose if they confronted each other.
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Update: Top Chinese diplomat: U.S., China should avoid 'Cold War mentality' (Politico)
WNU editor: The U.S. is making its presence felt much to the discomfort of China .... U.S. flies bombers over South China Sea amid heightened tensions with Beijing (China).
Who is he warning? China's stock market has dropped 30% in the last 4 months. They're a regional pariah among their neighbors. They have no global military logistics. They have no cultural allies.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't didn't work out well for the last communists either.
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Wang Hi is playing to Europe while being a gutter liar. China has engaged in Zero sum conflicts for years while saying soothing words. China is a dog eat dog predator, act accordingly.
ReplyDeleteThere can;t be a new Cold War.
ReplyDelete... not with China
The libtard sheet of music says Russian not China
China should wait its turn.
If not the libtards and wingnuts will get very, very angry!