According to Phoenix TV, on July 3, former Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai stated at the 13th World Peace Forum that China hopes to develop good relations with all countries including the United States, and has no intention of competing with any country. However, he also emphasized that China will resolutely counter any containment and suppression.
Cui Tiankai said: "If you come with soldiers, we will meet them with generals; if you come with water, we will block it with earth. If you want to cooperate with China, the door is always open. If you want to contain and suppress us, we will definitely respond. Our goal is not to exclude anyone or knock anyone down. We hope to develop good relations with all countries, including the United States."
According to Xinhua News Agency, Cui Tiankai also stated on the same day that there is objective competition between China and the United States, which is even inevitable, but China has never taken competition with the United States as its development goal.
Cui Tiankai said that one of the five characteristics of China's modernization is the modernization of peaceful development. Therefore, our development goal is not to surpass others or replace anyone, but to surpass ourselves.
He said that if someone believes that Sino-US competition is about China competing for hegemony with the United States, this is a wrong understanding. "We don't want to compete for hegemony with anyone, and we also oppose anyone trying to dominate. But this is not specifically aimed at the United States, but at any 'hegemonic attempt'."
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