China News Service, August 20. According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, on August 13, at the invitation of Allen, President of the Brookings Institution, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai and more than 20 scholars and related persons The US relations held a video exchange and delivered a keynote speech. Cui Tiankai pointed out that if the negative trends in Sino-US relations continue to develop, China may face more difficulties and challenges, but the initiators of the "new cold war" must also carefully weigh the costs they will pay and the disasters they will bring to the world. "Who is the bell ringing?" There will be one day afterwards.
Ambassador Cui said that the former U.S. President's National Security Assistant General Scowcroft tragically passed away recently. China expresses its deep condolences. Over the years, courageous and wise politicians represented by General Scowcroft have led the Sino-US relations through ups and downs. In the changing world, they give people inspiration and strength. The example they set will inspire us to make unremitting efforts to ensure that Sino-US relations continue to move on the right track.
Currently, Sino-US relations are developing in the wrong direction. Some people describe it as "free fall." The relations between the two countries have always had problems and difficulties of this kind, but what is now alarming is that some people try to deny the achievements of the two generations through decades of hard work and deliberately push the two sides into confrontation and conflict. With the new crown pneumonia epidemic raging around the world and the world economy suffering a severe setback, countries, especially large countries, urgently need to cooperate. The above situation has seriously interfered with cooperation. The deterioration of Sino-US relations has also severely damaged global economic confidence, bringing serious consequences to both countries and the people of the world.
Some people in the United States are keen to engage in great power competition and strategic confrontation. Looking back at the "9.11" terrorist attacks, the international financial crisis and the current new crown pneumonia epidemic in this century, these three crises are undoubtedly strategic, but they are no longer a security threat in the traditional sense, and none of them can rely on traditional ones. The toolbox of great power competition is resolved. The world has changed. Of course there will be differences and even competition between big countries, but this is not a reason for confrontation. Today, the forces that promote cooperation between major powers are far greater than the forces that promote division. Stigmatization will not make anyone great, and the "ideological crusade" will not solve any problems in the world today and is doomed to failure.
Some people may think that confrontation will help contain China's development and even change the Chinese regime. This is wishful thinking. History has repeatedly proved that external pressure will only make the Chinese people more united, the Chinese society more cohesive, and the Chinese economy more resilient. Some people are so obsessed with the term "cold war", perhaps because they think they have won the cold war, but they should not forget the price the world has paid for the cold war for more than 40 years. Even during the Cold War, there were two hot battles, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, which caused the United States and related countries to pay a heavy price. We should not let history repeat itself. If the negative trends in Sino-US relations continue to develop, China may face more difficulties and challenges, but the initiators of the "new cold war" must also carefully weigh the price they will pay and the disasters they will bring to the world. "Who is the bell ringing?" There will be one day afterwards.
The fundamental question of the current Sino-US relationship is: With China deeply integrated with the existing international order, can the United States accommodate China and coexist peacefully with a country with a different history, culture, and system? From the beginning of the normalization of relations between China and the United States until the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two sides have made a choice, that is, the two countries must coexist peacefully, evolve together, manage differences, expand cooperation, and develop a comprehensive, stable and constructive relationship. I hope that no one will deny history and cause the relationship between the two countries to slide down a dangerous path.
China has always been an active participant, supporter and contributor to the international system. At the same time, as a big country with an ancient civilization, China's integration into the international system will inevitably bring some changes to it, and the international system must be adjusted accordingly. This is like a chemical reaction, completely natural and reasonable. However, China does not intend to "revolution" the existing international system or create a completely new system on its own. Instead, it hopes to actively promote corresponding reforms in accordance with changes in the situation while integrating and adapting. Is the United States willing to work with China and other countries to ensure that the international order and global system meet the needs of all member states of the international community, and work together to deal with various risks and challenges; or to let the situation get out of control, indulge in the zero-sum game of great power competition, and fall into Sidde trap"? The United States must make a fundamental choice.
The construction of a "post-epidemic world" provides a rare opportunity for China-US cooperation. It will be a very different world. Technological progress and other factors will lead to profound adjustments in the international economic structure and supply chain. The economic guiding ideology will also change. Concerns about public health and other social issues and how to deal with the spread of infectious diseases will increase. Under the new situation, the international community should strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination and reform the global governance system, especially in social fields such as public health. Faced with important tasks and severe challenges, China and the United States should make the right choice. On the basis of mutual understanding and respect, not only will they play an active role in building a new global governance system and international order for the “post-epidemic world”, but also develop more stable and more stable development. Forward-looking and stronger Sino-US relations.
China, as always, is committed to working with the United States to overcome difficulties, face the future, and build a Sino-US relationship based on coordination, cooperation and stability. Recently, China has issued a series of clear signals on this. Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, published a long article expounding his views on Sino-US relations from a historical perspective. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has made many speeches and accepted interviews, reiterating China's firm commitment to promoting the healthy development of Sino-US relations. We look forward to receiving a positive response from the US.
Some people may think that China is waiting for the results of the US general election in November this year. I would like to declare that China has not waited, let alone wasting time in waiting. It is far beyond China's ability to predict or influence the direction of US internal affairs. China has neither the will nor the interest to get involved. When President Nixon visited China about half a century ago, he quoted Chairman Mao Zedong's poem "Ten thousand years is too long, and we will seize the day." Today, we are still willing to seize the day and cooperate with the current US government anytime and anywhere to find solutions to problems. I also hope that some people in the US will get rid of fear and paranoia as soon as possible, because this is causing them to lose common sense, even to the point of shocking.
All sectors of society in China and the United States should be highly vigilant of any sinister attempt to push Sino-US relations into confrontation and conflict, resolutely prevent the resurgence of "McCarthyism", actively expand exchanges and cooperation, and push Sino-US relations back on track as soon as possible.