China News Agency, Beijing, January 25 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) "The United States frequently sends ships and planes into the South China Sea to show off its force, which is not conducive to the peace and stability of the regional situation." Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian made this in Beijing on the 25th. Response.
At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked. According to reports, the USS Roosevelt entered the South China Sea via the Bashi Channel, and US reconnaissance aircraft and carrier-based early warning aircraft also arrived in the airspace around Taiwan.
How does China respond to this?
Zhao Lijian said that the United States frequently sends warships and planes into the South China Sea to show off its force, which is not conducive to the peace and stability of the regional situation.
In addition, a reporter asked: First question, last Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Ambassador Cui Tiankai wrote to the United States, stating that Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Committee for Foreign Affairs, will visit the United States. The US Embassy has denied this.
Is it possible for China and the United States to resume high-level exchanges in the near future?
The second question is that Ambassador Cui Tiankai has served as the Chinese ambassador to the United States for 8 years, and the position of the US ambassador to China has been vacant since last year.
Does China have new considerations regarding the rotation of its ambassador to the United States?
Zhao Lijian pointed out that with regard to Sino-US relations, as President Xi Jinping pointed out in his congratulatory message to President Biden, promoting the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations not only conforms to the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also the common expectation of the international community.
It is hoped that the two sides will uphold the spirit of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation, focus on cooperation, manage differences, promote the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations, and work with all countries and the international community to advance the noble cause of world peace and development.
Regarding the bilateral high-level exchanges you mentioned, I have no specific information that I can provide you with.
"As to whether China will rotate its ambassador to the United States, I have no relevant information to provide you." Zhao Lijian said that China's policy on Sino-US relations is consistent and clear.
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