The U.S. Secretary of State Rejects the "U.S.-China Cold War" statement denies asking other countries to choose sides

　　Chinanews.com, May 5th. According to a report by the Financial Times on the 5th, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with the newspaper that the United States recognizes that there are complex relations between countries and that the United States does not It is believed that other countries "need to cut off or terminate" economic and trade exchanges with China.

　　During his visit to London, Brinken said that he did not agree with the statement that "the United States is starting a cold war with China."

Brinken stated that he was unwilling to "label most relationships-including the US-China relationship-because the situation is complicated."

　　The report pointed out that US-China relations have deteriorated during the Trump administration, and there are still differences between the two countries on security, human rights, intellectual property, and economic and trade rules.

　　"We are not asking countries (between the United States and China) to choose sides," Brinken said.

The United States recognizes that there are complicated relationships between countries, including with China, and the United States does not believe that other countries’ economic relations with China “need to be cut off or terminated”.

However, he said that the United States hopes to promote and protect basic rules that regulate economy and trade, environment, intellectual property, and technology.

　　According to reports, US President Biden recently convened the first leadership-level meeting of the "Quadruple Security Dialogue."

The "quartet" includes the United States, Japan, India and Australia.

This is part of the efforts of the United States to cooperate with allies to counter China.

　　Bonnie Glaser, the head of the Asian project at the German Marshall Fund of the US, expressed some concerns that Washington’s posture was "too radical and too confrontational."

"I definitely have the impression that Germany and some other European countries are really unhappy with the US attitude towards China," she said.

　　Officials in the Biden administration, including Brinken, characterized the future of US-China relations as "competition, cooperation, and confrontation"-depending on the specific problem to be solved.

　　Washington hopes to cooperate with China on foreign policy issues such as Iran and North Korea, as well as climate change issues, while defending US interests in the military, technology, and economic fields.

　　Brinken said that during the past 15 years there has been "a worldwide democratic recession", but he acknowledged that the United States itself has encountered "the world can see" challenges in its democratic system.