Qin Gang on China's Diplomacy "Combining Rigidity and Softness"

　　China News Agency, Los Angeles, February 28 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the China-US "Shanghai Communiqué". Qin Gang, the Chinese ambassador to the US, was interviewed by the media recently.

　　According to the interview transcript released by the Chinese Embassy in the United States on February 28, in response to the Dragon TV reporter, "You have been engaged in diplomatic work for decades, and you have served as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs twice. Describe you, what do you think?" When asked, Qin Gang said, I started working in 1988 and served as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs twice. positions on major international and regional issues.

As the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, first of all, we must resolutely safeguard China's national interests, and at the same time, we must better express China's policies and positions so that other countries can accept them.

This may be why the outside world describes me as "sturdy and wise".

　　Qin Gang said, in fact, it reflects the style of China's diplomacy that combines rigidity and softness.

It is necessary to firmly safeguard China's national sovereignty, security and development interests, and at the same time, pay attention to dialogue and communication with the outside world, so as to better convey China's voice and enhance the international community's objective, comprehensive and fair understanding of China.

I've been trying to do this.

　　When answering a reporter's question about "whether such a combination of rigidity and softness is also used in our exchanges with the U.S.", Qin Gang said that we must of course make solemn representations and safeguard the U.S. actions that interfere in our internal affairs and harm China's interests. national interest.

At the same time, we are in the United States after all, and we are facing the American public, and we must tell more and better stories about China's development to the American public.

This requires constant exploration of how to make the American public better understand and accept China's position, China's point of view, and China's narrative.

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