China News Agency, Beijing, March 19. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said in a speech on the 19th at the Fourth International Forum on Strategy and Security hosted by the Center for Strategic and Security Studies of Tsinghua University that globalization cannot be "weaponized".

China has always opposed unilateral sanctions that lack the basis of international law and are not authorized by the Security Council.

Historical experience has proven time and again that sanctions cannot solve problems.

　　Le Yucheng said that the sanctions against Russia are getting more and more outrageous now. They even use globalization as a weapon. Even people in sports, culture, art and entertainment are not spared. Both cats and trees are sanctioned, and Russian citizens are deprived of overseas assets for no reason.

People in the West often talk about "science without borders", "depoliticization of sports", the sanctity of private property, freedom of speech, and the spirit of contract. I'm afraid no one will believe it anymore.

If the sanctions continue like this, will human beings return to the primitive society where "chickens and dogs hear each other and don't communicate with each other"?

Sanctions will only harm ordinary people, impact the economic and financial system formed after the war, and make the world economy worse. At least in the near future, the risks of food crises, energy crises, and financial crises are all rising sharply.

Oil prices soared to more than $130 a barrel recently, and the price of natural gas in Europe soared 10 times compared with the same period last year.

Abuse of sanctions would have disastrous consequences for the entire world.

　　Le Yucheng pointed out that the Ukraine crisis has provided us with a mirror to look at the situation in the Asia-Pacific.

We have seen that the Asia-Pacific is faced with two completely different choices: to build a big family of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, or to pursue a Cold War mentality and engage in a "small circle" of camp confrontation?

My answer is "four dos and four nos":

　　First, we must cherish peace and not destroy regional tranquility.

Today's peace in the Asia-Pacific is hard-won and must be carefully maintained.

The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Ten Principles of the Bandung Conference were born in Asia. The Sino-US Shanghai Communiqué originated in Asia. Eight years ago, President Xi Jinping put forward the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. It seems that the meaning is particularly important.

No country can seek its own so-called absolute security at the expense of the security of other countries.

　　Second, respect each other and refrain from grossly interfering in internal affairs.

All countries must respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and insist on doing what they do not want and not doing to others.

Everyone has the right to follow the development path of their choice, not to impose on others, not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and there is no need for a "savior" or "teacher".

　　Third, we must unite and cooperate, and do not create divisions and confrontations.

Right now, there are people who are bucking the trend, engaging in an "Indo-Pacific strategy", causing trouble everywhere, and deliberately piecing together closed and exclusive "small circles" and "small groups", leading the region to the wrong path of fragmentation and alignment.

Such an "Indo-Pacific strategy" is as dangerous as the eastward expansion of NATO in Europe. If left unchecked, it will eventually push the Asia-Pacific into a fire pit.

　　Fourth, we must be self-reliant and do not let others dictate our own destiny.

All countries in the Asia-Pacific region should be the masters of their own destiny and not be pawns at the mercy of others.

Taking the purposes and principles of the UN Charter as the way to stand, maintain an objective and fair position in international affairs, independently make judgments and decisions in line with their own fundamental interests, implement an independent, balanced and prudent foreign policy, and achieve unity and self-improvement in the process of Asia-Pacific regional integration.

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