Attempts to contain China are unwise, undesirable, and will ultimately fail, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Thursday.
In a regular press briefing in Beijing, Lin addressed a question regarding recent comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in an interview with the magazine Foreign Affairs. In the interview, Blinken said that China's dissatisfaction with the U.S. efforts to form alliances against China proved the success of the U.S. policy.
"The Chinese side always views and grows its relations with the United States in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, while firmly safeguarding its own sovereignty, security, and development interests. We have always believed that a 'new Cold War' is neither feasible nor winnable, and that attempts to contain China are unwise, undesirable, and will not succeed," Lin said.
Lin also referenced Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Lima, Peru, last month, where Xi summarized seven key experiences from the past four years of China-U.S. interactions, which points the way forward for the development of bilateral relations. He called on the United States to take these lessons seriously and work with China in the same direction.
In response to Blinken's comment that Taiwan is not just China's business, but the world's, Lin stressed "Taiwan is China's Taiwan. The Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair which brooks no foreign interference. The biggest challenge to peace in the Taiwan Strait stems from separatist activities and the interference and disruption by external forces."
"What the United States should do is to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiqués, deliver on its commitment of not supporting Taiwan secession, stop abetting Taiwan separatist forces and cease interfering in China's internal affairs regarding Taiwan," Lin said.
Attempts to contain China not to succeed: Chinese FM spokesman
