Chinese foreign minister says Beijing and Washington can overcome ‚current difficulties‘ amid burgeoning trade war.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi dismissed fears on Friday that his country was seeking to overtake the United States as the pre-eminent world power, saying Beijing wants global harmony.
Pointing to recent works of US scholars who say China is stepping up efforts for hegemony, Wang said: „I want to tell you very clearly that this is a serious strategic misjudgment.
„It is a misguided anticipation that will be extremely detrimental to US interests and the future of the United States,“ Wang told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, where he was attending the UN General Assembly.
Wang also said there was „no cause for panic“ over friction between Beijing and Washington and that „we can overcome current difficulties“.
At a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump accused Beijing of seeking to meddle in the November 6 congressional elections in the US, in what he described as a bid to stop him and his Republican Party from doing well because of his trade stance.
Wang said concrete actions must be taken to maintain relations between China and the US and that „history will remember those who took the lead in the mist“.
