China's Ambassador to the U.S. Interprets the New Positioning of China-U.S. Relations

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng recently said in an exclusive interview with U.S. Newsweek that the heads of state of China and the United States have further clarified the new positioning of ChinaU.S. relations, namely building a "constructive strategic stable relationship between China and the United States based on respect, fairness, and equality." Xie Feng said that respect includes respecting each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, respective social systems and development paths, as well as the other side's core interests and major concerns. He stressed that the Taiwan question, democracy and human rights, system and development rights are bottom lines the Chinese side will not allow to be crossed. He also said that fairness means China and the United States should engage in mutually beneficial cooperation and handle differences through consultation, avoiding zerosum games and the unilateral pursuit of advantage; equality requires both sides to treat each other as equals, properly address each other's concerns, and build trust and dispel doubts through political and diplomatic and economic and trade consultation mechanisms, promoting the development of cooperation in areas such as economic and trade, energy, military, law enforcement, health, agriculture, tourism, science and technology, and peopletopeople and cultural exchanges.