国内英语资讯:Spotlight: Chinese FM urges China, U.S. to promote ties with vision, conviction_时事

国内英语资讯:Spotlight: Chinese FM urges China, U.S. to promote ties with vision, conviction

The seasoned diplomat cautioned that conflict and confrontation will lead nowhere, and neither country can mold the other in its own image.

Since China and the United States differ from each other in history, culture, social systems, development paths and national conditions, it is inevitable for them to have disagreements and even frictions, said Wang.

What matters most is how to perceive them objectively and handle them properly, he said, adding that differences should not be a chasm that prevents people from engaging each other, but an impetus to mutual learning and shared progress.

The Chinese state councilor denounced the claim by some Americans that the decades-long U.S. engagement policy has failed in its original purpose of changing China and that it is time to revert to a containment policy.

"Such an idea of modeling others according to one's own wish is wrong from the very starting point, and cannot possibly work," he said.

Seventy years on, it is important for the United States to avoid picking another misguided fight with the wrong country, he said.

In terms of roles on the world stage, Wang called on shouldering responsibilities together in accordance with the trend of history, and said that neither of the two countries can replace the other.

In response to the so-called "shift of international power" hyped by some in the United States, Wang said that such a claim is a strategic misjudgment about China and reflects a lack of self-confidence.