Wenbin said, the State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi gave an interview yesterday, during which he stated China's position and propositions on China-US relations.

He stressed that faced with the most complex situation since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the US, we need to put in place a clear-cut framework for the relationship.

Wang Yi pointed out that for China-US relations to develop soundly, the most critical thing is mutual respect. The US move to turn China into an adversary is a fundamental, strategic miscalculation.

"It means that the US is funneling its strategic resources in the wrong area. We are always ready to develop a China-US relationship featuring no conflict, no confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation based on coordination, cooperation and stability. In the meantime, we will firmly defend our sovereignty, security and development interests.

I want to stress that the steady development of China-US relations serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples and meets the common aspirations of the international community.

For some time, however, driven by selfish gains, some US politicians have undermined China's interests and China-US relations in words and deeds.

These unconstructive acts are unpopular and have been and will continue to be reprimanded and rejected by visionary and peace-loving people from both sides and around the world.

We urge the US side to discard its outdated Cold War mentality, arrogance and prejudice, view China and China-US relations in an objective and rational way, and meet China half way to bring bilateral relations back to the right track of coordination, cooperation and stability."

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