Voormalig Chinees ambassadeur in Washington Cui Tiankai stelt dat de Verenigde Staten moeten ophouden de opkomst van China de schuld te geven van binnenlandse problemen. Volgens hem is de ontwikkeling van China nooit bedoeld geweest om de VS te vervangen of uit te dagen. Ook waarschuwt hij dat de Amerikaanse toekomst niet ten koste mag gaan van Chinese belangen.
The United States should not blame China’s rise for its own problems and should not expect that these can be solved by changing presidents, China’s longest-serving former ambassador to Washington has said. “China’s development has never aimed to replace or challenge the US – it never has. Naturally, I also hope the US can resolve its own issues and that its future development will not come at the expense of China’s interests,” Cui Tiankai, who served as ambassador to the US from 2013 to 2021,...