China: "US views China as a 'hypothetical enemy,' causing deadlock in relations" ... Fierce attack at Tianjin talks

She Feng, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, "US Has No Right to Raise Human Rights Issues with China"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] China launched an offensive against the United States from the outset during the high-level US-China dialogue held after four months.

On the 26th, at a meeting in Tianjin, China, between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reported that Xie said, "US-China relations are at an impasse and facing serious difficulties, fundamentally because some US officials have regarded China as a 'virtual enemy.'"

Xie, who is in charge of diplomacy with the US, pointed out that the US compares China to Japan during World War II or the Soviet Union during the Cold War, treating China as a 'virtual enemy,' demonizing China, and blaming China for America's structural problems.

Xie said, "The US's tripartite framework of 'competition, cooperation, and confrontation' is aimed at containing and suppressing China," adding, "Confrontation and suppression are the essence."

He criticized, "The US talks about cooperation when it wants something from China, but in areas where it is dominant, it pursues decoupling, supply disruptions, blockades, and sanctions, risking all kinds of conflicts to suppress China."

He then questioned, "How is it possible to expect good results while only doing bad things?"

Xie criticized the US for claiming to uphold a 'rules-based international order' but in reality suppressing other countries and only looking out for its own interests.

He also seemed conscious of the US's pressure on China over human rights issues in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, saying, "The US has no qualification to dictate to China on human rights issues."

He urged, "The US must change its very wrong thinking and dangerous China policy."

Furthermore, he demanded that the US revise its course to compete fairly with China under the principle of mutual respect and seek peaceful coexistence.

Following the meeting between Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng and Deputy Secretary Sherman, a meeting between Deputy Secretary Sherman and Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi is also scheduled.

The face-to-face high-level dialogue between the US and China comes four months after the 2+2 high-level meeting held in Alaska in March between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi and Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

During this period, the two countries have clashed comprehensively on issues ranging from the investigation into the origin of COVID-19 to Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Amid the deepening conflict, there are also concerns that rather than producing concrete results, the two sides may once again expose disagreements over current issues and clash during this dialogue.

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