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By Choekyi Lhamo
DHARAMSHALA, February 22: China on Monday urged the United States to stop “defaming” the Community Party of China (CCP) and its one-party system, adding that it should lift trade sanctions and halt support for “separatist forces” in Tibet. , Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Taiwan. . Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his annual speech at the Lanting Forum that the Biden administration should change its hard-line policy followed by former President Donald Trump toward Beijing.
The spokesman said that China did not intend to challenge or replace the United States, “We hope that the United States respects China’s fundamental interests, national dignity and development rights. We urge the United States to stop defaming the CCP and China’s political system, stop colluding with or even supporting the wrong words and actions of separatist forces in favor of ‘Taiwan independence’, and stop undermining sovereignty and China’s security in internal affairs related to Hong Kong, Xinjiang. and Tibet “.
Wang hopes that the United States will “adjust” its policies as soon as possible and eliminate “unreasonable tariffs on Chinese products, lift its unilateral sanctions on Chinese companies and research and education institutes, and abandon the irrational suppression of China.” US President Joe Biden spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping in his first phone call on February 11, noting that there would be “repercussions” for human rights abuses in China.
On Wednesday, the president of the United States, in a discussion at CNN’s town hall, said that he stressed to President Xi that the country would continue to support human rights on the world stage: “We must defend human rights. It is what we are. . . There will be repercussions for China and [Xi] know that. “Before his call with Xi, he announced a new Defense Department task force aimed at evaluating the US military’s strategy in China.
Wang in his speech also said that it is important to intensify the dialogue and effectively manage the differences between the two, “Given the differences between our two countries in social system, stage of development, history and culture, it is natural for us to have disagreements. The fundamental thing is to improve mutual understanding through dialogue and not allow our relationships to be defined by disagreements ”.
He also stressed that both sides must act in the fundamental interests of the people and adopt a “progressive, open-minded and inclusive attitude” to establish dialogue at various levels. “China, as always, is open to dialogue. We are ready to maintain frank communication with the US side and enter into dialogue aimed at solving problems, “he added.
