China
November 24, 2005
US denies new containment policy against China
US State Department's deputy spokesman Adam Ereli announced on Nov. 21 at a press conference that the editorial carried on New York Times on Nov. 19, which says the Bush administration adopts a new containment policy against China, misinterprets Washington's China policy.
While answering questions from Xinhua, Ereli said that the United States acknowledge China's status as a rising power and it is better to regard China as a partner in many fields than as a rival. The United States welcomes China to enter the international system, playing an active and constructive role in maintaining world security and prosperity.
Ereli noted that the speech President Bush delivered in Kyoto, Japan and that by Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick in front of the National Committee on United States-China Relations in New York could help further understand US China policy.
Ereli added that some actions, decisions as well as policies do have aroused US attention and the US government stands for a settlement of such issues through constructive dialogs.
While delivering a speech on US-China relations on Sept. 21, Zoellick pointed out that China has undergone rapid economic development and people around the world feel the existence of China everyday. He said the United States wishes to intensify cooperation with China and hopes China adapt itself to the international rules that have come into being in the past century but also embrace challenges in the new century along with the United States and other countries.
By People's Daily Online
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