Xi Jinping wishes to become friend and partner of United States.
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a positive note to the United States saying that Beijing was ready to be Washington’s friend and partner with Washington on Wednesday.
“China is willing to be a partner and friend with the United States. This will benefit not only the two countries but the world,” said Xi in remarks from a letter to the 2024 annual awards dinner of the National Committee on US-China relations, according to a CCTV news report.
Xi also maintained that relations between the two countries were among the most important bilateral relations in the world and had a bearing on the future and destiny of mankind.
The two countries are considered rivals over national security concerns and ongoing trade spats, as well as China’s actions in the South China Sea and heavy military drills around Taiwan.
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Trade relations soured over the past year and have centered around issues including restrictions on electric vehicles and advanced semiconductors.
“China has always handled China-US relations in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, and has always believed that the success of China and the United States is an opportunity for each other,” said President Xi.
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission, and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012.
Xi has also been the president of the People’s Republic of China since 2013.
