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April 24, 2021 Constitutional Nobody News
\nChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Washington to abandon its ideological approach to foreign policy, arguing that it is wrong of the US to try to model the rest of the world in its own image.
\nSpeaking with the US Council on Foreign Relations via video link on Friday, Wang offered a series of suggestions that he said would improve bilateral relations between the two nations. He called on the US to seek peaceful coexistence with Beijing and accept that China has chosen an independent path and system.
\n\u201cDemocracy is not Coca-Cola, which, with the syrup produced by the United States, tastes the same across the world. The world will be lifeless and dull if there is only one single model and one single civilization,\u201d the senior Chinese diplomat noted.
\nHe said that it was wrong to describe China as \u201cauthoritarian\u201d because the country\u2019s democracy \u201ctakes a different form than that of the United States.\u201d At the same time, Washington should refrain from using democracy and human rights as a pretext to meddle in other countries\u2019 internal affairs or provoke confrontation that can lead to \u201cturmoil or disaster,\u201d Wang said.
\nThe foreign minister accused the former US administration under Donald Trump of \u201cdisrupting the international system\u201d and walking away from Washington\u2019s global obligations and responsibilities. He said that Beijing welcomes the Joe Biden administration\u2019s \u201creturn to multilateralism.\u201d
\nBeijing and Washington continue to lock horns over a range of economic, political and military issues, ranging from the trade war started by the Trump administration, to territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
\nFor China, US interference in its internal affairs has become a regular topic of protest. Last month, the Chinese Foreign Ministry questioned the legitimacy of the US, Canada, the EU and the UK proclaiming themselves \u201chuman rights judges,\u201d after the Western states sanctioned Beijing officials over alleged rights abuses against the country\u2019s Uighur Muslim population.
\nEarlier this month, the US intelligence community identified China as a top \u201ccompetitor\u201d to Washington which aimed to promote the \u201cauthoritarian Chinese system\u201d around the world.
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April 24, 2021 Constitutional Nobody News
\nChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Washington to abandon its ideological approach to foreign policy, arguing that it is wrong of the US to try to model the rest of the world in its own image.
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