Ambassador Xie Feng: Competition between countries should be like competing with each other for excellence in a racing field, not beating one another in a wrestling ring
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Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Xie Feng delivers a speech at the Carter Center Forum, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of China-U.S. relations, January 9, 2023. /Chinese embassy in the U.S.
On January 9, 2024, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng delivered a speech at the Carter Center Forum commemorating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of U.S.-China relations.
Ambassador Xie said that it is important to manage differences and disagreements, and keep to the right direction of China-U.S. relations. This relationship has always been based on recognizing differences and respecting each other’s core interests. Differences abound even between the United States and its allies, not to mention between China and the United States, two countries different in history, culture, social system and stage of development. But this does not mean that we are bound to collide head-on. Differences did not prevent us from establishing and developing relations 45 years ago. There is even less reason why they should block our exchanges and cooperation now.
Ambassador Xie said that some people in the United States often talk about “competition”. Indeed, competition is commonplace in the modern world. But it should be fair competition that abides by rules and a healthy race to the top, not a zero-sum game, still less a pretext for depriving others of their legitimate development rights and interests. Competition between countries should be like competing with each other for excellence in a racing field, not beating one another in a wrestling ring. If we do need to compete, then let’s compete to do a better job in running our country and contribute more to the stability and prosperity in the region and the world.
Ambassador Xie said that the Taiwan question is the most important and sensitive question in China-U.S. relations. No one cherishes more than the Chinese side peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. But separatism for “Taiwan independence” is as incompatible with peace of the Strait as fire with water.
When it comes to “Taiwan independence” separatists who betray their motherland and refuse to identify themselves as Chinese, the Chinese government simply has no room for compromise. The U.S. side should abide by the one-China principle and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques with concrete actions, earnestly deliver on the statements by American leaders that the United States does not support “Taiwan independence” and has no intention to use Taiwan as a tool to contain China, and work with China to maintain peace and stability across the Strait and the overall China-U.S. relations.
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“Chinese Ambassador to the United States of America Xie Feng says working together is the correct choice: cooperation not competition: Competing for Excellence,” Derrick Sinjela Prisoner of Conscience (PoC) Lus4818/18 from the Zambian Developmental Media Alliance (ZADEMA) and the Zambian Children Young People and Women in Development (ZCYPWD) paraphrased Ambassador Xie Feng.
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Xie Feng (Chinese: 谢锋, born April 1964) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 12th and current China Ambassador to the United States since May 2023.
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谢锋
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Xie in 2023
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| Chinese Ambassador to the United States | |||||||
| Assumed office 23 May 2023 |
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| Preceded by | Qin Gang | ||||||
| Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| In office 13 January 2021 – 24 May 2023 |
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| Minister | Wang Yi Qin Gang |
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| Commissioner of Office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong | |||||||
| In office June 2017 – January 2021 |
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| Minister | Wang Yi | ||||||
| Preceded by | Song Zhe | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Guangyuan | ||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia | |||||||
| In office February 2014 – June 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Liu Jianchao | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Xiao Qian | ||||||
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| Born | April 1964 (age 59) Jiangdu County, Jiangsu, China |
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| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 谢锋 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 謝鋒 | ||||||
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Early life and educationedit
Careeredit
He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia from 2014 to 2017. In 2017, he was appointed as the commissioner of the Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong, a post he served until 2021.[1]
In 2021, he became a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs,[2] where he was responsible for specifically managing China’s relationship with the United States.[3] He served in this post until 24 May 2023.[4] On 23 May 2023, he was appointed as the Chinese ambassador to the United States.[5] On 1 July 2023, Xie presented his credentials to US president Joe Biden.[6]
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Referencesedit
- ^ Jump up to:a b c “Curriculum Vitae of Commissioner Xie Feng”. Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ Cheng, Evelyn (25 July 2021). “Tense U.S.-China meeting ends, Beijing official says relations are in a ‘stalemate'”. CNBC. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Shi, Jiangtao; Wong, Catherine (6 August 2021). “Fire and fury: the young Chinese hawks chosen to take on Washington”. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ “China’s State Council appoints, removes officials”. Xinhua News Agency. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Kine, Phelim (22 May 2023). “China’s new U.S. envoy arrives to a nearly impossible task: thawing relations”. Politico. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Gu, Jacob (2023-07-01). “China Says New Ambassador to US Met Biden at White House”. Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ “谢锋（第六任特派员）”. hk.ocmfa.gov. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
