Former Chinese vice-premier calls for cooperation with US over technology
- Zeng Peiyan tells event organised by Beijing think tank that Washington is to blame for politicising the matter
- Zeng warns against ‘limiting and suppressing’ Chinese tech firms and treating the country as an ‘imaginary rival’
A former Chinese vice-premier has said the US and China should cooperate on technological advancements and global governance.
“I hope the US can adopt a correct view in technology cooperation, open up their garden, break the walls, stop limiting and suppressing Chinese tech companies, and work with China for technological advancements,” Zeng said.
Zeng spoke at the event co-hosted by the China-United States Exchange Foundation and the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges, a Beijing-based think tank that he chairs. He also urged the US to respect China’s social system and path for development.
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“The US has always been speaking from a position of strength, such traditional hegemonic ideas should be thrown in the landfill,” he said.