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US-China ties set for further ‘turbulence’, former ambassador to Washington Cui Tiankai warns
- US failure to show mutual respect and keep its promises on issues like Taiwan is worsening ties with Beijing, veteran diplomat says
- US government and media playing up ‘China threat’ to fend off perceived threat to hegemony, adds the ambassador to Washington from 2013 to 2021
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“Shocking and perilous” incidents could happen between China and the United States in the next couple of years, a former Chinese ambassador to Washington has warned.
Cui Tiankai, who served as envoy to the US from 2013 to 2021, said he had observed a significant deterioration in opinions about China among the American public during his term. The negative changes in Washington’s China policy would continue for several more years, he forecast.
“We would see no essential change in the US administration’s China policy regardless of the result of the 2024 presidential election,” Cui said as he attended a government-backed conference on diplomacy in Shanghai.
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“There will be much turbulence in the China-US relationship. There may even be some shocking and perilous events taking place.”
Cui’s comments, on the sidelines of the Lanting Forum on Chinese Modernisation and the World, came as US-China tensions worsen over issues ranging from trade and hi-tech rivalry to the Taiwan Strait.
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President Xi Jinping sent a message to the forum highlighting China’s path to modernisation.
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