Chinese envoy calls out US ‘political correctness’ of taking tough line on China
- Sister-city relations offer room for the two countries to advance relations, Xie Feng tells conference in Washington state
But there are fresh challenges in the way of these more local exchanges. “In recent years, the so-called political correctness of being tough on China has been spreading in the United States, casting a chilling effect on sister-city cooperation and subnational interactions,” Xie said.
However, setbacks in US-China ties would not change the “fundamental wish of our peoples for friendship and cooperation”, he added.
“The China-US relationship is still facing grave challenges. We need to pool strength from all to get the relationship better,” he said in a transcript of the speech posted on the embassy’s website.
Xie made the comments at the sixth US-China Sister Cities Summit co-sponsored by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, an agency under China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote exchanges with other countries.