Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said in Washington the day before yesterday (11th) local time that China and the United States should strengthen communication and dialogue and work together to eliminate the understanding deficit.He also warned that some people in the United States are trying to build a glass curtain wall between China and the United States, hoping that this dangerous tendency will not become the mainstream of American society.

According to a report by China News Agency yesterday (12th), Cui Tiankai made the above remarks at the 40th Anniversary Symposium on Sino-US Relations at the US Center for Strategic and International Studies.During the event, Cui Tiankai had a conversation with former U.S. Secretary of Defense Cohen on Sino-U.S. relations and other topics.

When asked by the host about the implications of the difficulties and crises in Sino-U.S. relations in the past 40 years for today’s Sino-U.S.It is natural to have differences and disagreements.The two sides should adhere to mutual respect and manage and control differences in a pragmatic and constructive manner.

He pointed out that it is worth noting that the crises in the Taiwan Strait, plane collisions, and embassy bombings that have occurred in history all occurred in Chinese territory or places adjacent to China, but not in the United States.These incidents were all caused by the United States harming China's interests, and China has no choice but to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.

Cui Tiankai said that China and the United States should strengthen communication and dialogue and work together to eliminate the understanding deficit.China does not want to compete with the United States for world hegemony, but advocates building a community with a shared future for mankind.The interests of all countries in the world are closely intertwined, and no one can dominate.China hopes to work with the United States to build a new type of major-country relationship featuring no conflict, no confrontation, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation, and become a cooperative partner to build a community with a shared future for mankind with all countries in the world.

Cui Tiankai emphasized that it would be too naive to hope that state-to-state relations should be based on feelings.But it is very dangerous if a country's foreign policy is dominated by hostility, fear and suspicion.

He pointed out that what is worthy of vigilance is that some people in the United States are trying to build a glass curtain wall between China and the United States, setting up obstacles to normal economic, technological, and cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States, and even being suspicious of Chinese students and scholars studying in the United States..I hope this dangerous tendency will not become the mainstream of American society.

When asked about China's commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth, Cui Tiankai said that Marxism has been the guiding ideology of the CCP for a long time, and China has never concealed it, and has always been highly clear and transparent.

Cui Tiankai said that China does not regard Marxism as a pure theory, but as a world outlook and methodology, and as a guide for the CCP's thoughts and actions.Marxism is an imported product from Western countries, and the CCP does not copy it dogmatically, but constantly combines the basic principles of Marxism with China's national conditions, based on China's reality, and blazed a road of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Cui Tiankai said yes, as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China and the leader of the state president pointed out in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, there is no end to practice, and there is no end to theoretical innovation.It is worth noting that since the international financial crisis in 2008, more and more people in the United States and other Western countries are seriously re-studying Marxism and reflecting on the practical significance of Marxism to today's Western society.