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Singapore should maintain a solid friendship with China and the United States at the same time, but if China and the United States are getting far away, it will become more and more difficult to maintain a neutral position.

Dr. Huang Yonghong, the Minister of Defense of Singapore, expressed his views on the ninth Beijing Xiangshan Forum.

He shared the competition of Singapore as a large country as a small country as a small country as a small country at a plenary meeting of the interests of the small and medium -sized national interests and common security yesterday (October 22).

He analyzed that the worst consequences of the competition between China and the United States are the disruptive collision between the two sides in economy or military; but even if the two countries are economic decoupled, the world will still fall into chaos.Almost all countries hope that China and the United States can achieve mutual tolerance.They know that their own trade and security positioning must change to respond to the concerns of China and the United States.Countries still hope to share a world of globalization, multilateralism, and legal -based.

Huang Yonghong pointed out that in the past, when China and the United States had a unified globalization system in the past, although the two countries had differences, they could bring stability and value to the overall.If the two countries try to decide, the gravity that the two countries open up will significantly affect other countries.

Huang Yonghong urged the United States and China to seek common groundwork and avoid giving global unstable risks

He called on the United States and China to seek common ground while depositing differences to avoid bringing unstable risks to the world.The world requires both the United States and China to improve and stabilize, so as to jointly respond to common security challenges such as climate change, nuclear threats and terrorism.

Huang Yonghong believes that the road to find consensus in China and the United States may be difficult, but the consequences of not finding consensus are even more serious.

He pointed out that before the late Sino -US leader Mao Zedong and Nixon held a meeting in 1972, both sides faced many resistance, such as the people of the two countries had long believed that the other party was suspicious and unfriendly.However, the two sides still boldly realized the meeting, so that Sino -US relations broke the ice.

He quoted Nixon's historic visit to Mao Zedong and Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai during his historical interview in 1972: We have no reason to be an enemy.You or we do not have the territory of each other, you or we do not want to dominate each other, you or we do not want to stretch out your hands to rule the world.

Huang Yonghong believes that the words of Nixon still make sense to this day.He said: The world is looking forward to the enlightened leadership of the United States and China, creating a safe, open and inclusive world for this generation and the next generation.

Participating Chinese military scholars asked questions, how can Singapore mediate Sino -US friction as a small country?Huang Yonghong quoted Li Guangyao, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, saying that Singapore does not fantasize that his small country can affect a large country. What Singapore can do is to propose to China and the United States what disastrous consequences will bring.

Some analysts have suppressed the United States to launch a trade war in China and suppress Chinese companies such as Huawei, and interpret signs of the United States attempt to decompose with China.However, the United States Assistant Secretary of Defense, who is responsible for Chinese affairs, helped Shi Chande clarify at the Xiangshan Forum the day before yesterday that the United States does not want to decide with China.

Hua Chunying, a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also said when a regular press conference responded to Shi Chande yesterday that China and the United States are not sensible nor realistic, and openness and integration are the right directions.

The three -day Xiangshan Forum ended yesterday, and Huang Yonghong also returned to China yesterday.

(Reporter is Lianhe Morning News Beijing Special Commissioner)