Li Shangfu warns that if the fierce conflict between China and the United States will

Shen Zewei, Li Zhenghui reported

China Secretary of Defense Li Shangfu said that the Sino -US system is different, but it does not prevent both parties from seeking common development relationships, and said that China has always sought to establish a new type of great power with the United States.He also warned that if there was a fierce conflict between China and the United States, "it was an unbearable pain in the world."

Li Shangfu made a speech entitled "China's New Security Initiative" in Shangri -La dialogue on Sunday (4th), explaining China's position on issues such as Taiwan, South China, and Sino -US relations.

The 65 -year -old Li Shangfu replaced Wei Feng and served as the Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Defense in March this year.Sino -US relations are in the trough since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The outside world has paid attention to how Li Shangfu spoke with Austin, the US Defense Minister who spoke the previous day.

Li Shangfu criticized the United States to exercise hegemony for dual standards

Li Shangfu first criticized the Indo -Pacific strategy of the United States to try to promote the Asia -Pacific NATO and rendering confrontation.He criticized the United States to exercise hegemony, take unilateral sanctions, launch the color revolution, and engage in double standards.He said, "Whoever wants to cut leeks here (Asia Pacific), wool, and weak meat and strong food will be co -opposed by countries."

Li Shangfu has also listed many defense cooperation in China to actively participate in regional countries, including the expansion of the Asian Security Defense Director, the Moscow International Security Conference, etc., and the signing of the signing of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.Big, and the Indo -Pacific strategy of the United States.

Austin's speech on Saturday criticized China to refuse to talk to the crisis control of the two armies, implying that China must be responsible for the normal dialogue between China and the United States.Li Shangfu returned the ball back to the United States, implying that the US words and deeds were inconsistent and harmed the interests of China, which caused the dialogue to break the situation.

He refers to the concept of "new power relationship" that China has rated in recent years.Li Shangfu said that China has been seeking to establish a new type of major power with the United States, but the United States must "take out sincerity, the words and deeds are consistent", and promote the relationship between the two countries and the two armies.He listed the three points of the way of getting along with China and the United States, which is similar to the core concept of the relationship between the new type of great power: respecting each other, living peacefully, and win -win cooperation.

Scholar: China has not mentioned a new type of great power for a while

Chinese officials proposed to build a new Sino -US new -type relationship when they met with then U.S. President Obama in the United States in 2013.Zhu Feng, dean of the School of International Relations of Nanjing University, said in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that China has not mentioned a new type of great power relationship for a while.

Zhu Feng analyzed that Austin refused to prevent the Dialogue of the Defense Mission, implying that the responsibility of the Sino -US conflict was in China; Li Shangfu responded with the relationship between a new type of great power, which was to dilute Austin's remarks, indicating that China had no intention of intensify conflicts, but dissatisfied with dissatisfaction, but dissatisfiedThe United States demands dialogue and targets China.

Zhu Feng said that Li Shangfu's new -type relations have also expressed the general situation to the international statement to the world, and the principle of dealing with Sino -US relations with mutual respect and win -win cooperation.Compared.

Although the Sino -US system is different and different, Li Shangfu also called on the United States to seek common ground while developing bilateral relations in the speech, and deepen cooperation based on common interests.He warned that if there was a fierce conflict between China and the United States, "it was an unbearable pain in the world."

Scholars: Even if there are more communication and friction between China and the United States, there will always be

Zhuang Jiaying, an associate professor of the Department of Political Department of the National University of Singapore, analyzed in the interview that even if there are more communication, competition and friction between China and the United States will always exist.He said: "This is the issue of political will, it can be solved by communication."

Zhu Feng is also optimistic about Sino -US relations.He said that the US policy has undergone qualitatively in China. It will treat China as the biggest strategic opponent and the biggest enemy. No matter what kind of political declaration China does, the United States will not adjust its strategy to curb the targeting China.

During the questioning session, many countries asked the PLA aircraft to recently get too close to other military aircraft ships in the sea and air.

Li Shangfu asked, why did it happen near China and near the sea?He secretly criticized the U.S. forces to show the voyage hegemony near the leader of the United States, and said that the best way was "the people, warships and military planes in control of themselves."

Zhuang Jiaying said that Li Shangfu repeatedly mentioned the concept of joint cooperation in his speech, but did not explicitly tell how China shows strategic self -restraint in the Indo -Pacific Airspace, "and this is important."