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View all search resultsChina voices eagerness to improve ties with US after Biden's speech
"The fields in which China and the United States must cooperate are expanding rather than narrowing" in the face of "global challenges such as the novel coronavirus pandemic and climate change," Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and then US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) listens as then US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a State Luncheon for China hosted by Kerry on September 25, 2015 at the Department of State in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/PAUL J. RICHARDS
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hina on Friday expressed eagerness to improve its cooling relations with the United States, a day after new President Joe Biden in his speech signaled his readiness to explore areas of cooperation with the Asian power.
"The fields in which China and the United States must cooperate are expanding rather than narrowing" in the face of "global challenges such as the novel coronavirus pandemic and climate change," Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters.
China is "committed to developing a relationship with the United States featuring non-confrontation, non-conflict, mutual respect and win-win cooperation," Wang said, calling on Washington to adopt a "constructive policy" to Beijing.
Wang, meanwhile, said China will "continue to resolutely safeguard" national sovereignty and security, as the country has been at odds with the United States over several issues including its alleged human rights abuses, Taiwan and the South China Sea.
In his first major foreign policy speech on Thursday, Biden warned of China's "growing ambitions" to rival the United States, but he said, "We are ready to work with Beijing when it's in America's interest to do so."
