She made the remarks in an interview with ISNA.
Here is the full text of the interview:
Q1: Despite China's warning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last week. It is said that Pelosi's trip ramped up US-China tensions and risks pushing the countries further apart. In your view, will Pelosi's visit fuel US-China tensions and enter it into a new phase? What are the main areas for the confrontation between Beijing and Washington?
A1: Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, despite China's opposition, undermines trust between the United States and China. Pelosi’s Taiwan visit is a violation of the one-China principle, an unwarranted interference in China's internal affairs. Pelosi’s visit exacerbates tensions between the China-U.S. relations.
A country's sovereignty, security and right to development should not be trampled on by another country.
Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are related to China's national sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence.
U.S. interventionist behavior on the Taiwan issue undermines China's interests. Interventionism only threatens world peace and stability and is a betrayal of the international system and the basic norms of international relations.
The military countermeasures taken by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in the waters around the Taiwan Island are a reasonable retort to Pelosi's visit.
Q2: It is argued that Pelosi's Taiwan trip was a security trap by the US to provoke China to engage in a war with Taiwan. Consequently, it can provide Washington with the opportunity to line up its allies again and isolate China in the international community. What is your thought?
A2: Taiwan has been an inseparable part of China’s territory for 1800 years. Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was a deliberate attempt to create tension in the Taiwan Strait.
The Taiwan question has always been the most important and sensitive core issue in China-US relations.
But the U.S. repeatedly sake the strategy of “using Taiwan to contain China”, and force its allies to take sides in two different places, which is both a violation of the principle of national sovereignty and disrespectful to its allies.
More than 100 countries have publicly reaffirmed their adherence to the one-China principle, and the U.S. will not succeed in its attempt to isolate China on the Taiwan issue.
While the United States is indulging in strategic containment of China and bullying and provoking China, China is working to contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to global governance.
Implement the Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative that is the unity of knowledge and action, which is in line with the common pursuit of the world's people and conducive to the free and comprehensive development of all mankind.
Q3: China's role in the global economy is undeniable and cannot be compared to other countries like Russia. If US-China tensions increase rapidly, do you think the US might be able to use economic sanctions as leverage against China?
A3: China is the main stabilizing force and power source of the world economy. China's economy has grown rapidly at an average annual rate of 9.4 % over the four decades.
When the worldwide financial and economic crisis occurred, China still maintained medium to high growth. 2013-2018, China's average contribution to world economic growth exceeded 28.1 %. Manufacturing in China accounted for 35 % of total global output until 2018. In the field of new technologies, China's scientific and technological innovations continue to emerge, and its national innovation capacity is ranked 12th in the world. The world economy cannot be separated from China.
The U.S. imposes illegal unilateral sanctions and “long-arm jurisdiction” that seriously undermine the sovereignty and security of other countries, seriously affect the livelihood of the countries concerned, and seriously violate international law and basic norms of international relations.
Economic sanctions have been increasingly used by the United States as a tool of endless economic warfare. Economic sanctions hurt the economic development of the people of China and the United States. Economic sanctions will not contribute to global economic recovery.
Q4: Considering the extensive mutual economic interactions between the two countries and their conservative approaches when it comes to controversial issues, what is your prediction about how they will manage this tension?
A4: A cooperative relationship is more beneficial to both China and the United States. China is a defender of the international order and a strong supporter of multilateralism. The development of relations between countries is about equality, respect and mutual benefit and win-win situation.
At present, U.S.-China relations are at an important crossroads, and the U.S. side should abandon its Cold War mentality and zero-sum thinking about U.S.-China relations. For its part, the United States should abide by the pledges expressed by the U.S. President: U.S. do not seek a cold war with China, do not seek to transform China’s political system, do not seek to strengthen alliances against China, do not support “Taiwan independence” and it has no intention of engaging in conflict with China, do not looking for conflict with China, by looking for a system of peaceful coexistence.
President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden have agreed that China and the US should respect each other, coexist peacefully, strengthen communication, constructively manage differences, prevent conflict, enhance cooperation, and take China-U.S. relations back the track of healthy development.
The Chinese government cherishes peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and hopes for peaceful national reunification, while it is the United States that is changing the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and emboldening the “Taiwan independence” forces. The United States should not provoke China's red line of safeguarding national sovereignty and territory integrity on the Taiwan question.
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