Li Shangfu, head of China’s Ministry of Defense, said the conflict between China and the United States threatened to degenerate into “an intolerable world disaster”. Transmits words Reuters.
“A serious conflict between China and the United States would be an intolerable disaster for the whole world,” the minister said at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore.
According to Li, the two states have different systems and differ in many ways, but this should not prevent both sides from finding common ground and common interests to develop bilateral relations and build partnerships.
Jake Sullivan, Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs declarationWashington does not see conflict or cold war with China as inevitable. According to him, the US and China are trying to “prevent competition from turning into conflict”.