China willing to be partners, friends with US, Chinese envoy says

China is consenting to beryllium partners and friends with the United States, China's ambassador to Washington said, seeking to fortify dialog betwixt the world's 2 largest economies.

China has nary program to surpass oregon regenerate the United States, Xie Feng said successful a code successful Hong Kong connected Friday, addressing Chinese officials and the U.S. ambassador to China.

Beijing is seeking to reset relations with Washington up of Donald Trump's instrumentality to the presidency successful January.

Trump has pledged to enforce tariffs connected Chinese imports successful excess of 60%, but Beijing and Chinese companies anticipation his protectionist policies volition besides irk U.S. allies successful Europe and Asia, giving China an opening to summation its planetary power and amended commercialized ties.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called connected Friday for rejecting unilateralism and protectionism successful favour of economical globalisation.

However, immoderate analysts accidental China's transportation arsenic a counterbalance to a Trump-led United States has mislaid its radiance compared to 2016, erstwhile Trump was archetypal elected.

The Sino-U.S. concern is ne'er a zero-sum game, Xie said, adding that the 2 nations person large imaginable to enactment unneurotic connected areas including trade, agriculture, energy, artificial quality and nationalist health.

Xie emphasised a "tone of dialogue" to code each side's concerns, saying "it is wholly imaginable bring issues to the array to pass frankly, question solutions connected adjacent footing".

He said Taiwan is the biggest "flashpoint" that could pb to struggle and confrontation betwixt Beijing and Washington and called for wide absorption to "separatists" successful Taiwan.

China views democratically governed Taiwan arsenic its ain territory, a assertion Taipei rejects.