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Dr. Wang Wen, Executive Dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin U on Wang Yi's Press Conference and Sino-US strategic positioning: The new US administration has not been biased by Pompeo, and is afraid, unwilling, and unable to position China as an "enemy".
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2/ "Yet, the cruelty of the international community has long been not so much in the existence of competition, but in the fact that smaller countries have to be forced to comply with rules created by hegemonic powers

3/ "Even if CN really adopts the so-called strategic positioning of "competition with the US" in the future, it will not exclude "cooperation".

4/ "China will not take the old path of hegemony, nor the evil way of oppressing other countries, but a new road of benign competition among great powers

"New great power competition" can be divided into at least four categories:

5/ "1) First, competition for being a role model: which country is more effective in domestic governance;

6/ "2) Second, competition for cooperation: which country has more organizational appeal to propose pragmatic and feasible solutions and moral call to promote bilateral and multilateral international cooperation;

7/ "3) Third, competition for dividends: which country can provide more impetus to world economic growth, provide more increment to global trade and investment, and can contribute more to global peace and stability;

8/ "4) Fourth, competition for vision: which country can outline a more brilliant strategic vision to lead humanity into the next era of civilization.

There is no reason for China to reject, avoid, or fear healthy competition, as long as it is constructive and fair.

9/ "The current challenge is what China should do if the US continues to have a group of people who are so brutal, domineering, bad, and use underhanded tactics?

10/ "The author's suggestion is that China should follow the example of the United States in setting up a "China Working Group" in the State Council, the Ministry of National Defense, etc., and set up a "US Working Group" in each key ministry

11/"I believe that "absolute poverty" is the biggest domestic variable affecting CN's development, and it can be solved. As long as we focus on tackling it, we should be confident that the external variable in the form of "US repression" can be dealt with"
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