Thread by @jseldin

NEW: US-#China cold war?

"Cold war is a tragedy...when ppl speak of cold war they think abt estrangement, division, confrontation & conflict" #China Ambassador to the US Qin Gang told #AspenSecurity

"Your question itself indicates that ppl are worrying"

"Why are ppl worrying about #ColdWar coming back? Bcs some ppl have a cold war mentality" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"Some ppl are mistakenly taking China as the former Soviet Union, as a threat...China is not the former Soviet Union" he says

"China is a peace-loving country... China has never been engaged w/foreign expansion & the invasion" #China's Amb Qin Gang insists

"Taking China as a threat is like to pick up a wrong fight" he says

"There will be no winners, only losers, from a new #coldwar" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"It will bring unbearable consequences to the world.. China doesn't want [this]" he says, adding We do hope the US side will make reassurances"

"I & my colleagues would like to be a bridge & a bond btw China & the United States" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"We are working very hard to reach out to ppl of different sectors, of different places, to tell ppl what is really happening in China..."

"We want to build trust, respect & reduce misunderstanding & miscalculation" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"We want to listen..."

"We have differences" per #China's Amb Qin Gang "But our differences do not justify misinformation, disinformation, lies & malicious attacks"

"We have enough patience, confidence & the capability although we know the road ahead is not a smooth one" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"The question is, do some countries in the world have patience w/China's development?"

"#Xinjiang & #HongKong related issues fundamentally are not about democracy, human rights, an ethnicity or religion" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"It is about anti-terrorism, anti-succession, about protecting ppl's lives"

"#Xinjiang can never [be] allowed to be another Islamic State" per #China's Amb Qin Gang "#HongKong has to be decolonized & governed by ppl loving China & Hong Kong...so 1 China, 2 systems can work well"

Talking about #Xinjiang, #HongKong, #China's Amb Qin Gang quotes US President Abraham Lincoln

"'A house divided cannot stand'" he says "Pres. Lincoln's famous words explain everything... We are both trying to prove that Pres. Lincoln was correct"

#Russia-#Ukraine - "National sovereignty & the territorial integrity of all countries must be respected" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"The legitimate security concerns of all countries must be taken seriously" he adds "So China's stance is fair & objective"

#Russia-#Ukraine "Now the conflict is still going on, the impact is spilling over leading to multiple crises..." per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"What China is calling for is immediate ceasefire, resumption of peace talks. All parties involved shud be engaged...Sit down, calm down"

"I'm puzzled...ppl keep challenging China's principled position on sovereignty & territorial integrity without looking into the root causes for the conflict" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"There's a double standard..."

"...On #Ukraine, ppl emphasize the principles of sovereignty but on China, they are doing damage to China's sovereignty & territorial integrity, particularly on #Taiwan, on #Xiniang & on #HongKong" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"#China-#Russia relationship is not an alliance, it's not for confrontation" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"It's not targeting any 3rd party"

"The question of #Taiwan is the most sensitive, important, core issues in US-#China relations" per Amb Qin Gang

"The last thing we wish to do is to fight w/our compatriots [in Taiwan]" he says "We will try our best in our great sincerity to achieve the peaceful reunification"

"We have seen tensions in recent years in the situation across the #Taiwan Strait-the root cause is that the 1 China principle has been undermined, is under threat" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"The United states is hollowing out & blurring up the 1 China policy"

The US "is sending sophisticated weapons to #Taiwan & even says that the US will defend Taiwan military" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"The 1 China principle is the political foundation for China-US relations & is the bedrock for the peace & stability across Taiwan Strait"

"No conflict & no war is the biggest consensus btw China & the United States" per #China's Amb Qin Gang

"But we urged the United States to honor its commitments w/actions"