China had urged the US to change its “distorted” attitude or risk conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday brushed off bellicose rhetoric from China that the United States risked a confrontation with Beijing, saying Washington was not seeking a conflict and saw no change in US-Chinese relations.
Mr John Kirby, the White House national security spokesman, responded to China’s foreign minister’s warning to Washington to“We seek a strategic competition with China. We do not seek conflict,” Mr Kirby told reporters. “We aim to compete and we aim to win that competition with China but we absolutely want to keep it at that level.”
Mr Kirby said the United States respected the “one-China policy” and did not want to see a change to the status quo pertaining to Taiwan, which China considers a breakaway province.US officials have previously expressed concerns that such aid might be forthcoming. REUTERS
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