The US must stop blaming China for problems at home: former envoy Cui Tiankai

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Former Chinese ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai argued that Washington should not blame China’s rise for domestic problems. He said China’s development is not intended to challenge the US and urged both countries to protect their respective interests.

The United States should not blame China’s rise for its own problems and should not expect that these can be solved by changing presidents, China’s longest-serving former ambassador to Washington has said. “China’s development has never aimed to replace or challenge the US – it never has. Naturally, I also hope the US can resolve its own issues and that its future development will not come at the expense of China’s interests,” Cui Tiankai, who served as ambassador to the US from 2013 to 2021,...