Chinese Foreign Minister Warns Pompeo: ‘Don’t Go Too Far’
by Frances Martel
Chinese state media reported Sunday that, during a conversation last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Washington should not “go too far” in “actions that are harmful to Chinese interests.”
A State Department press announcement on the conversation did not provide any details, stating only that the two discussed “elements of the bilateral relationship” and their respective relationships with Iran.
Chinese government reports of Wang’s warning preceded typically bellicose columns in Chinese government newspapers encouraging President Donald Trump to cease adopting policies that curb illegal Chinese behavior, including the use of government-controlled technology corporations to spy on competitor governments and the use of agents in forced technology transfers and intellectual property theft.
“Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the United States not to go too far in its damaging moves against Chinese interests in a phone conversation Saturday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,” state news service Xinhua reported on Sunday. “Noting that the U.S. side has recently made remarks and taken actions that are harmful to Chinese interests in various fields, including cracking down on Chinese enterprises’ normal operations through political measures, Wang said China strongly opposes such actions.”
Wang reportedly told Pompeo, “We urge the U.S. side not to go too far.”
Xinhua reported that Wang also objected to the Trump administration’s growing ties to Taiwan, a free sovereign state that China insists is its province despite having no legal political influence on the island. “Wang stressed that China has stated its firm opposition to the U.S. recent negative words and acts related to Taiwan” and urged the United States “handle Taiwan-related issues carefully and properly,” according to the outlet.
Aside from the threats, Xinhua claims that Wang used the typical language of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in encouraging Washington to work with China to “manage their differences on the basis of mutual respect, expand cooperation on the basis of mutual benefit, and work together in pushing forward a China-U.S. relationship based on coordination, cooperation and stability.” Xinhua did not provide specifics on what achieving these goals entails for Beijing.
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