May 28, 2021

On surface, the Biden administration stresses "competition", instead of confrontation pursued by its predecessors, but the US is actually becoming more hostile as it hypes the issue of the COVID-19 origin to stigmatize China again, with Chinese experts warning that the US "competition" policy is in essence confrontation, and this has reflected the declining confidence of Washington's elites on healthy and fair competition with China. 

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at Thursday's routine press conference that China-US relations are just like other relations between major powers - the competition is inevitable. "But using 'competition' to define or dominate China-US relations is absolutely wrong, as this will only cause confrontation and conflicts."

The competition between China and the US should be healthy, which could help both sides improve together, to march forward together, rather than life-or-death competition, Zhao said, noting that "China firmly opposes the US to use competition as a pretext to contain, exclude and crack down on China."

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