China promises pandas for the U.S. on the 45th anniversary of the two nations' ties
JANUARY 5, 202412:28 PM ET
The Associated Press
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gives a toast to invited guests after delivering a speech at a reception for Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of China-U.S. Diplomatic Relations in Beijing on Friday.
Andy Wong/AP
BEIJING — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday that the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and transcend their differences like they did when they established diplomatic relations 45 years ago this week.
Wang also promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. — and specifically California — by the end of the year.
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"China-U.S. cooperation is no longer a dispensable option for the two countries or even for the world, but a must-answer question that must be seriously addressed," he said.
Wang struck a relatively positive note at a lavish banquet marking the anniversary with 300 guests at a hall in the sprawling Diaoyutai state guest house complex in the Chinese capital.
The two countries are trying to navigate — and avoid a war — in what may be their most difficult waters since the U.S. ended official ties with Taiwan and recognized the communist government in Beijing as the government of China on Jan. 1, 1979.
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"The world is currently undergoing profound changes unseen in a century," Wang said. "We must think about how to calibrate the direction of the large ship of China-U.S. relations (and) avoid hidden reefs and dangerous shoals."
Both Wang and David Meale, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy, cited congratulatory letters exchanged by Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday's anniversary.
Meale, who spoke after Wang, said Biden expressed his commitment to managing the relationship responsibly and said he looked forward to building on the progress made by past leaders of the two countries.
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Wang did criticize the use of "the big stick of sanctions" and engaging in power games, charges that China often levels at the United States. He denied that China seeks to supplant any other country and called on the U.S. to respect China's development path and core interests.
The giant pandas in Memphis, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., returned to China last year, and some feared that China would stop lending pandas to American zoos because of the tensions between the two countries.
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But Xi raised hope for California in November when he told an audience in San Francisco that China was ready to continue cooperating with the U.S. on pandas and "do our best to meet the wishes of the Californians."
Wang told Friday's banquet audience that "preparations are ready for a giant panda return to California within the year."
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铲逼又要送熊猫来美国了
此博文来自论坛版块：中国新闻（China News）
迭戈 熊猫养的不是一般的好
哥有一榛子 一个月去看一次美国生的小礼物
麻痹的 肉眼可见地成肉球了
而且 亚哥肯下本钱
买竹子给熊猫吃
别的狗熊 北极熊 都只给生菜
熊猫是真下本钱的
lower the tone
送？哪有那么好，一年最少1M保育费
关系再好都不会少，只会多
可怜的熊猫
我支持天朝守住底线，不要妥协