(VOVWORLD) - Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said that China would not fear confrontation with the United States, but would welcome cooperation if it was mutually beneficial and competition should be positive, according to a speech he made in Beijing on Monday.
Problems in the US-China relationship are down to "strategic misjudgments" by the American side, he said. The speech was posted on the foreign ministry website.
Wang said "there is no harm" in competition but it should be "positive".
Relations between the United States and China are at a low over a range of disagreements including the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, trade and human rights.