The fact is, whenever you have a more involvement by the United States, you have greater instability, anywhere in the world. Look at the Middle East,… - Cui Tiankai

The United States will not willingly accept the rise of a great power with a very different social system, ideology, cultural traditions and even race.

China is still developing country. Although we have made great achievements over the years, but we know the challenges are still there, huge challenges. We have to continue to work hard to solve all of these domestic problems. We have just lifted everybody out of absolute poverty, but we have to make sure they will not fall back into poverty. This is a very huge challenge. We're also doing our best to improve the environment, to respond to issues like climate change and all these natural disasters. We do have a large number of natural disasters in China, like the situation in the United States. So we are still focusing our efforts on domestic economic and social development to give people the possibility of a better life. Internationally, we stand for building together with other countries a global community with a shared future.

In principle, we should not fight a war we are not prepared for, a war we are not sure of winning, a war of anger and attrition.