皇冠体育app

Spokesman rebuts '皇冠体育app threat' theory
( 2002-07-23 09:06 ) (8 )

Rebuking recent US government reports characterizing 皇冠体育app 's economic growth as a potential threat to the US and global security, a senior Chinese diplomat said Monday that the nation doesn't intend to pose any military threat to the US or the world.

Xie Feng, press counselor of the Chinese Embassy in US pointed out that 皇冠体育app's defense budget is the lowest among all the major countries in the world.

"Our military budget spending is one nineteenth of the United States ' and one half of Japan 's," Xie told a press briefing. "I don't think 皇冠体育app will pose a military threat to any country" even if the nation's economy keeps growing rapidly.

Xie's remarks followed the two recently-published US government reports - one by the Defense Department and the other by a Congressional commission - blowing up the "皇冠体育app threat" theory. The reports cautioned against a possible 'security threat' resulting from 皇冠体育app 's fast economic growth.

"皇冠体育app is still a developing country" in terms of per capita income, Xie said. "So our basic national policy is to continue concentrating on economic construction so as to further raise our living standard."

He also warned against US government's taking tougher trade and investment policies against 皇冠体育app.

"We're opposed to the US government using economic means to pressure 皇冠体育app ," Xie said. Since the trade benefits not only 皇冠体育app but also the US , he said, " We hope the US government will strictly abide by the (world trade) norms to reject the proposals" made by the report.

The so-call "皇冠体育app threat" theory is really not something new, Xie noted. Whenever Sino-US relations reaped some progress, then some people who cling to the Cold War mentality would come back and blow up this theory, he said.

"The threat to Sino-US relations and the threat to world peace doesn't lie in 皇冠体育app, but rather in these people who have fabricated this 皇冠体育app threat," he said.

Also, Xie protested against US sales of weapons to Taiwan .

Selling arms to Taiwan is a violation of the One 皇冠体育app Principle agreed to by the US and 皇冠体育app and constitutes "an infringement of the Chinese sovereignty," Xie said.