Come to sing the white face again? Li Keqiang: China and the United States decoupling is not good for anyone

The U.S.-China relationship is tense, and the U.S.-China high-level meeting in Alaska in March, the Chinese side is prepared to exercise “war wolf diplomacy” since, adding fuel to the fire of the two countries’ tension. However, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang once again “sang a white face”, saying that the U.S. and China “will benefit if they cooperate, but will hurt if they fight”, stressing that the U.S. and China will not benefit anyone by decoupling. (By Lu Xi)

Li Keqiang attended a video dialogue with U.S. business leaders in Zhongnanhai’s Ziguang Pavilion on April 13, where he addressed the chairmen and CEOs of more than 20 leading U.S. multinational companies, saying that, as the world’s largest developing country and the largest developed country, the U.S. and China are “united for mutual benefit and united for harm,” according to the Chinese government website sponsored by the State Council, which he heads. He stressed that the essence of economic and trade relations between the two countries is “mutual benefit and win-win”. He also mentioned in particular that a decoupling between China and the United States would not benefit anyone and would hurt the world. I hope both sides will move in the same direction.

Li Keqiang attends a video dialogue with U.S. business leaders at the Zi Guang Court in Zhongnanhai on April 13. (Chinese government website photo)

Li also stressed that China insists on opening up to the outside world and continues to make China an important destination for foreign investment and a large market in the world, welcoming U.S. and world enterprises to actively participate in China’s reform, opening up and modernization process.

It is worth noting that Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Minister, who cursed the U.S. side in Alaska last month, was also present at the event.

This is the second time recently that Li Keqiang has sung a “white face”. At the end of last month, when the official media were boycotting foreign goods, Li visited Jiangsu province, where foreign companies are concentrated, and visited a Sino-German chemical plant that supplies chemical materials to Nike, Adidas and other brands, encouraging them to invest more in China.