Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that "if the United States clashes with China, everything will be lost", and the Foreign Ministry responded

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that if the United States clashes with China, "everything is to be lost," Singapore's Straits Times reported on May 20.

According to the report, he said at the Global Economic Recovery Forum held by the American Chamber of Commerce on the 19th that if the US-China relationship deteriorates and leads to conflict, then everything is in danger for the rest of the world.

He also said it would also be a bad outcome for the United States and China.

"Because the United States and China are both countries with extremely strong economic and technological power, with high-tech capabilities, weapons and nuclear capabilities," Lee said. the Chinese People's Liberation Army is a modern armed force, and the United States Armed Forces is the most powerful armed force in the world. But the U.S. military is not so strong, fighting a war will not be without casualties, do not think that you can bear a lot of losses. ”

"Therefore, it is necessary for the two countries to decide (not only) to work together to accept each other's status quo, but also to work together to find common ground that can be cooperated," he said. There are quite a few of them. ”

Climate change is one area, he said, as well as others, such as nuclear non-proliferation, public health and future pandemics.

The global trading system must be orderly and stable so that countries can import, export, trade, develop commerce and prosper. He said that the two countries must therefore cooperate, which means that they must balance international positions with domestic political opinion.

As far as the United States is concerned, it must acknowledge that China is a reality, it will not disappear, and the United States must cooperate with it, he said. Lee Hsien Loong said: "You can try to influence it, but you can't transform it. It will not become like the European countries, let alone like the United States. ”

"It's a psychological hurdle for the United States to accept this, and to get Americans to approve of such a policy requires great statesmanship, but that's exactly what you need," he said. ”

At the Foreign Ministry's regular press conference on May 21, spokesman Zhao Lijian responded to Lee Hsien Loong's remarks, saying that maintaining healthy and stable Sino-US relations not only conforms to the fundamental interests of the two peoples, but also is the common expectation of regional countries and the international community. China is committed to developing a relationship of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation with the United States, and will also firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests. The US side should conform to the trend of the times, listen to the voices of regional countries, correctly view China, move in the same direction as China, strengthen dialogue, focus on cooperation, manage differences, and promote the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations.

This is not the first time That Lee Hsien Loong has expressed his position on Sino-US relations.

In January, on the last day of the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda dialogue, he also argued that for the United States, accepting a stronger version of China would be a "difficult adjustment." China will not collapse like the Soviet Union, and China and the United States must develop a constructive relationship. Without cooperation and allowing the two countries to deteriorate into a "comprehensive" confrontational relationship, global issues such as the pandemic and climate change will not be solved.

Editor: Shi Wei