USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-CHINA Asked about Donald Trump, China says US people want good ties

Record ID: 140547

  • Title: USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-CHINA Asked about Donald Trump, China says US people want good ties
  • Date: 1st September 2015
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 1, 2015) (REUTERS) CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING WALKING IN FOR REGULAR BRIEFING JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING SAYING: "We understand that in the United States every person has the freedom to make all kinds of comments. But for the Chinese government, we pay even more attention to the U.S. government's policy towards China and mainstream U.S. public opinion." JOURNALIST ASKING QUESTION (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING SAYING: "I hope that all sides, whether officials or the media or people in both countries, can aim at this and work hard together to move in this direction." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 16th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA9ITPQQ9W4UY24DK1M1309K7MM
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China understands people in the United States have the right to say what they want, but most want good relations with China, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday (September 1), apparently dismissing repeated attacks by billionaire Donald Trump as "disturbances".
    The Republican presidential hopeful has recently focused his ire on China's currency, which the government devalued last month. He has also accused China of stealing U.S. jobs.
    Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the United States later this month.
    Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying would not comment directly on Trump's broadsides, and noted last week's visit to China by U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice, saying both countries wanted a successful visit for Xi.
    "We understand that in the United States every person has the freedom to make all kinds of comments. But for the Chinese government, we pay even more attention to the U.S. government's policy towards China and mainstream U.S. public opinion," Hua told media at a daily briefing in Beijing.
    "I hope that all sides, whether officials or the media or people in both countries, can aim at this and work hard together to move in this direction," she said.
    Hua also added that the history of the development of Sino-U.S. ties in recent years shows that from time to time there will be all sorts of voices, or sometimes certain disturbances and the reason relations kept developing was that people wanted ties to be good.
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