2021年3月18日安克雷奇，阿拉斯加州（Anchorage, Alaska）
国务卿布林肯：下午好，欢迎。我代表国家安全顾问沙利文和我本人，欢迎杨主任和王国务委员来到阿拉斯加，多谢你们前来与我们会谈。
我曾与国防部长奥斯汀（Austin）一起会见我国两个最密切的盟国日本和韩国的官员，会谈结束后刚刚回来。他们对我们今明两天在这里进行的讨论很感兴趣，因为我们将提出的各种问题不仅关系到中国和美国，也关系到整个地区其他各方，实际上也关系到全世界。我国政府承诺通过外交主导全局，促进美国的利益，加强有规可循的国际秩序。
这个体系并非抽象的存在，而是有助于各国和平解决分歧，有效地协调多边努力，并在保证各方都遵守同样规则的条件下参与全球商务。与有规可循的秩序背道而驰的世界可能出现持强凌弱的现象，使我们所有的人都面临远远更为严重的暴力和不稳定。今天，我们有机会讨论一些重大的关键问题，包括国内和全球性问题，使中国能够更好地了解我国政府的意图和做法。
我们还将讨论我方对中国采取的行动表示高度关注的各种问题，包括对新疆、香港、台湾、对美国的网络攻击和对我方盟国的经济胁迫。上述每一个行动都对维护全球稳定的有规可循的秩序构成了威胁。正是因为如此，这些问题不仅仅属于内部事务，我们感到今天有义务提出这些问题。
我曾说过，美国与中国的关系将在需要竞争的情况下相互竞争，在可以合作的方面相互合作，在事在必行的情况下互为对手。我认为，我们在阿拉斯加这里的讨论将包罗万象。我方的意图是对我们的关注直言不讳，对我们的重点开诚布公，目的在于为我们两国今后发展相互关系得到一个清晰明了的认识。感谢你们的到来。
主任先生，在你发表讲话前，我想请国家安全顾问沙利文讲几句话。
国家安全顾问沙利文：谢谢，国务卿先生。欢迎杨主任和王国务委员。我们在阿拉斯加这里举行会谈很恰当。我们尽管距美国大陆很远，但很少有像这里一样具备美国典型特征的地点：大度、坚毅、顽强。这的确是适合我们主办这次会谈的地点。
国务卿布林肯和我感到自豪的是，我们能够在这里介绍在拜登总统（PresidentBiden）领导下，我们美国为控制疫情，为挽救我国经济并维护我国民主的强盛和持久的力量取得的重大进展。我们特别感到骄傲的是，我们为振兴作为我国对外政策基础的联盟和伙伴关系已经完成的工作。就在上星期，拜登总统主持了四方领导人峰会，体现了全世界民主政体敢做敢为的精神，坚持要求实现印度-太平洋（Indo-Pacific）自由和开放的目标。正是通过这类伙伴关系，我们各方才能为我们的人民实现进步和繁荣。
国务卿布林肯阐述了众多需要关注的领域，从经济、军事胁迫到对基本价值的攻击等。在今天和以后的日子，我们将与你们讨论这些事项。我们将开诚布公、直抒己见，做到条理清晰。这些是美国人民头脑中受到关注的问题，但不限于此。我们在过去两个月举行密集磋商期间听到世界各地，从我们的盟国和伙伴到广泛的国际社会，对其中的每一个问题都表示关注。
今天我们将明确表示，我们美国方面压倒一切的重点是，保证我们在全世界的做法和我们对中国的做法有利于美国人民，有利于保护我们的盟国和伙伴的利益。我们不要求冲突，但我们欢迎激烈的竞争，我们将一贯坚持我们的原则，为了我国人民，为了我们的朋友。我们期待今后几个小时与你们讨论这些问题。谢谢你们。
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国务卿布林肯：主任先生，国务委员，鉴于你很长的发言，请允许我在我们的工作开始前再稍加说几句，我知道沙利文先生也许也有话要说。
我必须告诉你们，在我就任国务卿的短短时间里，我已经同全球各地我想是近100位对等官员进行了谈话。就像我提到的，我刚刚进行了第一次对日本和韩国的访问。我必须告诉你们，我所听到的与你所描述的非常不同。我听到的是对美国重新返回，对我们重新与盟国和伙伴接触互动的深为满意。我也听到对贵国政府采取的一些行动的深切担忧。待我们开始工作时，我们将有机会讨论这些。
我们的领导作用，我们与世界交往的一个特征，是我们的联盟和我们的伙伴关系，它们是建立在完全自愿的基础上。拜登总统致力于重新振作这些关系。
我们的领导作用还有一个特征是在国内，这就是，始终追求形成我们所说的一个更完美的联邦。追求，顾名思义，就是认识到我们有不完美，承认我们的不完美，我们犯错误，我们有回头，我们有倒退。但是，我们在历史上一贯所做的是，开放地，公开地，透明地对抗那些挑战，而不是试图无视它们，不是试图假装它们不存在，不是试图掩盖它们。这在有时候是痛苦的，有时候是令人不快的，但每一次的结果是我们变得更强大，更好，国家更团结。
我很清楚地记得拜登总统担任副总统时我们对中国的访问。那是在金融危机过后。当时进行了很多讨论，包括与时任副主席习近平。拜登副总统当时说，下赌注与美国对抗永远不是好的赌注，这在今天仍然如此。
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国家安全顾问沙利文：只是对布林肯国务卿的话做一简单补充——因为我其实也是要说同样一点，我们甚至并没有商量——一个有信心的国家能够严格正视自身的不足，不断争取改进。这是美国的秘诀。
另一个美国的秘诀是，我们的人民是解决问题的人民，我们相信当我们与全球的盟国和伙伴一道努力时，能够最好地解决问题。
就在几星期前，美国又有一台探测车在火星着陆，它不仅仅是美国的项目。它的技术来自欧洲和世界其他地方的多个国家。它还将给火星留下一批材料，美国和欧洲将建造一个能够飞到那里的装置将它们收集和带回来。
这是一个不断自我创新、与他国密切合作和不断寻求进步使之有益于我们所有人的国家，一个根植于人类尊严和世界男女老少都可望的真正普世人权理念的国家所能够取得的成就。
所以我们期待今天的对话，但我的确希望这是双方都抱着信心进行的对话。而且它不是说教或者是冗长的声明；它让我们有机会解释我们的出发点，听取你们的出发点，并表示最终什么是我们的原则，我们的优先重点，我们的长期战略。这是我们所希望的接下来的对话内容，这是我们对待它的精神，我们期待继续今天的讨论。谢谢各位。
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ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATEANCHORAGE, ALASKA
SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, and welcome.  On behalf of National Security Advisor Sullivan and myself, I want to welcome Director Yang and State Councilor Wang to Alaska, and to thank you very much for making the journey to be with us.
I just returned myself from meetings with Secretary of Defense Austin and our counterparts in Japan and the Republic of Korea, two of our nation’s closest allies.  They were very interested in the discussions that we’ll have here today and tomorrow because the issues that we’ll raise are relevant not only to China and the United States, but to others across the region and indeed around the world.  Our administration is committed to leading with diplomacy to advance the interests of the United States and to strengthen the rules-based international order.
That system is not an abstraction.  It helps countries resolve differences peacefully, coordinate multilateral efforts effectively, and participate in global commerce with the assurance that everyone is following the same rules.  The alternative to a rules-based order is a world in which might makes right and winners take all, and that would be a far more violent and unstable world for all of us.  Today, we’ll have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, both domestic and global, so that China can better understand our administration’s intentions and approach.
We’ll also discuss our deep concerns with actions by China, including in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, cyber attacks on the United States, and economic coercion toward our allies.  Each of these actions threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability.  That’s why they’re not merely internal matters and why we feel an obligation to raise these issues here today.
I said that the United States relationship with China will be competitive where it should be, collaborative where it can be, adversarial where it must be.  Our discussions here in Alaska, I suspect, will run the gamut.  Our intent is to be direct about our concerns, direct about our priorities, with the goal of a more clear-eyed relationship between our countries moving forward.  Thank you for being here.
And before turning to you, Mr. Director, I’d like to invite National Security Advisor Sullivan to say a few words.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SULLIVAN:  Thank you, Mr. Secretary, and welcome to Director Yang and State Councilor Wang.  It’s fitting that we’re meeting here in Alaska.  We may be far from the continental United States, but there are few places that are as quintessentially American: big-hearted, resilient, intrepid.  This is truly a fitting place for us to host this meeting.
Secretary Blinken and I are proud of the story about America we’re able to tell here about a country that, under President Biden’s leadership, has made major strides to control the pandemic, to rescue our economy, and to affirm the strength and staying power of our democracy.  We’re particularly proud of the work that we’ve done to revitalize our alliances and partnerships, the foundation of our foreign policy.  Just last week, President Biden hosted the Quad leaders’ summit that spoke to the can-do spirit of the world’s democracies and committed to realize the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific.  It is through partnerships like these that all of us can deliver progress and prosperity for our peoples.
Secretary Blinken laid out many of the areas of concern, from economic and military coercion to assaults on basic values, that we’ll discuss with you today and in the days ahead.  We’ll do so frankly, directly, and with clarity.  These are the concerns that are on the minds of the American people, but it goes beyond that.  We’ve heard each of these concerns posed from around the world – from our allies and partners to the broader international community during the intensive consultations we’ve undertaken in the last two months.
We’ll make clear today that our overriding priority from the United States’ side is to ensure that our approach in the world and our approach to China benefits the American people and protects the interests of our allies and partners.  We do not seek conflict, but we welcome stiff competition and we will always stand up for our principles, for our people, and for our friends.  We look forward to discussing all of these matters with you in the hours ahead.  Thank you.
DIRECTOR YANG:  (In Mandarin.)
PARTICIPANT:  It’s a test for the interpreter.
SECRETARY BLINKEN:  We’re going to give the translator a raise.  (Laughter.)
DIRECTOR YANG:  (Via interpreter) Secretary Blinken and Mr. Sullivan, the State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and I have come to Anchorage, the United States to have this strategic dialogue with the United States.  We hope that this dialogue will be a sincere and candid one.  Both China and the United States are major countries in the world, and together we shoulder important responsibilities to the peace, stability, and development of the world and the region.  In China, we have just concluded the Lianghui, or the two sessions of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.  During the sessions, we adopted the outline for the 14th five-year economic and social development plan and the long-range objectives through the year 2035.
For China, we are now in a historic year where we will move from finishing the first centenary goal to the second centenary goal, and by the year 2035 China will surely achieve basic modernization.  And by the year 2050, China will achieve full modernization.  China has made decisive achievements and important strategic gains in fighting COVID-19, and we have achieved a full victory in ending absolute poverty in China.  China’s per capita GDP is only one-fifth of that of the United States, but we have managed to end absolute poverty for all people in China.  And we hope that other countries, especially the advanced countries, will make similar efforts in this regard.  And China has also made historic achievements in building the country into a moderately prosperous one in all respects.  The Chinese people are wholly rallying around the Communist Party of China.  Our values are the same as the common values of humanity.  Those are: peace, development, fairness, justice, freedom, and democracy.
What China and the international community follow or uphold is the United Nations-centered international system and the international order underpinned by international law, not what is advocated by a small number of countries of the so-called “rules-based” international order.  And the United States has its style – United States-style democracy – and China has the Chinese-style democracy.  It is not just up to the American people, but also the people of the world to evaluate how the United States has done in advancing its own democracy.  In China’s case, after decades of reform and opening up, we have come a long way in various fields.  In particular, we have engaged in tireless efforts to contribute to the peace and development of the world, and to upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
The wars in this world are launched by some other countries, which have resulted in massive casualties.  But for China, what we have asked for, for other countries, is to follow a path of peaceful development, and this is the purpose of our foreign policy.  We do not believe in invading through the use of force, or to topple other regimes through various means, or to massacre the people of other countries, because all of those would only cause turmoil and instability in this world.  And at the end of the day, all of those would not serve the United States well.
So we believe that it is important for the United States to change its own image and to stop advancing its own democracy in the rest of the world.  Many people within the United States actually have little confidence in the democracy of the United States, and they have various views regarding the Government of the United States.  In China, according to opinion polls, the leaders of China have the wide support of the Chinese people.  So no attempt to – the opinion polls conducted in the United States show that the leaders of China have the support of the Chinese people.  No attempt to smear China’s social system would get anywhere.  Facts have shown that such practices would only lead the Chinese people to rally more closely around the Communist Party of China and work steadily towards the goals that we have set for ourselves.
In 1952, China adopted its first five-year development plan, and now we are into the first year of the 14th five-year development plan.  We will continue along this path, step by step.  China’s development is not just about delivering benefits for the people of China, but also about contributing to the development of the world in the 21st century.  China and the United States are both major countries and both shoulder important responsibilities.  We must both contribute to the peace, stability, and development of the world in areas such as COVID-19, restoring economic activities in the world, and responding to climate change.  There are many things that we can do together and where our interests converge.
So what we need to do is to abandon the Cold War mentality and the zero-sum game approach.  We must change the way we think and make sure that in this century, the 21st century, countries big or small, particularly the big countries, should come united together to contribute to the future of humanity and build a community with a shared future for humankind.  It’s also important for all of us to come together to build a new type of international relations, ensuring fairness, justice, and mutual respect.  And on some regional issues, I think the problem is that the United States has exercised long-arm jurisdiction and suppression and overstretched the national security through the use of force or financial hegemony, and this has created obstacles for normal trade activities, and the United States has also been persuading some countries to launch attacks on China.
And as for China, we believe and we have handled import- and export-related issues according to scientific and technological standards.  Secretary Blinken, you said you just came back from Japan and the ROK.  Those two countries are China’s second and the third largest trading partners.  ASEAN has now become China’s largest trading partner, overtaking the European Union and the United States.  So we do hope that the United States will develop sound relations with all countries in the Asia-Pacific.  We should have many mutual friends.  This is the right way forward in the 21st century.
On the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden had a phone conversation.  The two presidents agreed to step up communication, manage differences, and expand cooperation between our two countries.  We are having this dialogue today to follow up on the common understanding of the two presidents reached during their phone conversation.  And having this dialogue is, in fact, a decision made by the two presidents.  So for the people of the two countries and the world, they’re hoping to see practical outcomes coming out of our dialogue.  And with Xinjiang, Tibet, and Taiwan, they are an inalienable part of China’s territory.  China is firmly opposed to U.S. interference in China’s internal affairs.  We have expressed our staunch opposition to such interference and we will take firm actions in response.
On human rights, we hope that the United States will do better on human rights.  China has made steady progress in human rights and the fact is that there are many problems within the United States regarding human rights, which is admitted by the U.S. itself as well.  The United States has also said that countries can’t rely on force in today’s world to resolve the challenges we face.  And it is a failure to use various means to topple the so-called “authoritarian” states.  And the challenges facing the United States in human rights are deep-seated.  They did not just emerge over the past four years, such as Black Lives Matter.  It did not come up only recently.  So we do hope that for our two countries, it’s important that we manage our respective affairs well instead of deflecting the blame on somebody else in this world.
And for China, we will manage our own affairs well, and we hope to deliver a better life for our 1.4 billion Chinese people.  This is the goal of China’s diplomacy.  And also, we will make our contribution to the peace and stability of the world.  Since breaking the ice between our two countries in our engagement several decades ago, China and the United States have achieved a lot together.  This is the result of the concerted efforts of the people with vision of both countries, and this past is a part of our achievements.  Although so much has changed in this world, it is important that our two countries think about how we can work together and expand our cooperation under the new circumstances.
If there is competition between our two countries, I think the competition focuses on the economic aspect, and in this area, as I have said just now, for frictions in our economic engagement, it is important to respond to them in a rational way and seek win-win results.  And China-U.S. trade has already achieved a lot, and we should do even better.  The overwhelming majority of American businesses in China have said that China’s business environment is good and nobody has forced them to stay in China.  They see a profit coming from their presence in China and they see immense opportunities in China.  That’s why they are staying in China.  And I believe that for our two countries, under the new circumstances, we need to enhance communication, properly manage our differences, and expand our cooperation instead of engaging in confrontation.
But between our two countries we’ve had confrontation in the past, and the result did not serve the United States well.  What did the United States gain from that confrontation?  I didn’t see any, and the only result was damages done to United States.  And China will pull through and has pulled through such confrontation.
So the way we see the relationship with the United States is as President Xi Jinping has said – that is, we hope to see no confrontation, no conflict, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation with the United States.  And actually, during the phone call between the presidents, President Biden himself also talked about the importance of having no conflict or confrontation between our two countries.  So at our level, I think it’s vital that we do everything we can to fully and faithfully follow up and implement the understandings reached between our two presidents and bring back the China-U.S. relationship to the track of sound and steady growth.
On cyber attacks, let me say that whether it’s the ability to launch cyber attacks or the technologies that could be deployed, the United States is the champion in this regard.  You can’t blame this problem on somebody else.
The United States itself does not represent international public opinion, and neither does the Western world.  Whether judged by population scale or the trend of the world, the Western world does not represent the global public opinion.  So we hope that when talking about universal values or international public opinion on the part of the United States, we hope the U.S. side will think about whether it feels reassured in saying those things, because the U.S. does not represent the world.  It only represents the Government of the United States.  I don’t think the overwhelming majority of countries in the world would recognize that the universal values advocated by the United States or that the opinion of the United States could represent international public opinion, and those countries would not recognize that the rules made by a small number of people would serve as the basis for the international order.
Because, Mr. Secretary and NSA Sullivan, you have delivered some quite different opening remarks, mine will be slightly different as well.
STATE COUNCILOR WANG:  (Via interpreter) Well, I will stay quite brief compared with Director Yang.  Secretary Blinken, NSA Sullivan, you have been involved in the relationship with China for many years, so you’re also true friends for the Chinese people.  And I would say that I am pleased to meet you today, and China – the Chinese delegation – is here at the invitation of the United States.  And as NSA Sullivan said, Anchorage is the midpoint of the air route connecting our two countries, and it is fair to say that this place is a refueling station for China-U.S. exchanges and also a place that China and the United States can meet each other halfway.
And China certainly in the past has not and in the future will not accept the unwarranted accusations from the U.S. side.  In the past several years, China’s legitimate rights and interests have come under outright suppression, plunging the China-U.S. relationship into a period of unprecedented difficulty.  This has damaged the interests of our two peoples and taken its toll on world stability and development, and this situation must no longer continue.  China urges the U.S. side to fully abandon the hegemonic practice of willfully interfering in China’s internal affairs.  This has been a longstanding issue and it should be changed.  It is time for it to change.  And in particular, on the 17th of March, the United States escalated its so-called sanctions on China regarding Hong Kong, and the Chinese people are outraged by this gross interference in China’s internal affairs and the Chinese side is firmly opposed to it.
Anchorage is a midpoint between China and the United States, but after all, it’s still the United States territory, and I accept that the Chinese delegation has come here at the invitation of the United States.  However, just the other day, before our departure, the United States passed these new sanctions.  This is not supposed to be the way one should welcome his guests, and we wonder if this is a decision made by the United States to try to gain some advantage in dealing with China, but certainly this is miscalculated and only reflects the vulnerability and weakness inside the United States.  And this will not shake China’s position or resolve on those issues.
And let me also say that the phone conversation that President Xi Jinping and President Biden had on the eve of the Chinese New Year is a very important one, and during this phone conversation they agreed to some common understandings that have pointed the way forward for us to bring back the China-U.S. relationship onto the right track.  And the international community is following very closely our dialogue for today and tomorrow.  They’re watching whether our two sides will each demonstrate goodwill and sincerity, and they are watching whether this dialogue will send out a positive signal to the world.
So we will be watching what will happen today and tomorrow, and if United States is willing, I think our two sides should step up to this responsibility and deliver on this task that we are given.  I will stop here.  Thank you.
SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you very much.
(Break.)
SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Mr. Director, State Councilor, given your extended remarks, permit me, please, to add just a few of my own before we get down to work, and I know Mr. Sullivan may have things to say as well.
I have to tell you, in my short time as Secretary of State, I have spoken to I think nearly a hundred counterparts from around the world, and I just made my first trip, as I noted, to Japan and South Korea.  I have to tell you, what I’m hearing is very different from what you described.  I’m hearing deep satisfaction that the United States is back, that we’re re-engaged with our allies and partners.  I’m also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government has taken, and we’ll have an opportunity to discuss those when we get down to work.
A hallmark of our leadership, of our engagement in the world is our alliances and our partnerships that have been built on a totally voluntary basis.  And it is something that President Biden is committed to reinvigorating.
And there’s one more hallmark of our leadership here at home, and that’s a constant quest to, as we say, form a more perfect union.  And that quest, by definition, acknowledges our imperfections, acknowledges that we’re not perfect, we make mistakes, we have reversals, we take steps back.  But what we’ve done throughout our history is to confront those challenges openly, publicly, transparently, not trying to ignore them, not trying to pretend they don’t exist, not trying to sweep them under a rug.  And sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s ugly, but each and every time, we have come out stronger, better, more united as a country.
I recall well when President Biden was vice president and we were visiting China.  This was in the wake of the financial crisis.  There was much discussion then, including with then-Vice President Xi Jinping.  And Vice President Biden at the time said it’s never a good bet to bet against America, and it’s true today.
STAFF:  Thank you, press.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SULLIVAN:  Just briefly, to add to what Secretary Blinken has said – because I was actually going to make the same point without us even consulting – a confident country is able to look hard at its own shortcomings and constantly seek to improve.  And that is the secret sauce of America.
The other secret sauce of America is that our people are a problem-solving people, and we believe we solve problems best when we work together with allies and partners around the world.
Just a couple of weeks ago, the United States landed another rover on Mars, and it wasn’t just an American project.  It had technology from multiple countries from Europe and other parts of the world.  It is also going to leave behind a collection of material for Mars that the United States and Europe will build a device that can fly there to pick it up and bring it back.
That is what can be accomplished by a country that is constantly reinventing itself, working closely with others, and seeking constantly to produce the kind of progress that benefits all of us, and is rooted in a concept of human dignity and human rights that is truly universal that every man, woman, and child in this world aspires to.
So we will look forward to the conversation today, but I do hope this conversation will be one carried out with confidence on both sides.  So it’s not lectures or long, winding statements; it’s the opportunity for us to explain where we’re coming from, to hear where you are coming from, and to indicate, at bottom, what our principles, our priorities, and our long-term strategies are.  That’s what we hope for in the dialogue that lies ahead, that is the spirit with which we approach this, and we look forward to continuing the discussion today.  Thank you, everybody.
STAFF:  Thank you very much, everyone.
(Break.)
QUESTION:  (Off-mike.)
DIRECTOR YANG:  (Via interpreter) Well, it was my bad.  When I entered this room, I should have reminded the U.S. side of paying attention to its tone in our respective opening remarks, but I didn’t.
The Chinese side felt compelled to make this speech because of the tone of the U.S. side.
Well, isn’t this the intention of United States, judging from what – or the way that you have made your opening remarks, that it wants to speak to China in a condescending way from a position of strength?
So was this carefully all planned and was it carefully orchestrated with all the preparations in place?  Is that the way that you had hoped to conduct this dialogue?
Well, I think we thought too well of the United States.  We thought that the U.S. side will follow the necessary diplomatic protocols.  So for China it was necessary that we made our position clear.
So let me say here that, in front of the Chinese side, the United States does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength.  The U.S. side was not even qualified to say such things even 20 years or 30 years back, because this is not the way to deal with the Chinese people.  If the United States wants to deal properly with the Chinese side, then let’s follow the necessary protocols and do things the right way.
Cooperation benefits both sides.  In particular, this is the expectation of the people of the world.  Well, the American people are certainly a great people, but so are the Chinese people.  So have the Chinese people not suffered enough in the past from the foreign countries?  Well, at times I have not been sure since China started being encircled by the foreign countries.
Well, as long as China’s system is right with the wisdom of the Chinese people, there is no way to strangle China.  Our history will show that one can only cause damages to himself if he wants to strangle or suppress the Chinese people.
While the United States has talked about its cooperation to land on some other planet with the European side, well, China would welcome it if there is a will to carry out similar cooperation from the United States with us.
I’ll stop here.  Would the State Councilor wish to add?
STATE COUNCILOR WANG:  (Via interpreter) Secretary Blinken and NSA Sullivan, you mentioned that during your engagements and the visit that Mr. Secretary had just recently, the two countries you visited mentioned coercion from China.  We don’t know if this is a direct complaint coming from those countries that you visited, or is it just the United States’ own view?
Well, I think for those relationships, it brings in China’s relationship with the United States, with Japan, and with Australia.  I don’t think we could know from all being together because for all of those instances, they each have their own set of issues and different positions are involved.  So to accuse China of coercion even before sharing the relevant views with China, is this the right act to do?  Of course not.
If the United States would indiscriminately protest and speak up for those countries just because they are your allies or partners, we believe for the long term (inaudible), then it will be very difficult for international relations to develop properly.  So we don’t think one should be so testy as to accuse some other country of coercion.  Who is coercing whom?  I think history and the international community will come to their own conclusions.
But if the United States is interested in having those discussions with China, then we are ready to have those discussions with the U.S. side, but based on mutual respect so that we can increase our mutual understanding on those issues.