BEIJING (CHINA) – Chinese state media warned that some damage to Sino-US ties cannot be repaired. This comes in the wake of the Trump administration’s renewed measures to counter China.
The ties between the two largest economies in the world have reached their nadir in decades with regard to issues such as trade, technology, security, human rights and COVID-19.
China Daily, which is backed by the government, said in its editorial that it viewed as “worrisome signs” Washington’s decision to curb visitor visas for members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families and a ban on Xinjiang cotton imports.
“Even if the incoming administration has any intention of easing the tensions that have been sown, and continue being sown, some damage is simply beyond repair, as the sitting US president intends,” it said in the editorial, adding that relations between both nations are heading towards a dangerous path.
Recently, the US government added Chinese chipmaking firm SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged military companies. This prevents US investors from purchasing securities issued by the firms from late next year.
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to assume charge in January, the Chinese ambassador to the US has become latest senior official from that country to indicate a desire to reset the belligerent relationship.
“There are always differences between the two countries. None of them justifies confrontation and war, cold or hot,” Cui Tiankai tweeted.
“With sufficient mutual respect and mutual understanding, we are capable of managing these differences so that they would not derail the entire relationship,” he said on Thursday.