The Chinese foreign minister lashed out at Washington for seizing on ideological prejudices and trying to curb China´s investments by using its new controls on exports and trade of machinery and semiconductors for supercomputers and artificial intelligence.

Wang Yi condemned these are violations of free trade rules and urged to correct them because they harm Beijing’s legitimate interests and rights.

Wang also called on the White House to pay heed to China’s recent Communist Party Congress´ report, as it contains the country’s future aspirations in multiple aspects and sets forth the avenue to achieve them.

“If the United States really wants to understand China, please study the 20th CCP Congress report carefully. China’s domestic and foreign policies are open and clear, its strategies are transparent,” Wang said.

Blinken, on the other hand, stressed the world is expecting much more cooperation between the world’s two major powers, and also expressed Washington’s willingness to keep communication on future relations.

Both sides also addressed the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Wang called for calm, more diplomatic efforts and peaceful negotiations.

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