China has acknowledged that ties with the US are at their lowest point since the normalisation of relations in 1979, in comments that suggest Beijing wants to ease tensions, analysts said.
“What is alarming is that the China-US relationship is one of the most important in the world and it is facing its most serious challenge since diplomatic relations were established,” Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, said in a speech on Thursday.
“China has never had the intention of challenging or replacing the US and has no intention of entering into total confrontation with the US,” he said, adding that Beijing’s policy had not changed despite deteriorating relations in recent months.
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