China and the United States have maintained close communication at multiple levels on their respective concerns in the economic and trade field, said Chinese Commerce Ministry spokeswoman He Yongqian at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
"Since May this year, under the guidance of the consensus reached by the heads of state of China and the United States, the economic and trade teams of the two sides have held high-level economic and trade talks in Geneva and London, reaching the Geneva consensus and the London framework. The two sides have been intensifying efforts to implement the relevant achievements, which have stabilized the economic and trade relations between the two countries," said He.
"Now, the two sides are in close communication at multiple levels on their respective concerns in the economic and trade field. We hope the United States and China will work together in the spirit of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, give full play to the role of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism, continue to strengthen dialogue and communication, and take concrete actions to safeguard and implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state during their phone talks, thus jointly promoting a stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations, and injecting more certainty and stability into the world economy," said the spokeswoman.
China, U.S. maintain close communication at multiple levels in trade, economic field: spokeswoman
The United States cannot legitimize an operation that attacked Venezuela and captured its president, a Chinese scholar said Sunday.
On Saturday, the United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela, during which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were 'captured and flown out of Venezuela' according to a post by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account.
Teng Jianqun, director of the Center for Diplomatic Studies at Hunan Normal University, said in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) that the aim of this operation is to take full control of Venezuela’s natural resources.
"I don't think the United States can legitimize this operation to take custody of the president of Venezuela. And also I don't think the United States can legitimize its any action in taking the oil reserves of that country. This is actually a very dangerous game played by the Trump administration. And of course, the United States would like to take full control of that country and to take full control of the natural resources, especially the large reserve of oil in Venezuela," said Teng.
Teng said Venezuela is not an isolated case but a common practice by the United States. The United States launched an invasion of Panama on Dec. 20, 1989, which continued until January 1990, with the stated objective of capturing Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega on charges of drug trafficking and organized crime.
"We still remember the so-called sentence of the former president of Panama in the late 1980s. And this time, the president of Venezuela will be under some judicial condition (judicial proceedings) for the so-called drug trafficking and some other crimes. So I think this is not a single case for the Venezuela country, but also this is actually a practice by the United States -- to use force, to use so-called justice under law against any leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean waters," he said.
US cannot legitimize operation against Venezuela: Chinese scholar
