China challenging US superpower status is ‘not inevitable’, says Xi Jinping
PTI, he sought to downplay the concerns emanating from Washington about China's intentions to challenge the United States' superpower status. The "Thucydides Trap" refers to a concept where an emerging power poses a potential threat to replace the existing dominant power.
Also Read: Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: ‘Rafah crossing is still open’, Israeli Military's advice to Palestinians “Competition and confrontation are not consistent with the trend of the times. Still less can it fix one’s own problems and address the challenges facing the world," Xi told a US Senate delegation headed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during a meeting.
“China maintains that the common interests of the two countries far outweigh their differences, and the respective success of China and the US is an opportunity, rather than a challenge, to each other," Xi added. Xi further stressed that the Thucydides Trap is not inevitable, adding, "Planet Earth is vast enough to accommodate the respective development and common prosperity of China and the US," he said, this alludes to the prevailing perspective within the American establishment that China is actively seeking to challenge the United States' position as the sole superpower.
Also Read: Israel-Hamas War: US defense stocks rocket while Israel-based stocks tank globally The primary topic of discussion during the meeting, however, was centered on the intensifying conflict in the Middle East following the brutal assault by Hamas militants on Israel that occurred on Saturday. While Xi focussed his remarks on allaying the US' fears of China challenging its superpower status saying, “How China and the US get along will determine the future of humanity," Schumer told the Chinese leader that
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