China has no intention of challenging US: Xi Jinping

BEIJING (AA) – China has no intention of challenging the US or changing the existing international order, the Chinese president told his US counterpart during their meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, said Chinese authorities.

“China does not seek to change the existing international order or interfere in the internal affairs of the United States and has no intention to challenge or displace the United States,” Xi Jinping said at his meeting with President Joe Biden, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement.

Xi pointed out that bilateral relations between China and the US should not be a “zero-sum game where one side outcompetes or thrives at the expense of the other.”

He emphasized that while the US adopted capitalism, China adopted socialism and that both sides should respect this difference and not try to reshape each other or change the other’s system.

The Chinese president also said at the meeting that freedom, human rights and democracy are the common values of all humanity. He added: “The so-called ‘democracy versus authoritarianism’ narrative is not the defining feature of today’s world, still less does it represent the trend of the times.”