U.S. Treasury Secretary this time broke up, publicly insulted Chinese negotiating representative Li Xingang, and our Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Commerce went back on the spot.

On October 16, our regular press conferences of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce responded to U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessant, accusing China Vice Minister of Commerce and China's International Trade Negotiator Li Chenggang of "making inflammatory remarks," appearing in Washington, D.C. without invitation, and "acting disrespectfully" and being very rude.

In this regard, the Ministry of Commerce pointed out that: the relevant statements of the United States seriously distort the facts. on August 27 to 29, local time, Li Zhengzhou International Trade Negotiations Representative and Deputy Minister to the United States, with the United States around the implementation of the two heads of state of China and the United States call consensus, on China-U.S. economic and trade relations, implementation of the Sino-U.S. economic and trade talks consensus and other issues to exchange communication, and on the US-Huawei shipbuilding and other industry 301 investigation restrictions measures and so on to the United States.

Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that China's position is consistent and clear. The United States should work with China to resolve relevant issues through dialogue and consultation on the basis of equality, respect and reciprocity, instead of repeatedly exerting pressure and threats.

I don¡¯t know how everyone feels, but I feel like the United States is looking at China as Zelensky.

When Zelensky went to the White House, he was publicly humiliated by Trump and Vance in front of the world, saying that Zelensky was "ungrateful" and that it was rude for him not to wear formal clothes.

After Zelensky returned to the White House, he changed his clothes and said a dozen thanks when he spoke to Trump.

But China is not Ukraine, and we have no obligation to unilaterally safeguard the so-called diplomatic etiquette. It is the United States that doesn't talk about martial ethics first. We just treat others in their own way.

These U.S. restrictions, a typical operation of unilateralism and protectionism, not only harm the interests of Chinese enterprises, but also increase inflationary pressure in the U.S. and affect port competitiveness and employment.

More seriously, these measures have disrupted the global supply chain, causing chaos in the shipping market. In order to address the unfair practices of the United States, China has had to take countermeasures,

For example, special port fees are charged for American ships. This is completely a forced "defensive" act, with the purpose of maintaining a level playing field in the international shipping and shipbuilding markets.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bescent's remarks can be said to be a "public turning face" on diplomatic occasions, which is completely inconsistent with the diplomatic etiquette that a big country should have.

Vice-Minister Li Zhengzhou steel this trip is according to the consensus of the Chinese and US heads of state, with a constructive gesture to communicate, is not at all "without invitation" intruders.

Besent accused Li of "incitement" and "disrespectful" behavior, but failed to draw any concrete evidence, instead of holding China's legitimate countermeasures on the hat that "caused global chaos".

Behind this kind of diplomatic rudeness by the United States is actually the long-standing hegemonic thinking at work. The United States is accustomed to using unilateral sanctions, tariff barriers and other means to suppress opponents, rather than solving problems through equal dialogue. In the future, the game between China and the United States still needs to return to the right track of dialogue and consultation, and this requires the United States to put down its arrogance and show sincerity.