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Xi calls for Asia-Pacific peace as he wraps up trip to US

The Straits Times

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November 19, 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated that his country will stick to a path of peaceful development as he wrapped up his first visit to the United States in six years, having eased tensions between the world's top two economies.

"The fundamental goal of China's development is to improve the well-being of the Chinese people, not to replace anyone," the staterun Xinhua news agency cited him as saying in a Nov 17 speech delivered at the close of this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.

The remarks echo his message in recent days. Mr Xi said on Nov 15 that China wants friendship with the United States and that his nation will not fight a war with anyone, among his clearest remarks yet proclaiming a desire for peaceful ties between the world's two largest economies.

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