'China Won't Go for Bullying or Threatening other countries': Jiang

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'China Won't Go for Bullying or Threatening other countries': Jiang

Chinese President Jiang Zemin said "China will not go for bullying or threatening other countries" even if China becomes more developed in the future.

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Chinese President Jiang Zemin said "China will not go for bullying or threatening other countries" even if China becomes more developed in the future.

Jiang made the remark in response to a question here Thursday afternoon when he met the press jointly with visiting U.S. President George W. Bush.

He stressed that focusing on economic development and improvement of people's life is China's long-term central task and that what China wants most is a peaceful and tranquil international environment with long-term stability.

Jiang cited an old Chinese saying "do not do onto others what you would not have others do onto you" and pointed out that facts have proven already and will continue to prove that China is a " staunch force dedicated to the maintenance of peace in the region and the world at large."

Jiang said "we are living in a world of diversity." As two major countries with different national conditions, China and the U.S. have indeed disagreement in certain areas but also share " broad and important" common interests.

The old mindset which views relationship between countries as either of alliance or of confrontation ought to be abandoned, said Jiang, adding that a new security concept which features security through mutual trust and cooperation should be established.

He said it's true that since China began implementing reform and opening-up policies, its national strength has grown and its people's living standard has improved but that, compared with developed countries, China's economic and cultural development remains quite backward.

With a population of over 1.2 billion, the road ahead is still very long before China can basically complete modernization and deliver a better-off life to all its people, stressed Jiang.

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