Turn Patriotic Enthusiasm into Strength to Build a Powerful Nation: CommentaryThe People's Daily publishes a commentary Thursday on the US government's letter expressing that the US side is "very sorry" about that the Chinese pilot is missing and "very sorry" about that the US surveillance plane entered China's territory without approval on April 1.The firm struggle by the Chinese government and people against US hegemony has forced the US government to change from its initial rude and unreasonable attitude to saying "very sorry" to the Chinese people, says the commentary titled "To Turn Patriotic Enthusiasm into Strength to Build a Powerful Nation". In handling the issue, the Chinese government has adhered to the principled stance of safeguarding state sovereignty and national dignity and opposing hegemonism and power politics, it says. Despite China's opposition, the United States has, for years, frequently sent aircraft to conduct surveillance activities along China's coast, which was the root of the incident, the commentary says, stressing that the United States should take full responsibility for the "aircraft collision incident". What the United States has done is against international laws and commonly recognized principles on international relations, and has infringed China's laws and regulations, invaded China's territorial space and violated China's sovereignty, and damaged China's national security interests, the commentary says. The Chinese government has voiced solemn and just requests and protests to the US side and carried out a justified, advantageous and restrained struggle against US hegemonism, which has once again displayed the ability to cope with complicated situations and to handle complicated issues of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Jiang Zemin at the core, commentary says. "Human life is the most valuable thing on earth," the commentary emphasizes. The safety of the missing pilot is what the CPC and the Chinese government care most about and what millions of Chinese people have been worrying about. By April 10, the Chinese Navy had dispatched 107 aircraft and 95 vessels to undertake the largest-ever rescue effort in the history of the Chinese armed forces, it says. The commentary points out that all Chinese people from every ethnic group firmly support the solemn and just stance of the Chinese government and have shown strong patriotic enthusiasm and high spirits. The Chinese nation is a great nation which advocates justice and fears no powers, it stresses. The anti-hegemonism struggle by the Chinese people has won strong support from the international community, the commentary says. It goes on to say that China has won initial success in its struggle, which still continues, noting that the struggle between the pursuers and opponents of hegemony and the uni-polar world and the multi-polar world is a long-term and complicated one and it will not be completed through one event or one round of encounters. China believes in the irresistible historic trend that justice and truth will win, it says. The direction for the development of China-US relations is extremely important to the whole world, the commentary stresses. The majority of American people are friendly to China, though in the Untied States there are anti-China forces who are hostile to China and interfere in China's internal affairs, it says. Improving and developing China-US relations are not only compatible with the fundamental interests of the two nations but favorable to world peace and stability, the commentary says. Through the struggle, all Chinese people from all ethnic groups have further reached a common understanding that China needs development, the nation needs reinvigoration, and society needs stability, the commentary says. A strong will has formed to strenuously prosper the nation, strengthen the Chinese nation, and strengthen national power, it says. This is a very precious spiritual wealth, it stresses. |
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