Chinese Mission to ASEAN

On May 14, Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with U.S. President Donald J. Trump, who is on a state visit to China.

President Xi noted that transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe, and the international situation is fluid and turbulent. Can China and the United States overcome the Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major-country relations? Can we meet global challenges together and provide greater stability for the world? Can we build a bright future together for our bilateral relations in the interest of the well-being of the two peoples and the future of humanity? These are the questions vital to history, to the world, and to the people. They are the questions of our times that the leaders of major countries need to answer together. I stand ready to work together with President Trump to set the course and steer the giant ship of China-U.S. relations, so as to make 2026 a historic, landmark year that opens up a new chapter in China-U.S. relations.

President Xi stressed that China is committed to a steady, sound and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations. I have agreed with President Trump on a new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability. This will provide strategic guidance for China-U.S. relations over the next three years and beyond, and will be well received by the people of both countries and the international community. “Constructive strategic stability” means positive stability with cooperation as the mainstay, healthy stability with competition within proper limits, constant stability with manageable differences, and lasting stability with expectable peace. Building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability is not a slogan. It means actions in the same direction.

President Xi noted that China-U.S. economic and trade ties are mutually beneficial and win-win in nature. Where disagreements and frictions exist, equal-footed consultation is the only right choice. Yesterday, our economic and trade teams produced generally balanced and positive outcomes. This is good news for the people of the two countries and the world. The two sides should jointly sustain the good momentum that we have worked hard to create. China will only open its door wider. U.S. businesses are deeply involved in China’s reform and opening up. China welcomes more mutually beneficial cooperation from the U.S.

President Xi pointed out that the two sides should implement the important common understandings we have reached, and make better use of communication channels in the political and diplomatic and military-to-military fields. The two countries should expand exchanges and cooperation in areas such as the economy and trade, health, agriculture, tourism, people-to-people ties and law enforcement.

President Xi stressed that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy. “Taiwan independence” and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water. Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the U.S. The U.S. side must exercise extra caution in handling the Taiwan question.

President Trump said that it was a great honor to pay a state visit to China. The United States and China have a very good relationship. President Xi and I have had the longest and greatest relationship the presidents of the two countries have ever had. We have enjoyed friendly communication and worked out many important issues. President Xi is a great leader, and China is a great country. I have tremendous respect for President Xi and the Chinese people. Our meeting today is the biggest summit the world is watching. I will work together with President Xi to strengthen communication and cooperation, properly handle differences, make bilateral relations better than ever before and embrace a fantastic future. The United States and China are the most important and most powerful countries in the world. Together, we can do a lot of big and good things for the two countries and the world. I have brought with me the best representatives of American businesses. They all respect and value China. I strongly encourage them to expand their cooperation with China.

The two presidents exchanged views on major international and regional issues, such as the Middle East situation, the Ukraine crisis, and the Korean Peninsula.

The two presidents agreed to support each other in hosting a successful APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and G20 Summit this year.

and should be partners in global governance, and work with other countries to develop a closer community with a shared future and build this region into a shining example of peace, stability, development and prosperity in a world undergoing profound changes.--Chinese President Xi Jinping at his meeting with Crown Prince of Brunei Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, who is on an official visit to China.

Ambassador Wang Qing released his article on Jakarta Post, calling for joint efforts to promote regional security governance and build a peaceful, safe and secure home.

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East Asia’s stability cannot be taken for granted - Academia - The Jakarta Post What lessons can our region, East Asia, learn to avoid falling into security predicaments and instability? 

China-U.S. relations bear on the well-being of the two peoples and global stability. China’s policy toward the United States is consistent. Our two countries should take mutual respect as the foundation, peaceful coexistence as the principle, and win-win cooperation as the goal, so as to explore the right way for major countries to get along and jointly contribute to world peace and stability.

China is willing to work with the United States to jointly implement the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state. This will enable China-U.S. relations to truly stabilize and improve, benefiting both countries and the world at large.

The key to truly finding the right way for the two major countries to get along lies in continuously addressing mutual misperceptions, just like putting right the first button of a shirt. China and the United States have different social systems and development paths, both of which originate from their respective histories and cultural heritages and are the choices of their own peoples. As an ancient Chinese saying goes,“All living creatures can grow in harmony without harming one another.” We should jointly seek “harmony without uniformity” and act as partners, not rivals.

China will not follow the obsolete model of a country seeking hegemony when growing stronger. It will remain committed to peaceful development and stay firmly on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Hope that the U.S. side will view China objectively, develop a rational perception of China, earnestly respect China’s core interests, properly manage differences, and work together to accomplish more major, practical, and positive things for both countries and the rest of the world, sending more positive and constructive messages to the international community.

--Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at his meeting in Beijing with a visiting delegation from the U.S. Senate led by Senator Steve Daines.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in Beijing on May 6, 2026.

Seyyed Abbas Araghchi stated that Iran highly appreciates and agrees with the four propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping on safeguarding and promoting peace and stability in the region. Iran commends China for always standing on the right side of history and making unremitting efforts with a constructive attitude to prevent the situation from deteriorating and spilling over. Iran trusts China and looks forward to China continuing to play an active role in promoting peace and ending the conflict, and supports the establishment of a new post-war regional framework that can coordinate development and security.

Wang Yi reiterated China’s principled position on the situation in Iran, emphasizing that China has been actively promoting peace and facilitating talks since the outbreak of hostilities. President Xi Jinping solemnly put forward four propositions on safeguarding and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East, which has received a positive response from the international community. The current regional situation is at a critical juncture between war and peace. China believes that a comprehensive ceasefire is of utmost urgency, that resuming hostilities is even less acceptable, and that adhering to negotiations is particularly important.

‌Wang Yi said that China is willing to uphold the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s four propositions, aim at supporting countries in the Middle East to build “four shared homelands”, further commit to easing tensions and ending hostilities, continue to provide assistance for initiating peace talks, and play a greater role in restoring peace and tranquility in the Middle East.

More information: https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjbzhd/202605/t20260507_11905849.html

Japan once invaded and imposed colonial rule over the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries, and thus shoulder grave historical responsibilities. As the world marks 80 years of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, not only has Japan, the aggressor, failed to deeply reflect on its historical crimes, it has even sent military forces overseas and fired offensive missiles under the pretext of security cooperation. This is yet another example of the Japanese right-wing forces’ push for accelerated remilitarization of Japan. They have repeatedly breached Japan’s exclusively defense-oriented policy and relevant rules in international and domestic laws. Some of their policies and moves have gone far beyond the scope of self-defense. The serious lack of education on true history, the fundamentally wrong historical views, compounded by strategies for military rearmament and preparation for war, have led to the malevolent emergence of neo-militarism in Japan and put regional peace and stability under threat. We urge the Japanese side to deeply reflect on its history of militarist aggression, and honor its commitments and stay prudent in military and security areas.

--Chinese FM Spokesperson on Japan firing offensive missiles overseas for the first time in a Balikatan exercise in the Philippines.

The five-day May Day holiday in witnessed a surge in both domestic and cross-border travel. The total volume of cross-regional passenger trips exceeded 1.51 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.49%, setting a new record. Cross-border travel recorded nearly 11.3 million trips, driven by a noticeable rise in international visitors, including those entering under visa-free policies. Specifically, trips by foreign nationals to and from China reached 1.26 million during the holiday, up 12.5% from a year earlier.

These robust travel figures demonstrate the vitality of China's economy. Chinese tourists are injecting even greater momentum into the tourism markets of countries and other destinations.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks on the 80th Anniversary of the Opening of the Tokyo Trials

On May 3, 1946, pursuant to the terms of Japan’s unconditional surrender and the IMTFE Charter issued by Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, the IMTFE began the prosecution. Bringing together judicial power of eleven nations, and with abundant solid evidence and rigorous legal basis, this historic trials found Japanese militarists guilty of waging the war of aggression and severely violating the international law, and brought to light the innumerable crimes Japanese aggressors committed in various Asian countries. Twenty-five Class-A war criminals, including Hideki Tojo, were sentenced to death by hanging or imprisonment. And fallacies such as “a trial exercising victor’s justice,” “Japan’s war of self-defense” and “ex post factor legislation” were strongly refuted. The Tokyo Trials were held to implement the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, and embodied the collective will of both the victorious nations and the victimized peoples. Through the trials, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter were upheld, and the fruits of victory in WWII were honored.

Accepting the judgement of the Tokyo Trials is the prerequisite for Japan’s postwar return to the international community. Eighty years on, however, to people’s indignation, the spectre of Japanese militarism still remains and continues to breed. Japan’s right-wing forces are still trying every possible means to deny and distort the judgement of the Tokyo Trials and the irrefutable evidence, and even whitewash the crimes committed during the war of aggression, including by revising history textbooks and indoctrinating the Japanese people with a wrong perception of history. That is why some Japanese officials and politicians still worship war criminals as “heroes” and make visits to the Yasukuni war shrine where convicted Class-A war criminals are honored. Japan’s right-wing forces are gearing up to speed up remilitarization, deploy offensive weapons, rebuild the war machine and push for revision of the pacifist Constitution. All these are diametrically the opposite of what “a country for peace”—as Japan claims itself to be—should do. With neo-militarism rising in Japan and beginning to pose a real threat, it is all the more relevant to renew the backdrop, conclusion and principles of the Tokyo Trials.

The Tokyo Trials, a litmus test of humanity’s conscience, delivered historical justice. Along with the Nuremberg Trials, the Tokyo Trials nailed the fascist war criminals to the eternal pillar of shame. The historical justice delivered by the two great trials must not be denied. Their legal authority must not be challenged. And the cornerstone of the postwar international order they laid must not be shaken. Mei Ru’ao, the Chinese judge at the Tokyo Trials, famously said, “Amnesia of past sufferings may lead to future disasters.” Should anyone or any force foolishly attempt to reverse the verdict of aggression, they will be pushed back by all peace-loving people in the world and brought once again before the tribunal of history.

On April 30, 2026, the Launch Ceremony of the Disaster Management Cooperation Project between ASEAN and China was held at the ASEAN Secretariat. H.E. Wang Qing, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Raditya Jati, Deputy Minister for System and Strategy of the National Disaster Management Authority of Indonesia and Alternate Chair of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management, and Permanent Representatives of ASEAN Member States attended the event.

Ambassador Wang stated that China and ASEAN countries are connected by mountains and seas and share a common future. In recent years, the two sides have achieved fruitful results in practical cooperation across various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the people on both sides. In response to natural disasters affecting ASEAN countries, China has consistently offered timely emergency assistance, demonstrating the profound bond of mutual support between neighbors and serving as a concrete example of building a community with a shared future for mankind. The project we launch today aims to share China’s experience and practices, provide training for ASEAN personnel, improve the quality and efficiency of regional emergency response, and inject fresh momentum into forging an even closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.