China says some US politicians' 'true colors' will be seen

BEIJING -- China reminded some US politicians that blindly engaging in anti-Communist and anti-China political manipulation is unpopular and doomed to fail.

The more times they lie and cheat, the more people with a sense of justice will see their true colors clearly, a spokesperson with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked to comment on recent remarks by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who once again attempted to smear the Communist Party of China (CPC).

"First of all, I would like to correct the premise of Pompeo's statement," Zhao said, adding that China-US relations are facing serious difficulties at present, and the United States is responsible for all this.

Some US politicians are trying to suppress China because they are afraid of China's development. The more severe the US suppression, the more it proves China's success.

Zhao stressed that China will never seek hegemony, but it never fears power politics.

"We are committed to working with other countries to build a community with a shared future for mankind. In contrast, some US politicians are engaging in political bullying, economic bullying, military bullying, and discourse bullying everywhere. They are increasingly spurned by the international community and by Americans who see through their tricks."

"Is the United States still behaving like a big country?" he said.

Regarding what the US President Donald Trump has said about the possibility of US decoupling from China, Zhao said the development of China and the United States is not an either-or relationship. There is no need to exclude each other.

They may well lend hands to each other and support each other in their undertakings, he said.

"China and the United States should develop their relations by cooperation rather than decoupling, and assume their due responsibilities towards the world," he said.

China's policy stance on the development of China-US relations has been consistent, maintaining a high degree of stability and continuity.

"At the same time, we are also ready for relations to go through ups and downs. We urge some US politicians to correct their mistakes, return to rationality, correctly view and handle China-US relations, stop harming China's interests and smearing and attacking China, and push the relations back on the right track as soon as possible," he said.