Beijing hopes remark by US on ties signals 'new starting point'

Beijing has said it would like to see China-US ties "achieve greater development on a new starting point", in response to a recent positive remark by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the relations.

In his first official visit to Beijing last weekend, Tillerson said the US-China relationship has been a very positive relationship built on the spirit of "nonconflict, nonconfrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation".

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday that the spirit of the remark echoes the recipe for development of China-US ties in recent years, and such thinking "deserves being handed down and developed by both sides".