Sino-US clash 'won't get you anywhere'

A confrontational China-US relationship does not benefit anyone because the interests of the two countries are deeply interwoven, Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the annual session of the National People's Congress, said in Beijing on Monday.

Asked at a news conference about Beijing's response to Washington's increasingly hard-line policy toward China, Zhang said, "It won't get you anywhere to deal with new problems in the context of globalization with a Cold War mentality."

Zhang, a former vice-minister of foreign affairs, said China has a consistent and clear policy toward the United States. China is dedicated to having a relationship based on nonconflict, nonconfrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, he said, adding that China will also firmly safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests.