Chinese envoy uses rough language to describe US relations amid suspicion over Beijing’s intentions
- Xu Xueyan, deputy chief of mission in Beijing’s embassy, strongly dismisses US belief that China does better in bilateral relationship
- Crude remarks at a conference come as the two countries work to see if their leaders will meet next month in San Francisco
A senior Chinese government envoy to the US on Tuesday dismissed Washington’s suspicions of Beijing’s intentions with a barnyard epithet, a sharp barb delivered even as the two sides work to arrange a summit between their top leaders next month.
During a discussion at a conference of the Institute for China-America Studies, Xu Xueyan, a deputy chief of mission and a minister at Beijing’s embassy in Washington, challenged the concept that “win-win” in the bilateral relationship has meant more gains for China.
“When I came here for my second posting in the United States, I’ve heard many people inside of the beltway telling me that you have to stop talking about ‘win-win’,” Xu recounted.
“‘Win-win is bulls**t’ are the exact words used by a very senior official in the US government,” she said.
The envoy, who did not identify the official or provide any further details about the conversation, then doubled down.
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“And people say that ‘When you Chinese talk about win-win, for us it’s China winning twice, win two times,’ I think that is bulls**t,” Xu added.
