On July 9th, Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Ma Xinmin publishes an signature article titled Cooperation Serves Interests of China and US, Conflict Can Only Hurt Both on Sudan Vision. The full text is as follows:

                                   
The China-US trade war deliberately provoked by Trump, labels strategically placed by Trump administration on China as the chief "strategic competitor", "rival" and "revisionist power", and various actions taken by the US side via its actual policies to decouple from China in humanity, education and other sectors, are in essence all designed to contain China's rise and development. US actions to put domestic law above international consensus and rules, which undermine the international economic order and WTO rules, disrupt the global industry chain and supply chain and damage common interests of enterprises and peoples of various countries, are unpopular and cause endless harm.
China does not want a trade war as there would be no winner in a trade war. The essence of China-US economic and trade cooperation is mutually benefit and win-win cooperation. Harming others and of no benefit to US itself, the trade war threatens the world economic and trade system and the global economic growth and will be very costly for both sides. The trade war initiated by the US in the 1930s led to a 66-percent plunge in international trade, intensifying the effects of the Great Depression. The current trade war provoked by the US side which is aimed at curbing the strong momentum of China's economic growth, is essentially a conflict between rules-based order and power games, between multilateralism and unilateralism, between free trade and protectionism, as well as between mutual benefit and zero-sum game. Since the trade negotiations were launched between China and US, the consultations have come a long way at one point after several rounds of dialogue between the two sides. As a responsible and reasonable big country, China is committed to credible consultations based on equality and mutual benefit in an effort to stabilize the bilateral commercial relationship. However, the more the US government is offered, the more it wants, repeatedly backtracking on its commitments and breaching the consensus reached between the two sides. The US government should bear the sole and entire responsibility for repeated setbacks to the China-US economic and trade consultations. Cooperation has to be based on principles. There are bottom lines in consultations. China will not compromise on major issues of principle.
China is not afraid of a trade war and has full confidence to fight one. As President Xi Jinping said at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia that "China has grown into the world second largest economy, the largest industrialized country, the biggest trader in goods, as well as the nation with the highest foreign reserves, but never a backward country", the tremendous size of the Chinese economy will not be easily hit by short-term trials and hardships. China has confidence and ability to meet any challenges. In the face of unilateral and protectionist measures adopted by the US side, including hiked additional tariffs, technology blockade, long-arm jurisdiction, reshaping of the world trade system, to attempt to strike a blow to China's economy, China has the right to and is forced to take countermeasures accordingly as such measures undermine the legitimate rights and interest of China. China's development and progress is a historical necessity and cannot be set back. As a matter of fact, no trade war will hold back China's development. Whatever the future might bring, China is confident of meeting challenges head on and turning risks into opportunities. At the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, President Xi Jinping announced a series of major steps to expand reform and opening up and pledged that China will open it wider to promote benign interactions with other countries in the globe and contribute to further progress and prosperity of both China and the world. Moreover, President Xi announced in his speech at the recent G20 Summit in Osaka that China will further open up its market, strive to achieve high-quality development, and make unremitting efforts to create a brighter future for the world economy.
A trade war is unnecessary, as dialogue is the only way to solve differences. Economic and trade differences between China and US need to be solved, through dialogue and consultation on an equal footing, in a way acceptable by both sides. Cooperation serves interests of the largest developing nation and the largest developed country in the world, and conflict can only hurt both. Concerning their differences on the economic and trade front, China is always open to negotiations and is willing to work together with the US to reach a mutually beneficial and win-win agreement. The Chinese government insists that both sides should work toward the same goal in good faith, and in a spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, manage their differences, properly resolve various issues in the bilateral relationship, and jointly advance China-US relations based on coordination, cooperation and stability. This not only contributes to the common interests of the two countries and the two peoples, but also benefits the interests of other countries in the world and their peoples. The successful meeting between President Xi Jinping and his counterpart Trump at G20 Summit in Osaka, at which they jointly announced to restart economic and trade consultations based on equality and mutual respect, pays the way for the development of China-US relations in the next phase and causes positive response from both countries and the international community. This demonstrates again that sound China-US relations represent the popular will of the two peoples and the shared aspiration of the international community.
As the old Chinese poem says, "from whichever direction the winds leap, I remain strong, though dealt many a blow", China does not want a trade war, but it is not afraid of one and will fight one if necessary, on which China's position has never changed. China remains committed to its own cause no matter how the external environment changes, adhere to reform and innovation, constantly strengthen the endogenous impetus for economic growth, open its door even wider for cooperation, and resolutely uphold the WTO-centered and rules-based multilateral trade system, in an effort to jointly promote multilateralism and free trade and work together to build an open world economy.