China asks US to respect core interests

China has asked the US to scale back activities that may cause misunderstandings and respect its core interests, days after President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, during which he and his American counterpart Barack Obama reached consensus on fighting cyber attacks. 

“The prerequisite for win-win cooperation is mutual trust,” Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army, told Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the US Pacific Command at Hawaii.

“(We) hope the US side will pay great attention to China’s concerns, earnestly respect our core interests, avoid words and actions that harm bilateral ties, and reduce activities that could cause misunderstandings or misjudgments,” state-run China Daily quoted him as saying. Both the countries have blamed each other for dangerous moves after a number of incidents that saw Chinese and US aircraft and ships facing off in the air and waters around Asia.