
On February 7, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian held a regular press conference.
According to Beijing Daily, a foreign media reporter asked a question, and according to Bloomberg, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation is conducting an anti-monopoly investigation into Apple. Can the spokesperson confirm this?
“I don’t know about the situation, so I suggest that I ask the competent authorities on the Chinese side.” Lin Jian responded.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: We deeply regret that Pakistan will not renew the Memorandum of Understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative
According to a reporter’s question, it is reported that Pana President Ma Mulino announced at a press conference the termination of the memorandum of understanding signed with China on the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. Do you think it was American pressure that influenced Panama’s decision?
Lin Jian said that China firmly opposes the United States’ act of smearing and undermining the Belt and Road cooperation through pressure and coercion, and deeply regrets that Pakistan will not renew the memorandum of understanding.
The Belt and Road Initiative is an economic cooperation initiative in which more than 150 countries, including more than 20 Latin American countries, have actively participated, and the results have benefited the people of Panama and other countries. In recent years, the cooperation between China and Pakistan under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative has achieved fruitful results, which have continuously benefited the two peoples. It is hoped that the Pakistani side will proceed from the overall situation of bilateral relations and the long-term interests of the two peoples, eliminate external interference, and make a correct decision.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China is cooperating with Thailand, Myanmar and other neighboring countries to jointly eradicate the cancer of online gambling and electronic fraud
A reporter raised a question about Thai Prime Minister Petuntan’s visit to China and the issue of cracking down on online gambling and wire fraud.
Lin Jian introduced that yesterday, President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, and Chairman Zhao Leji respectively held meetings and talks with Thai Prime Minister Petuntan, who is on an official visit to China, and one of the topics was to strengthen the crackdown on online gambling and wire fraud, exchanged views on this, and reached an important consensus.
Lin Jian said that the recent vicious cases of online gambling and wire fraud along the Thai-Myanmar border have threatened the safety of the lives and property of citizens of relevant countries, including China and Thailand, and interfered with the normal exchanges and cooperation between countries in the region. Resolutely cracking down on online gambling and wire fraud is a tangible embodiment of the people-centered concept, an inevitable choice to safeguard the common interests of regional countries, and is in line with the common expectations of the people of all countries. China is actively carrying out bilateral and multilateral cooperation with Thailand, Myanmar and other neighboring countries, taking comprehensive measures to address both the symptoms and the root causes, working together to stop lawbreakers from committing crimes in relevant countries, jointly eradicate the cancer of online gambling and wire fraud, and safeguard the safety of people’s lives and property and the order of exchanges and cooperation between regional countries.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Support all parties in Myanmar to achieve political reconciliation through friendly consultations
A reporter asked: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of two ASEAN countries, namely Sultan Hassanal of Brunei Darussalam and Prime Minister Petuntan of Thailand, yesterday, whether they discussed the Myanmar issue.
Lin Jian said that yesterday President Xi Jinping met and held talks with the prime ministers of Brunei Darussalam and Thailand, and the two sides exchanged views on international and regional issues of common concern.
On the Myanmar issue, Lin Jian reiterated that China and Myanmar are friendly neighbors, and China’s position on the Myanmar issue is very clear, and we uphold the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, support Myanmar in safeguarding independence, sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity, support all parties in Myanmar in achieving political reconciliation through friendly consultations, and support Myanmar in restarting the process of political transformation.
Lin Jian pointed out that Myanmar is an indispensable and important member of the ASEAN family, and China supports ASEAN in maintaining unity, playing a positive and constructive role as the main channel for mediating the Myanmar issue, implementing the five-point consensus on Myanmar, and promoting the stabilization and cooling of the situation in Myanmar.