00:00China just sent a powerful message to the United States.
00:03Beijing says it wants more communication with Washington,
00:06but there is one big condition.
00:08China will not compromise on its red lines.
00:10At a press conference before China's National People's Congress,
00:14spokesperson Liu Kinjian made it clear.
00:16China wants cooperation with the U.S. on many levels,
00:19but it will firmly defend its sovereignty, security, and development interests.
00:24This statement comes at a very sensitive moment.
00:27Tensions between the world's two biggest economies have been rising for years.
00:31But now, a major meeting could change everything.
00:34U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Beijing at the end of March
00:38for a summit with President Xi Jinping.
00:41Before that, top trade negotiators from both sides may meet in Paris next week
00:45to discuss potential deals.
00:47The big question now is simple.
00:49Will this diplomacy ease tensions
00:51or ignite a new chapter of rivalry between the two global giants?
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