FM Wang Yi says China will not fear confrontation with US

China would not fear confrontation with the United States but would welcome cooperation if it is mutually beneficial, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, Report informs, citing Reuters.

Problems in the US.-China relationship were down to "strategic misjudgments" by the American side, he said in a speech posted on the FM website.

"If there is confrontation, then (China) will not fear it and will fight to the finish," he said.

Wang said "there is no harm" in competition, but it should be "positive".

Relations between the United States and China are at a low over a range of disagreements, including the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, trade, human rights, and Beijing's increasing pressure on Taiwan.

In a call last month that lasted for more than three hours, U.S. President Joe Biden pressed his counterpart, Xi Jinping, on human rights while Xi warned that China would respond to what it called provocation on Taiwan.