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00:00So, Dr Gao, let's go straight to you. Is the US under so much pressure from China that now they're taking a play directly out of China's playbook and operating on the world stage the way China has been?
00:15Well, first of all, doing business is fine. But doing business by holding a gun at your head is not acceptable. Not to China, probably not to everyone else.
00:25Different countries may have different views about what the United States is doing, and it wants to tailor-make its response accordingly. That's fine.
00:35But for China, you cannot hold a gun to China's head and issue ultimatum and demand all the impossibilities, for example, and ask China to swallow that.
00:45China is the country that values dignity and decency and all the more than economic gains or economic losses.
00:52So, if you want to hold a gun at China's head, China will hold a gun at your head.
00:57If you want to strike China in the cheek, China will strike you back.
01:02That's the decision and the determination of the Chinese nation.
01:06This is not belligerency. This is the minimum decency you need to apply to international relations.
01:11How can you demand other countries? I will slap you in the face. Don't slap me back.
01:17Otherwise, I will punish you more. That's the law of the jungle.