China to defend its legitimate interests: PRC ambassador to US

Beijing. March 26. Silkroadnews - China’s Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai said China does not want a war with the US or anyone else, but is not afraid of it, the China Daily reports.
“If somebody tries to impose a trade war upon us, we will fight. We will do whatever we can to defend the legitimate interests. We will also do whatever we can to safeguard the open global trading system,” the agency quoted him saying in a video posted on the embassy’s Facebook account.
“Let me assure those people who intend to fight a trade war. We will certainly fight back. We will retaliate. If people want to play tough, we will play tough with them, and see who will last longer,” he said commenting on the US President Trump’s move on authorization of annual tariffs of up to $60 billion on Chinese exports in response to alleged violation of intellectual rights by China property.