China will not flinch from any escalation in tensions with the United states, but believes economic cooperation and recovery should be the top priority, a Chinese government official said on Thursday.
Bilateral ties between
China and the
United States have soured as
Washington has accused
Beijing of mishandling the outbreak of the novel
Coronavirus and blamed it for
Job losses and business closures caused by the pandemic.
"China won't start any trouble, but won't flinch from trouble either," Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the Chinese parliament, told reporters at a media briefing ahead of the start of the annual parliamentary session on Friday.