So it is in that connection I can tell you China will not sit on one hand.

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We do have a lot of common interests with the U.S.. We want to be their friend. We want to have good relations with them.

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We are ready to have dialogue . . . we are ready to talk to them.

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No country can achieve its own security by relying on itself alone, no matter how advanced its arsenal is and how strong it is.

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We firmly believe that with the deployment of the American National Missile Defense Program, it will certainly affect the security of China.

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Disarmament should be conducive to the enhancement of every country's general security instead of becoming the instrument and means for a few countries to strengthen their military superiority by weakening or restricting other countries.

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This situation is very undemocratic, unfair and unreasonable.

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We hate the idea. We condemn the idea. The transfer of TMD would certainly touch off a strong reaction from China. That is not good for peace and stability in that part of the world.

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