秦刚前段时间中美关系发生了无人飞艇事件。这完全是一起因不可抗力导致的偶发意外事件，事实和性质都很清楚，连美方也认为不构成现实威胁。然而，美方却违反国际法精神和国际惯例，有罪推断，过度反应，滥用武力，借题发挥，制造了一场本可以避免的外交危机。

Qin Gang A recent episode in China-US relations is the unmanned airship incident. It is entirely an accident caused by force majeure, and its facts and nature are crystal clear. Even the United States did not believe it posed a physical threat. However, in violation of the spirit of international law and international customary practices, the United States acted with a presumption of guilt. It overreacted, abused force, and dramatized the accident, creating a diplomatic crisis that could have been avoided.

美方声称要“竞赢”中国但不寻求冲突。但实际上，美方的所谓“竞争”，就是全方位遏制打压，就是你死我活的零和博弈。美方口口声声说要遵守规则，但如同两位运动员在奥运田径场上赛跑，一方不是想着如何跑出自己的最好成绩，而总是要去绊倒对方，甚至想让对方参加残奥会，这不是公平竞争，而是恶意对抗，犯规了！美方所谓要给中美关系“加装护栏”“不冲突”，实际上就是要中国打不还手，骂不还口，但这办不到！如果美方不踩刹车，继续沿着错误道路狂飙下去，再多的护栏也挡不住脱轨翻车，必然陷入冲突对抗。谁来承担其灾难性的后果？！这样的竞争，就是以两国人民根本利益乃至人类前途命运为赌注的豪赌，中方当然坚决反对。美国有让美国再次伟大的豪情，也要有容得下别国发展的雅量。遏制打压不会让美国变得伟大，更阻挡不了中国迈向复兴的步伐。

The United States claims that it seeks to “out-compete” China but does not seek conflict. Yet in reality, its so-called “competition” means to contain and suppress China in all respects and get the two countries locked in a zero-sum game. The United States talks a lot about following rules. But imagine two athletes competing in an Olympic race. If one athlete, instead of focusing on giving one’s best, always tries to trip or even injure the other, that is not fair competition, but malicious confrontation and a foul! Its so-called “establishing guardrails” for China-US relations and “not seeking conflict” actually means that China should not respond in words or action when slandered or attacked. That is just impossible! If the United States does not hit the brake but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing, and there will surely be conflict and confrontation. Who will bear the catastrophic consequences? Such competition is a reckless gamble with the stakes being the fundamental interests of the two peoples and even the future of humanity. Naturally China is firmly opposed to all this. If the United States has the ambition to make itself great again, it should also have a broad mind for the development of other countries. Containment and suppression will not make America great, and it will not stop the rejuvenation of China.

美国人民和中国人民一样，热情、友善、淳朴，都追求幸福生活、美好世界。我在美国工作的时候，洛杉矶长滩港码头工人告诉我，全家老小的生计依靠同中国的货运贸易，美中两国要共同繁荣。艾奥瓦州的农民告诉我，世界上还有许多饥饿的人，他要多种粮食。大学校长们告诉我，科技进步要靠国际交流，科技脱钩是双输、多输。明尼苏达州英华学院的小学生获得“汉语桥”世界小学生中文秀冠军，她用流利的汉语告诉我，她学汉语，是因为喜欢中国。每当我想起他们，我就想，决定中美关系的，应该是两国的共同利益、共同责任和两国人民的友谊，而不是美国的国内政治和歇斯底里的新麦卡锡主义。

The American people, just like the Chinese people, are friendly, kind and sincere, and want a better life and a better world. When I was working in the United States, I visited many places. In Los Angeles, workers at the port of Long Beach shared with me how their entire families live off trade with China, stressing that the United States and China should prosper together. Farmers in Iowa told me that they want to produce more food because a great number of people in the world are still living in hunger. Presidents of universities stressed that international exchange is critical for technological advancement, and that technological decoupling is a lose-lose and all-lose. A kid in the Yinghua Academy in Minnesota, the world champion of the “Chinese Bridge” Chinese show for foreign elementary school students, confided in me in fluent Chinese that she is learning the language because she loves China. Every time I think about them, I’m convinced that the China-US relationship should be determined by the common interests and shared responsibilities of the two countries and by the friendship between the Chinese and American peoples, rather than by US domestic politics or the hysterical neo-McCarthyism.

凤凰卫视记者美国一些智库和官员炒作中美可能于2027年或2025年因台湾问题爆发冲突，还有媒体爆料称，美方已制定“摧毁台湾”计划。您怎么看当前台海局势？您认为中美在台海发生冲突的风险有多大？

Phoenix Television Some US think tanks and officials have been hyping up the possibility of a conflict between China and the US over the Taiwan question in the year 2027 or 2025. Some media even say the United States has made up a plan for the “destruction of Taiwan”. How do you see the current situation in the Taiwan Strait? How likely is such a conflict between the two countries in the Taiwan Strait?

对于两岸来说，我们都有一个家，名字叫中国。作为骨肉同胞，我们将继续以最大诚意、尽最大努力实现祖国和平统一。同时，保留采取一切必要措施的选项。中国《反分裂国家法》对此规定得很明确。如果出现了违反该法的情况，我们必须依宪依法行事。任何人都不要低估中国政府和中国人民捍卫国家主权和领土完整的坚强决心、坚定意志和强大能力。

The two sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one common family, which is called China. As brothers and sisters, we will continue to work with the greatest sincerity and utmost efforts to pursue peaceful reunification. Meanwhile, we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures. In fact, China’s Anti-Secession Law has explicitly made this point. In case this Law is violated, we must act in accordance with the Constitution and the Law. No one should ever underestimate the firm resolve, strong will or great capability of the Chinese government and people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.