China has responded to Donald Trump's comments about the country piggybacking off of the United States and believes that Trump's opinions do not reflect those of the majority of Americans, reported The International Business Times.
"We understand that in the United States every person has the freedom to make all kinds of comments," said Hua Chunying, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson. "But for the Chinese government, we pay even more attention to the U.S. government's policy toward China and mainstream U.S. public opinion. The history of the development of Sino-U.S. ties in recent years shows that from time to time there will be all sorts of voices - or sometimes, certain disturbances."
Trump made comments that implied that the China-U.S. relationship is not mutually beneficial and that China is taking advantage of the relationship.
"China has gotten rich off us," he said. "China has rebuilt itself with the money it's sucked out of the United States and the jobs that it's sucked out of the United States."
This is not the first time that Trump has called out China - he has previously said that if elected, he will make an effort to return Chinese jobs to the U.S., reported Politico.
"I've been telling everybody for a long time: China's taking our jobs," he said. "They're taking our money. Be careful. They'll bring us down."
Chunying asserted that China wants to have good ties with the U.S. and continue to move in a positive direction, reported Yahoo! News.
"I hope that all sides, whether officials or the media or people in both countries, can aim at this and work hard together to move in this direction," she said.
