“What the leader of the People's Republic of China have been saying you might have noticed that in one of the latest speeches where I have personally been present that was an international event in the framework of the UN where I've been present and I remember that president Xi [Xi Jinping] was saying that the People's Republic of China has no plans to use military power to resolve any type of problems or conflicts that was more or less his statement that's the first thing I wanted to say. Secondly as far as I understand the Chinese philosophy regarding the philosophy of statehood and state management it does not include use of force and thirdly I think China does not need to use force. China is a huge powerful economy and in terms of purchasing parity China is the economy number one in the world ahead of the United States now. And by increasing this economic potential China is capable of implementing its national objectives.”

by: Vladimir Putin