"It is wrong to view China, which is committed to peaceful development, as a threat and thus play a against it. China never bets against the United States, and never interferes in its internal affairs. China has no intention to challenge the United States or to unseat it. Instead, we will be glad to see a confident, open, ever-growing and prosperous United States."
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Galvanizing_Our_Peoples_into_a_Strong_Force_For_the_Cause_of_China-U.S._Friendship