"We are committed to peaceful development to build a community with a shared future for mankind. Peace, amity and harmony are values embedded in Chinese civilization. Aggression and expansion are not in our genes. The Chinese people have bitter and deep memories of the turmoils and sufferings inflicted upon them in modern times."
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Galvanizing_Our_Peoples_into_a_Strong_Force_For_the_Cause_of_China-U.S._Friendship