The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) praised the economic and technological advance of the China And he said he will not accept a “new cold war” from the Asian country against the United States. The statement was granted in an interview with the American magazine The New Yorkerpublished this Thursday (8).
“We need to say: Thank God we have China that, from a technological point of view, is very advanced and can compete in the technological world of AI [Inteligência Artificial]giving us an alternative to this debate, ”he said.
Lula said the animosity of western powers towards China is due to the market gains in the Asian country on the international scene. The petista cited Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, right -wing exponents in the world in the 1980s, as an example of stimulating this type of globalization and free trade.
“China began to produce everything that was produced in the United States and Europe. You couldn’t buy a single pants, shoes or shirt that didn’t have the ‘Made in China’ inscription. They have copied everything with great skill and learned to produce as well as, or even better. Now that the Chinese have become competitive, became enemies of the world,” said angry, according to the magazine.
“We do not accept this. We do not accept the idea of a Second Cold War. We accept the idea that the more similar countries are – technologically and militarily – the more they will need to dialogue with each other, because I’m not sure if the planet will handle a third world war,” he added.
Lula is in Moscow on Thursday (8) for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and to accompany the military parade that marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the former Soviet Union about Nazi Germany in World War II.
This content was originally published in “Thank God we have China,” says Lula in an interview with American magazine on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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