China is innocent. China is ready to watch the investigation and to watch the possible results of that investigation.

The common wish of the international community is for peace instead of war.

The Chinese nation has always pursued a life in harmony with other nations despite differences.

China always urges that no use or threat of sanctions should be allowed in international relations.

We want harmonious development, ... We should work together for more democratic and law-based international relations, and a harmonious environment in which countries respect one another, treat one another as equals, and different cultures can emulate and interchange with each other.

Farmers are the only indispensable people on the face of the earth.

Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council.