BEIJING, July 30 -- Provoking confrontation between China and the United States endangers world peace and serves no one's benefit.

However, recently more than 100 Americans signed an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, urging the U.S. government to stay the course on the path of confronting China.

The letter, full of cold war mentality, describes China as a dangerous and expansionist country.

Such descriptions are unfounded and ridiculous.

China has always been a peace-loving country with no intention to dominate the world.

Building a world of great harmony and enabling people to co-exist peacefully are the philosophy cherished by the Chinese people for thousands of years.

Nurtured by such a philosophy, the Chinese people are peace-loving. And China has stuck to the path of peaceful development.

In retrospect, China's achievements have been made not by engaging in military expansion or colonial plunder, but through its people's hard work and efforts to maintain peace.

Instead of following the beaten track of big powers in seeking hegemony, China strives to promote the building of a new type of international relations and a community of shared future for mankind.

According to its idea, countries should respect one another, discuss issues as equals, and resolutely reject a Cold War mentality and power politics.

Countries should take a new approach to developing state-to-state relations with communication, rather than confrontation, and partnerships, rather than alliances.

China will never seek hegemony, expansion or spheres of influence, stated the white paper "China's National Defense in the New Era" released by the State Council Information Office lately.

Instead of bullying and intimidating others as was falsely argued in the letter, China has made great contribution to world peace and security.

As a firm supporter of UN peacekeeping operations, China faithfully fulfills UN peacekeeping mandates and actively contributes to the UN peacekeeping cause.

China is the largest contributor of personnel to UN peacekeeping missions among the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and the second largest financial contributor to United Nations regular budget and peacekeeping budget.

The Chinese army has been lauded as a "critical factor and key force of peacekeeping operations".

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that China has become the most important pillar of multilateralism and an indispensable, trustworthy force for world peace and development.

China's development poses no threats to the international community.

On the contrary, while seeking self-development, China has presented development opportunities to the world.

Take the Belt and Road Initiative for example.

Since its birth in 2013, significant progress has been made, including a number of landmark early results. Participating countries have obtained tangible benefits, and their appreciation of and participation in the initiative is growing.

Certain people in the United States should have a better understanding of Chinese culture as well as China's domestic and foreign policies before tarnishing China.

With peace and development remaining the theme of the time, it is hoped that these people give up zero-sum thinking, view China's development as well as Sino-U.S. relations correctly and encourage win-win cooperation instead of advocating confrontation.