International Relations and Our Party’s Foreign Policy[1]

(May 15, 1936)

At present, regarding the question of the united front with various countries internationally and the united front domestically, we can only say that Japan’s invasion of China also infringes upon the interests of various countries in China. Our relations with various countries can, in the future, be resolved on the basis of mutual interests, respecting the interests of each country.

[1] This is part of a speech delivered by Mao Zedong while attending a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at Daxiang Temple.